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FTFY. Dial-a-CAF is not an Emergency Management Plan.Thisneeds to beis a provincial responsibility that needs to be enforced again.
FTFY. Dial-a-CAF is not an Emergency Management Plan.Thisneeds to beis a provincial responsibility that needs to be enforced again.
If we are dealing in facts...Gov is justifying a carbon tax for weather control. Making life more expensive isn’t going to do a lick for fires. This needs to be a provincial responsibility.
Or can you ?You can store hydrocarbons. You can't store electricity.
well, technically you can (DC only) - it's called a battery, and some are getting pretty big.You can store hydrocarbons. You can't store electricity.
To be transparent, I am in favor of carbon tax
well, technically you can (DC only) - it's called a battery, and some are getting pretty big.
For your home:
https://www.tesla.com/en_ca/powerwall
Or bigger:
Ontario has just unveiled the largest electrical-grid battery project in Canada
Oneida Energy project will be made up of lithium-ion batteries, much like ones that power cellphones, laptops and electric vehicles but much bigger.www.thestar.com
You can also store the potential energy used to create electricity (dams, pumped storage).
I don't normally use Wikipedia as a primary reference, but blanket statements such as yours shows you have very little interest in reviewing actual data, so:There is no data suggesting a price on carbon reduces greenhouse emissions. It’s nothing more than another tax scam.
BEAUTIFUL. Game, Set, and MatchEurope. Ok.
Really, because he hasn't done one iota to change my mind.BEAUTIFUL. Game, Set, and Match
There are other ways. But those ways would enrich Canadians. Can't have that, as the PM said: "there is no business case for NG"It really doesn't matter what Canada does. Why we with think further burdening our people with additional taxation will fix climate change; when China and other bash on is beyond me.
I mean I get it, we have climate warriors and they want to I feel useful. But their desire for their cause shouldn't hurt my pocket book.
Canada is a G-8 nation whose standard of living is largely a result of industrialization, even a a quite cold climate. We are amongst the worst emitters per capita in the world (List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita). A lot of China's "bashing on" is a direct result of our insatiable thirst for cheap "stuff."It really doesn't matter what Canada does. Why we with think further burdening our people with additional taxation will fix climate change; when China and other bash on is beyond me.
I mean I get it, we have climate warriors and they want to I feel useful. But their desire for their cause shouldn't hurt my pocket book.
Canada is a G-8 nation whose standard of living is largely a result of industrialization, even a a quite cold climate. We are amongst the worst emitters per capita in the world (List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita). A lot of China's "bashing on" is a direct result of our insatiable thirst for cheap "stuff."
I'm not a climate warrior by any stretch; I live in a large house in the outer suburbs, and commute back and forth to it. However, I feel that the taxes I pay as a result of that (carbon tax and property tax being the big ones, even though I'm fully aware the metro area is helping pay for my lifestyle) is an appropriate charge for my chosen lifestyle.
Is it possible that the high taxation we are experiencing is a result of each social group demanding the free stuff they want, and then deriding the other free stuff they don't want, while the government tries to make everyone happy? In other words, it's on us, not them?
I also don't understand the fixation on "blaming the government" when the energy providers have been making record profits since COVID.
My wish (which won't happen) is that the majority of Canadians felt this way and choose to do their part, and in doing so we could develop the technologies to make us world leaders in the inevitable energy transition (and make a lot of money doing so), and we were led by a government that wanted to achieve that. My fear is we continue to allow us ourselves to be divided and end up where some right wing types seem to think we already are.
In my opinion it’s the only one that does matter. It boils down to “my individual contribution doesn’t matter, so fuck everyone else, they can deal with it.”In my completely uneducated position the per capita debate in this arena is useless.
As for the past, tough cookies. No offense meant. History cant be changed.
I take those studies with a bag of salt. Carbon taxes hit at every level of production and distribution, leading to significant costs. Those costs have a major impact on families and small businesses. As one restaurant owner mentioned to me when he noted we stopped coming in as often to save money. "If all my customers save one meal a month, that is between 500-1,000 meals a month I will not be able to sell." That can be the difference of making a small profit or going broke. We cut back our eating out significantly as we can't cut back much on daily driving. I stopped buying certain brands of food as prices creep up. We just did our first major trip in a decade, as we had been saving for the kids education.I don't normally use Wikipedia as a primary reference, but blanket statements such as yours shows you have very little interest in reviewing actual data, so:
Positive impacts
Research shows that carbon taxes effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[8][50][51] Most economists assert that carbon taxes are the most efficient and effective way to curb climate change, with the least adverse economic effects.[52][53][54][10][55][56]
One study found that Sweden's carbon tax successfully reduced carbon dioxide emissions from transport by 11%.[50] A 2015 British Columbia study found that the taxes reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 5–15% while having negligible overall economic effects.[51] A 2017 British Columbia study found that industries on the whole benefited from the tax and "small but statistically significant 0.74 percent annual increases in employment" but that carbon-intensive and trade-sensitive industries were adversely affected.[57] A 2020 study of carbon taxes in wealthy democracies showed that carbon taxes had not limited economic growth.[58]
Carbon taxes appear to not adversely affect employment or GDP growth in Europe.[59] Their economic impact ranges from zero to modest positive.[59]
Wikipedia - Carbon Tax- Impacts - Positive Impacts
In my opinion it’s the only one that does matter. It boils down to “my individual contribution doesn’t matter, so fuck everyone else, they can deal with it.”
It’s not the past for the rest of the world, it’s the present. Are they supposed to just say that we got us here, but since we refuse to deal with it they’ll wear it? If that’s the case, don’t be surprised when they come to take what you have.
and along with all those attributes you have absolutely no sense of humour. Sorry about thatReally, because he hasn't done one iota to change my mind.
Oh yeah, I forgot: I'm mentally inept, easily deceived, and a lemming.
Good thing there is the ignore button.