“Net-Zero Tyranny”

Bjorn Lomborg: Why solar and wind power aren’t winning

We are constantly being told that solar and wind are now the cheapest forms of electricity. Yet governments around the world felt they had to spend US$1.8 trillion on the green transition last year.

Wind and solar only produce power when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. When they are not, electricity from these sources is infinitely expensive and back-ups are needed. This is why fossil fuels still account for two-thirds of global electricity and why, on current trends, we are a century away from eliminating their use in electricity generation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

Katherine Brodsky: Owning an electric vehicle is madness and I regret ever buying one

Recently, all EV owners in my building received notice that we would no longer be allowed to plug in at all

Canadians have repeatedly been told that electric vehicles (EVs) are the future. The Trudeau government has even mandated that all new vehicles sold in Canada must be electric by 2035 (and 60 per cent by 2030, which is just around the corner). There’s only one problem: to loosely quote Jerry Maguire, “Show me the infrastructure.”

h/t Mauser & DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

GUNTER: Trudeau ignoring potential value of gas exports

Markus Krebber, the head of Germany energy giant RWE, warned that the effects of Germany’s current energy crisis could permanently damage the ability of German industry to grow at full scale.

Think about that. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came to Canada six months after Russia cut off half of Germany’s gas supply looking for LNG (liquified natural gas) supplies from us. We could have helped an ally save their economy, yet our “green” fanatic prime minister refused.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Majority of London councils did not consider economic cost of 20mph speed limits

London councils did not consider the economic cost of implementing 20mph speed limits across the capital, The Telegraph can reveal.

Eleven boroughs in the capital have blanket 20mph speed limits across all of their roads, a move made in the hope of reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries among pedestrians and cyclists.

Transport for London (TfL) says that every year 1,000 people are injured or killed by drivers exceeding the speed limit.

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Why a Liberal Premier Wants to Pause a Carbon Tax Increase

When Canadians debate the place of the country’s oil industry in a carbon-constrained future, the conversation usually focuses on Alberta and, to a lesser extent, Saskatchewan. Often overlooked is Newfoundland and Labrador, where offshore drilling accounts for 5 percent of all of Canada’s oil production and just under a quarter of its light oil.

Oil also contributes indirectly to the province’s economy. While statistics are fuzzy, a large percentage of the fly-in, fly-out workers in Alberta’s oil sands are Newfoundlanders.

I met this week with Andrew Furey, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, in his office at the legislature that has a commanding view of St. John’s. Mr. Furey, who became premier in 2020, has a number of distinctions. He is the only Liberal premier in the country at the moment, he is an orthopedic surgeon who still practices the minimum number of days necessary to maintain his medical license, and he is a founder of a group that provides medical aid to Haiti.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada

Ontario polls finds majority think affordability more important than Trudeau’s lunatic economy crushing climate action scam

A majority of Ontarians rank the cost of living as a more pressing concern higher than protecting the environment, according to a new poll. It also suggests that a plurality of residents are willing to dump the Trudeau government’s carbon emission pricing regime even if it means giving up the carbon rebate.

The poll comes amid renewed calls for an emergency televised meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers over an annual increase to the federal carbon price.

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The Wurst Option: Germany Proposes Tax Hike on Meat To ‘Save Environment’

German farmers and meat producers could soon feel the brunt of yet another government decision that punishes meat-eating in the name of green policies and climate change.

According to local media, a panel of advisers on agriculture, the Zukunftskommission Landwirtschaft (ZKL) is proposing to raise the value added tax (VAT) on meat products from 7% to 19%, which would significantly burden consumers and thereby meat producers.

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Carbon Pricing a ‘Sin Tax on Productivity,’ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Says

OTTAWA—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling the federal carbon tax a “sin tax on productivity,” saying it is contributing to Canada’s declining economic prospects.

“I have a friend who described to me the carbon tax; her view of it is it’s essentially a sin tax on productivity. Isn’t that what it is, when you think about it?” Ms. Smith said at the annual Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 12.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Randall Denley: Trudeau’s attempt to blame Doug Ford for the carbon tax isn’t fooling anyone

If you believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the carbon tax imposed on Ontario is Premier Doug Ford’s fault. Not only that, the PM would like voters to think he’s the champion of building housing faster and Ford’s the guy holding things up. It’s as if Trudeau has stepped into an alternative universe where Ford is responsible for the housing mess, not the guy with the aggressive population expansion policy.

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After Jagmeet Singh raises doubts, NDP says it still supports a consumer carbon levy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he sympathizes with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh but no longer understands his party’s position on climate change after Singh appeared to waver on his support for the consumer carbon tax.

“I feel for the NDP and for Jagmeet. This is a hard moment. There are political headwinds,” Trudeau told reporters Friday at a press conference in Vaughan, Ont.

“There’s a lot of political pressure. I’m certainly feeling it, everyone should be feeling it, by folks out there who are worried about affordability, who are worried about climate change.”

Possibly Jaggy was read the riot act by his caucus or it’s just fake to buy Jaggy some goodwill.

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German transport minister warns of weekend driving ban

Germany’s transport minister has warned that driving will have to be banned at the weekends unless the country’s net zero laws are changed.

Volker Wissing’s FDP party wants the law amended so the polluting transport sector can miss carbon emissions reduction targets, as long as Germany as a whole reaches them.

But the change is opposed by the Greens, who are part of the three-way coalition with the pro-business FDP and the Social Democrats (SPD), led by Olaf Scholz, the chancellor.

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Don’t let climate activists stop you from traveling

A decade ago, when I first started contributing to the New York Times’s annual “52 Places to Go” list, the top user comments were about the destinations: Why was Calcutta chosen but not Chattanooga? This year, in a sign of the times, the most popular comments suggest that we should all just stay home to save the planet. The climate-obsessed among us are falling out of love with travel, particularly with the idea of exploring far-off places where your carbon footprint is greater. If their movement gains steam they won’t save the world, but they might well wreck the global economy and deprive themselves and others of much-needed perspectives and experiences that make the world a better place.

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‘Tall order to ask the average Canadian’: EVs are twice as hard to sell today

As automakers continue to delay their electric-vehicle plans and report lower-than-expected sales, Canada’s goal of ensuring that at least 20 per cent of new vehicles sold by 2026 are electric seems to be in jeopardy.

Ford Motor Co. last week said it was going to delay EV production at its assembly plant in Oakville, Ont., by two years to 2027 from 2025. The additional time will allow the company to take advantage of an emerging battery technology and let the number of consumers grow.

Let’s see …

1) EV’s are expensive.
2) EV’s suck in the winter as battery performance is severely degraded.
3) EV’s need an expensive home charger which I can’t afford but that’s OK because the grid can’t handle the required load anyway.
4) EV’s can see a relatively minor fender bender result in a total vehicle write off if the battery is compromised.
5) EV’s are damn hard to put out if they burst into flames.
6) EV’s have high insurance and repair costs.
7) EV’s need expensive replacement batteries that destroy resale value.
8) EV’s wear out tires and roadways faster due to their excessive weight.
9) EV’s are not “green”.
10) EV’s don’t currently have nearly the required number of public chargers needed.

Sure sign me up!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

HARRIS: Conservative leaders must stop promoting climate scare

At the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference this week in Ottawa, grassroots conservatives must insist that party leaders stop supporting the climate scare. It is not enough to “axe the tax” or “spike the hike,” as Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Leader Pierre Poilievre, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and other provincial leaders demand. The “carbon tax” is merely a symptom of the climate change disease threatening Canada’s prosperity and energy security.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government