<i>&gt; You might not like that governments are taxing some forms of electricity more heavily, but it&#x27;s a valid way of encouraging the industry to migrate to cleaner options.</i><p>It&#x27;s not just a &quot;valid way&quot;. This is the way taxes are intended to work! Taxes are not just a way for the state to collect money (maybe in the past centuries). They are also the main way to frame the economy.<p>Here in Germany, the term for &quot;tax&quot; is &quot;Steuern&quot; which means something like &quot;controlling&#x2F;steering&#x2F;directing&#x2F;governing&quot;. This is exactly the official purpose of taxes, and includes collecting as well as spending taxes.