Shifting to a Low Carbon Economy

[Admin]

Shifting to a low-carbon economy will profoundly change the everyday lives of Canadians. Do the Liberals understand that?

Interestingly, the TStar is catching on that carbon reduction plans will have far-reaching impacts on our daily lives.
The energy sector will be hit hardest, but no one will escape the results of this silly effort to control climate. Climate control is beyond the powers of governments, individually and collectively.
Our efforts have to focus on preparing for inevitable changes beyond our control. We do not control emissions from the sun, without which we would quickly turn into an uninhabitable ball of ice.

The lockdowns used as a response to the coronavirus epidemic show little sign of letting up. “Two weeks to slow the spread” and “15 days to flatten the curve” were lies when they were spoken. They quickly morphed into months, then into years.

A dishonest media, which functions as the propaganda wing of the governing liberals, bears the brunt of the blame for the devastation caused by a destructive overreaction to COVID.

Through its fear-mongering, the media has transformed a relatively normal influenza epidemic into an all-purpose bogeyman to instill terror into those willing to trade everything that makes us joyfully human for the imaginary security of a slave’s chains.

The current virus death count, generously defined as the death of anyone who dies having tested positive before death, stands at roughly 26,550, or 0.07% of our population. Using “cases” (the new benchmark), there have been 1,430.300 cases in Canada or 3.7% of our population. Of that number, 1.8% died. The media ignores the 1,397,400 people who have recovered.

www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2021/07/26/shifting-to-a-low-carbon-economy-will-profoundly-change-the-everyday-lives-of-canadians-do-the-liberals-understand-that.html?rf&source=newsletter&utm_content=a09&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=08E13A428AF6E9BE11FFFC109B30A9BC&utm_campaign=top_64416

[jezz]

It's the same here. First of all carbon emissions is relatively under control compared to other countries.  Factories can be made to be carbon emission  safe these days. If we, in north American, can't be energy efficient  then we'd have to pay for imports. Now that's not really economical if you ask me. Other countries slap huge tariffs on us. The US and Canada was well on it's way to being energy partners until Biden shut down the pipe line. Now we both have to import something that we already have. If fact, all those garbage dumps, yep, they can supply heating for homes, it's happening here on a small scale. No one talks about that!

Right now, it's not even close to being economical for people in our countries. Can you afford the cost of an electric car? Where are all the charging stations, what's that going to cost?
What about factories, can they all be powered by wind and solar alone?

As for windmill power, really? What happens when they freeze? How many trees in the forest have to be cut down to make room for all these? Without trees, there is more carbon right? 
There is a story out in Maine right now about getting power from Canada. Biden's climate Tzar's project. May be ok except they are cutting down forests to get that power into Maine.

Solar, really? In my state it can only be used as a back up due to overcast skies here almost all the time. I can see China banging us with this one, they are all made in China.
What are these climate czars really thinking?

As for capitalizing on the pandemic. Government is definitely overreaching civil liberties. What ever happened to less government and freedom?
We have the fearmongering socialists here as well. News media supports the fearmongering and the socialist. 

How about this for hypocrisy, The delta variant is more contagious yet less deadly. We know it's more contagious, yet on our southern border, which should be closed during the pandemic, is now open. Millions of people are coming through with covid, then sent to many states with covid, and  the government does nothing about it. They aren't giving the illegals vaccine and not doing a good job at containing it. We almost contained covid until the illegals started traveling here with it. Nothing is being said about this. Biden's cronies are hiding the fact that he's causing more problems than solving them.
Warning to you in Canada, I would not travel over to here. good thing that border is closed.

As for the economics during the pandemic? It's ruined us all financially, business's are going under for so many. Well, all except the liberal rich.  How can we justify spending money on anything else, like low carbon stuff and infrastructure stuff. I can say we are all going to be hit with huge taxes for this.

[Admin]

Windmills are terrible, bad for the environment and birds, not to mention they are not a stable source of power. These climate hysterics want us all to freeze and starve in the dark.

[jezz]

Yep, and California is proof of that. I can't believe people there put up with it.

I'd like to know what and who gets the dirty money out of all this green new deal stuff. Even in Europe they have bureaucrats advocating for this stuff. 

[peeves]

" Whaaa? "Through its fear-mongering, the media has transformed a relatively normal influenza epidemic into an all-purpose bogeyman to instill terror into those willing to trade everything that makes us joyfully human for the imaginary security of a slave’s chains."

Simply untrue.  Facts contradict that statement.

As for carbon reduction, I wonder what the real benefit is from the electric car? Making the battery from rare elements, mining-refining-manufacturing and disposal.

I wonder why with the Chinese opening a new coal fired power, "In 2020, China brought 38.4 gigawatts of new coal-fired power into operation, more than three times what was brought on line everywhere else", why Canada's effort means more than a fart in a windstorm. Ah well if it appeases someone's  conscience,I guess we have to live with it, alack a day.

[Admin]

If you really do believe in global warming and doing anything possible to stop it then no one should own dogs. A large dog is equivalent to an SUV, but you can't tell the extremists that one, oh no, cannot be true.

We can work towards a cleaner planet and less or no pollution etc. but what the extremists want is for us to back to the stone age.

[peeves]

Aug 5, 2021 18:08:05 GMT -5 Admin said:

If you really do believe in global warming and doing anything possible to stop it then no one should own dogs. A large dog is equivalent to an SUV, but you can't tell the extremists that one, oh no, cannot be true.

We can work towards a cleaner planet and less or no pollution etc. but what the extremists want is for us to back to the stone age.

Those  extremists have lots of criticisms and complaints, but not any realistic or valid suggestions -solutions on achieving their fantasy world.

When I was a kid the delivery horses pooped in the  street and people like my granny ran out with scoop and bucket for the 'road apples' for her garden.

nope she was quite unhappy when there was no longer such a horse source.

There are by products from energy sources, from combustion,coal, oil, wood, that are obnoxious or undesirable.

Still there are benefits that the treehuggers would deny we need to sustain our lives.

The industrial age developed tools to increase productivity,more food stuffs, geographical moves and longer lives.

Luddites are against, but offer viable no alternative.

Until  'we' get cold fusion and perpetual motion and effective alternatives,  now in the works we will not give away our means for contemporary ways.  At least not when it hurts.

Now those things that can be improved should be. Like plane trips by elected officials for little or no reason.

[wildbill]

Aug 5, 2021 18:08:05 GMT -5 Admin said:

If you really do believe in global warming and doing anything possible to stop it then no one should own dogs. A large dog is equivalent to an SUV, but you can't tell the extremists that one, oh no, cannot be true.

We can work towards a cleaner planet and less or no pollution etc. but what the extremists want is for us to back to the stone age.

I no longer even listen to any self-apponted "eco-warrors" that criticize Canada. Our emissions are such a small part of the problem as to be "mice nuts". Yet I NEVER hear any words against China in the media or from these "useful idiots" at their protests.

Something is going on that smells to high heaven! Occam's Razor would say that these people, whether they actually know it or not, are being paid off by China.

Wild Bill

[Admin]

Nothing will change unless China does, yeah, they do like to slam Canada.

Rather than continuing to let the UN drive the agenda why not rely on facts from experts. Because the experts tell us the leading cause of forest fires is humans, not climate change. Poor forest management, arson, untended fires etc.

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/27/517100594/whats-the-leading-cause-of-wildfires-in-the-u-s-humans

[windy]

 
I think Rex Murphy speaks for most of us with rational thought patterns.  

One final thought. Even if this much-hyped scenario turns out to be true, which I seriously doubt: there is not a single person on the IPCC, or who owns a private jet that brings them to their conclaves, who will bear or taste any of the burdens he or she will attempt to impose on normal people as a consequence.



For that crowd there will always be a party in the Hamptons.


nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-ipccs-ridiculous-code-red-for-humanity-is-a-declaration-of-defeat

[peeves]

Aug 10, 2021 18:35:32 GMT -5 Admin said:

Nothing will change unless China does, yeah, they do like to slam Canada.

Rather than continuing to let the UN drive the agenda why not rely on facts from experts. Because the experts tell us the leading cause of forest fires is humans, not climate change. Poor forest management, arson, untended fires etc.

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/27/517100594/whats-the-leading-cause-of-wildfires-in-the-u-s-humans

Humans...not likely. More likely lightning.

[peeves]

Aug 11, 2021 9:44:54 GMT -5 windy said:

 
I think Rex Murphy speaks for most of us with rational thought patterns.  

One final thought. Even if this much-hyped scenario turns out to be true, which I seriously doubt: there is not a single person on the IPCC, or who owns a private jet that brings them to their conclaves, who will bear or taste any of the burdens he or she will attempt to impose on normal people as a consequence.



For that crowd there will always be a party in the Hamptons.


nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-ipccs-ridiculous-code-red-for-humanity-is-a-declaration-of-defeat

True dat.