They’ve gone after single-use plastics, they’ve made a lunge at agricultural fertilizer — and now, the Liberals might be going after clothes.
In July, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced its intent to address “plastic waste and pollution from the textile and apparel sector.” In short, there’s a plan in the works to reduce clothing waste. It’s far too early to know what it will entail, but the consultation documents raise a key concern: will clothes become more expensive?
Fewer than four in 10 Canadians now say they would consider buying an electric vehicle, marking a decline in interest since 2022, according to in-house research conducted by the department of natural resources.
“Canadians hold mixed views on zero-emission vehicles and continue to have a general lack of knowledge about these vehicles,” the report said. When asked, “Have you considered purchasing or leasing a zero-emission vehicle?” only 36 percent of respondents said ‘yes.’
Alberta’s energy regulator recently warned people to stop using kitchen appliances because the electricity grid was at risk of blacking out. Albertans were told to stop cooking on stoves and washing clothes in warm water.
As the colossal fear-mongering operation that has accompanied the obsessive preoccupation with climate change is abandoned by former adherents—an operation that strains credulity with the uneventful passage of time—Canada’s commitment to electric vehicles appears more and more absurd. But we seem at least to have spared ourselves the billions committed in the United States to set up new charging stations for road vehicles, which has so far resulted in only a handful being opened.
Canadians do not see a “clear path forward” on climate programs, question the point of federal regulations and are wary of the cost, new research by the Natural Resources Department said.
There was “too much money spent too soon and too many risks taken,” according to the report.
With floods and wildfires overwhelming municipal infrastructure across Canada these days, is it really a good idea for federal and provincial governments to have earmarked over $52 billion to subsidize the manufacture of electric vehicles and EV batteries?
Policymakers have wasted billions chasing a net zero pipe dream. It is time they were held accountable
Profits at the German auto giant Mercedes plunged on Friday as sales of its slick new range of electric vehicles (EVs) went into freefall. Porsche abandoned its sales targets for battery-powered cars amid waning demand from customers. Ford is losing nearly $50,000 (£39,000) on every EV it sells, while Tesla’s profits dropped 45pc. Meanwhile, battery manufacturers such as Germany’s Varta are getting wiped out.
Over the last few days, it has become clear that the EV industry is on the brink of collapse. Hundreds of billions of euros, dollars and pounds have been pumped into this industry by political leaders and the subsidy junkies that surround them – and it is surely time they were held to account for the vast quantities of taxpayer cash that has been wasted.
h/t Mauser
Companies that don’t tow the government line on climate change will soon have to, now that Bill C-59 is law. The bill, which received royal assent in June, amended Canada’s Competition Act to prohibit the private sector from “greenwashing” — a move that cracks down on corporate communications to an intrusive degree.
The technology behind the production of EVs, which I regard as EVil, is in my estimation at least 10 years away from perfectibility. Meanwhile, EVs comprise a technical hazard, a convenience disaster, an energy cannibal, a financial liability, and a moral ignominy.
As the Western Standard reports, in Canada, “Big money — something like $52 billion in tax-payer dollars have been allocated to over 13 projects in the form of investment tax credits, production subsidies, and other supporting mechanisms, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.” Enacting an authoritarian policy, the federal government is pilfering tax revenues to fund the production and sale of EVs, subsidizing companies that have no accountability and buyers who have no practical sense.
“… Moreover, Ford’s decision reflects consumers’ mounting resistance to government efforts in the United States and Canada to press them into buying things they simply don’t want. Whether it’s EV sticker prices, range anxiety, the cost of maintenance, repairs and insurance, or resale concerns, car buyers are voting with their wallets with such fervour that mandates for all new-car sales to be EVs by 2035 look less and less likely to hold.”
Things are grim in the automotive industry right now.
First off, there’s a reason I didn’t put this story under my usual #Bidenomics Update, even though it has many components that are attributable to the brilliant Biden economic machinations that have brought us so many of our current difficulties. Not to mention, there are some uniquely American aspects to Stellantis’s problems. But this is also a global slowdown in manufacturing as well as a global climate cult political interference problem, and as much as I’d like, I can’t lay that all at POTATUS and Harris’s feet.
Stellantis CEO makes it clear – blame politicians for EV sales expectations.
The EVs ramp up “is not happening as quickly as the political leadership had expected. what we are seeing in the western world right now is the consumers are not supporting as much the political… pic.twitter.com/COlRepGa9C
— Dan Tsubouchi (@Energy_Tidbits) July 25, 2024
The issue is not just EV’s but quality and tanking sales across the line.
This is serious job loss territory. My guess is the Windsor Battery Plants will be “delayed.”
A powerful peer-reviewed scientific study delivers substantial evidence that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere have zero impact on the Earth’s global temperatures. The study concludes that even though most publications attempt to depict a catastrophic future for our planet due to an increase in CO2, there is serious doubt that this is, in fact, the case. Instead, the study authors deduced that their research unequivocally means that the officially presented narrative that human activity is causing a detrimental CO2 increase on Earth’s climate is merely a hypothesis rather than a substantiated reality.
h/t DS
Link Fixed.
Company halts construction of $2.7B battery project in eastern Ontario
After breaking ground in 2023, the company building a plant to produce battery components for electric vehicles in a municipality near Kingston, Ont., says it’s delaying construction of the plant citing a slowdown in EV sales.
In a statement to CBC News, Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials Inc. said Friday that its project in Loyalist Township is impacted by the “significant worsening of the EV market context and the impacts this has on the entire supply chain.”
The project carried a total price tag of up to $2.76 billion and was projected to create 600 jobs in the region back in 2023. According to a news release at the time from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the federal government was slated to invest up to $551.3 million.
Ford loses nearly $50,000 (£38,700) on every electric car it sells, results from the company show, as traditional manufacturers struggle with the switch away from petrol.
The company posted a loss of $1.1bn for its electric vehicle division, Ford E – equivalent to about $47,600 per car. It sold 23,957 electric vehicles (EVs), an increase of 61pc from a year earlier.
Many Canadians are unhappy about the carbon tax. Its proponents argue it’s the cheapest way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which is true. But the government’s problem is that even as the tax hits the upper limit of what people are willing to pay, emissions haven’t fallen nearly enough to meet the federal target of at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Indeed, since the temporary 2020 COVID-era drop, national GHG emissions have been rising, in part due to rapid population growth.
