Coffee & Mescal….on a Saturday morning to start the day….that might turn into a bit maybe….
April Fools!! Here's your Carbon Tax F#ckers!!!
- Thread starter Ron in Regina
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The whole carbon tax scam is to keep the western economy on its knees. A strong western economy would be a threat to the power of the Laurentian Elite.
coffee that puts you in your place...
....and keeps you there.
I wonder what the carbon content of coffee be..
[no asses were hurt in the making of this ad]
....and keeps you there.
I wonder what the carbon content of coffee be..
[no asses were hurt in the making of this ad]
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That and woke posturing for global selfies from those far enough up the financial scale not to be personally negatively impacted by the steeply increasing annual April Fools gift that keeps on taking….
“Look at Canada & it’s 1.6% of global nightly emissions and how they’ve prostrated itself as an example to China and India and Brazil & Russia and the UN ‘cuz that’ll change zero in reality but isn’t its government virtuous? An example of something or another….?”
Gross negligence and stupidity. If the people of Canada ever wake up, rope sales will go through the roof.
I was thinking pitchforks...
...but whatever we choose for symbolic effect, let it please not be made in china.
Alberta also had scrubbers for coal fired plants, and in addition to our coal being quite clean burning, there were little to no emissions from our coal fired plants but that wasn't good enough for the NDP - they had to make a point that coal = bad! Unfortunately, they were not entirely correct but we're paying the price anyway purely for ideological reasons.
Coming from BC, you should be used to bad socialist decisions. Alberta bred people must have had a difficult time adjusting to the stupidity for stupidities' sake.
No asses hurt? That stuff will give you kick ass shits inside of 30min.
Hasn’t yet over time. Just the one stiff one each on a Saturday ‘cuz there’s still Saturday ‘day’ to tackle….
The regulations are designed to push Canada toward a net-zero electricity grid — with a stick instead of a carrot. In 2035, they would ban carbon dioxide emissions over a certain level in electricity generation (with some flexibility permitted: carbon capture and storage could be used to mitigate net emissions, and the new standards would be phased in for older plants).
Rules would apply to any plant running on fossil fuels with 25MW of generation capacity or more, capturing most plants — for context, TransAlta’s smallest Canadian fossil fuel plant has 70MW of capacity, with most being over 200MW.
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The cost of speeding up this process is a whopping $54 billion, according to the environment department. The cost-benefit analysis only begins to see positive returns in 2036 — and it’s important to remember that Liberals are notorious for over-estimating savings and under-estimating costs.
As far as who will bear the brunt of the changes, Nunavut would feel the impact the most — the entirety of its electricity generation comes from burning fuel. Alberta would also take a significant hit (85 per cent of the grid is electrified by hydrocarbon combustion), followed closely by Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan (79 and 78 per cent respectively).
While it’s laudable that these premiers (of these most affected provinces) are ready to defend their jurisdictions against encroachment, it’s not a safe bet that they would win. The provinces will argue that electrical energy is their responsibility under the Constitution, but the feds will counter that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a matter of national concern and is therefore a federal responsibility.
It’s estimated that by 2025, 14.3 per cent of Canada’s electricity generation will be causing emissions. But even with no regulatory changes, the government expects this to halve to 7.1 per cent by 2035 due to existing reduction targets and infrastructure upgrades. With the regulatory changes, that figure would fall more steeply to 3.8 per cent.
Canada is already on a path to a low-emissions future. Speeding that up will come at a severe cost.
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University of Calgary law professor Martin Olszynski said the federal government’s regulations, which set up a specific prohibition on greenhouse gases from power production, appear to take advantage of Ottawa’s criminal enforcement powers. He said those powers go beyond what people typically associate with criminality and allow the government to prohibit certain things, such as tobacco advertising or toxic substances, when it can demonstrate a clear purpose for doing so.
He said there is a lot of precedent going back decades that allows the government to use these powers on a national scale to regulate the environment and he sees an uphill battle for any constitutional challenge.
“The reality I think is that the horses left the barn a long time ago, 20 to 30 years ago,” he said. “On the basis of precedent, I think the feds have a pretty good argument.”
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No matter how high the Trudeau government raises carbon taxes, carbon prices and imposes new federal regulations adding to the costs of liquid fossil fuels and electricity, none of it matters in terms of global climate change and certainly won’t impact the amount of severe weather in Canada.
Our current Government are asking Canadians to pay higher prices for energy not in order to have any practical effect on the amount of severe weather we experience in Canada or globally, because nothing we do in Canada will reduce severe weather, even if we could magically lower our emissions to net zero tomorrow.
Rather, the federal government wants us to pay more for energy – whether for driving our cars or heating our homes – so that they have the “moral authority” to urge other nations, particularly in the developing world where emissions are rising the fastest, to lower their emissions.
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Rules would apply to any plant running on fossil fuels with 25MW of generation capacity or more, capturing most plants — for context, TransAlta’s smallest Canadian fossil fuel plant has 70MW of capacity, with most being over 200MW.
Ottawa admits 'net zero' electricity will raise rates; Guilbeault slammed for 'unrealistic' fossil fuels 'phase down' — National Post
New regulations wouldn’t apply to remote and northern communities immediately as they work on eliminating their 'dependencies' on fossil fuels, said Steven Guilbeault
The cost of speeding up this process is a whopping $54 billion, according to the environment department. The cost-benefit analysis only begins to see positive returns in 2036 — and it’s important to remember that Liberals are notorious for over-estimating savings and under-estimating costs.
As far as who will bear the brunt of the changes, Nunavut would feel the impact the most — the entirety of its electricity generation comes from burning fuel. Alberta would also take a significant hit (85 per cent of the grid is electrified by hydrocarbon combustion), followed closely by Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan (79 and 78 per cent respectively).
While it’s laudable that these premiers (of these most affected provinces) are ready to defend their jurisdictions against encroachment, it’s not a safe bet that they would win. The provinces will argue that electrical energy is their responsibility under the Constitution, but the feds will counter that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a matter of national concern and is therefore a federal responsibility.
It’s estimated that by 2025, 14.3 per cent of Canada’s electricity generation will be causing emissions. But even with no regulatory changes, the government expects this to halve to 7.1 per cent by 2035 due to existing reduction targets and infrastructure upgrades. With the regulatory changes, that figure would fall more steeply to 3.8 per cent.
Canada is already on a path to a low-emissions future. Speeding that up will come at a severe cost.
Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals push Canada toward a net-zero electricity grid — with a stick instead of a carrot — National Post
Proposed $54B plan could pose a trap for the Conservatives if they win the next election
University of Calgary law professor Martin Olszynski said the federal government’s regulations, which set up a specific prohibition on greenhouse gases from power production, appear to take advantage of Ottawa’s criminal enforcement powers. He said those powers go beyond what people typically associate with criminality and allow the government to prohibit certain things, such as tobacco advertising or toxic substances, when it can demonstrate a clear purpose for doing so.
He said there is a lot of precedent going back decades that allows the government to use these powers on a national scale to regulate the environment and he sees an uphill battle for any constitutional challenge.
“The reality I think is that the horses left the barn a long time ago, 20 to 30 years ago,” he said. “On the basis of precedent, I think the feds have a pretty good argument.”
Legality of Ottawa's new 'net-zero' electricity ultimatums unclear, say constitutional scholars — National Post
The fact the carbon-tax case was not settled with a unanimous decision is proof that there is room for debate on what the government’s powers are in this area, says one professor
No matter how high the Trudeau government raises carbon taxes, carbon prices and imposes new federal regulations adding to the costs of liquid fossil fuels and electricity, none of it matters in terms of global climate change and certainly won’t impact the amount of severe weather in Canada.
Our current Government are asking Canadians to pay higher prices for energy not in order to have any practical effect on the amount of severe weather we experience in Canada or globally, because nothing we do in Canada will reduce severe weather, even if we could magically lower our emissions to net zero tomorrow.
Rather, the federal government wants us to pay more for energy – whether for driving our cars or heating our homes – so that they have the “moral authority” to urge other nations, particularly in the developing world where emissions are rising the fastest, to lower their emissions.
GOLDSTEIN: While our carbon taxes increase, so do global emissions — Toronto Sun
Every time the Trudeau government levies a new charge on Canadians to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, it’s useful to keep in mind that global energy-related emissions rose to their highest level in human history last year. As reported by the International Energy Agency, at 36.8 billion tonnes...
I was referring to the brand of coffee not the liqueur. I like their peanutbutter liqueur.
The Margarita stuff is nice, and the variety of cream liquors are small quantity bottles so I can pick up a selection for creating shooters (1/2 diluted with coffee creamer ‘cuz folks gotta still get home) for Lisa’s Nail Salon Clients…helps make for a different experience.
Pampered experience with a glass of wine, occasional surprise but surprisingly mild shooters randomly, a cigarette or what have you, & an optional Pitbull or two to sleep at you feet, etc…
It’s a comfortably eclectic hippie-like experience that people seem to enjoy.
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Thats a sweet set up. Far better than the place I go to.....for pedicures. If you wear workbooks...nothing beats a pedi.
MMMmmm Kingscross with coffee every morning is the highlight of my day!!
McGuinty/Wynn did the same for Ontario and shutdown Ontario coal plants. We then had to import power at greater cost from Wisconsin (which produced that power using coal fired plants with less regulations than those in Ontario) but that was somehow greener.
It is that new math .