Is it real? Is it human-caused? Can we do anything? Should we do anything? What's the best plan?
Discuss.
Is it real? Is it human-caused? Can we do anything? Should we do anything? What's the best plan?
Discuss.
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Aka: keep out of my $30 bbl thread, thread.
@dirtsniffer , @A790 , @pheoxs ,
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There's no question it's really really really human caused. How else could so many grocery-store-tabloid fodder celebrities and a sour-faced Scandinavian teenager be so convinced?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It'll be interesting to look back at a lot of the mistakes we made as a society.
Like paper grocery bags were phased out in favor of plastic to 'save the trees' and just now we are trying to phase out plastic bags because they are much worse.
Starbucks redesigning their cups to get rid of the straws but actually use more plastic
There isn't anything to discuss.
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Just wait until the first victim of a paper straw emergency tracheostomy happens.
Undeniably, it's the straws at A&W. I keep my Mcdonalds straws for the event.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Not a direct personal attack, but very sarcastic- granted. Let's reset.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My POV re: climate change and fossil fuels:
1) We need fossil fuels for essential materials we cannot reasonably replace right now (plastic, petrochemicals, solvents, etc.)
2) We have other, less harmful ways of generating electricity. Many of these ways are price competitive with fossil fuels, while others require subsidisation to be economically viable (right now).
3) Our society needs to accept what climate change is (and isn't) and that our focus now needs to be on mitigating further escalation as much as possible while also looking for ways to adapt to the "new normal"... whatever that winds up being.
4) Canada has an obligation to lead this charge for a few reasons:
a) We are among the highest-per capita emmissions producers, and if we expect other countries to play ball, we should put our money where our mouth is.
b) We have the means, both economically and technologically, to realize the changes needed
c) We have an economic interest in the above (clean technology is a massive industry that we more or less choose not to participate in)
d) We have a sovereign interest (the more the arctic melts, the more exposed we become as the arctic becomes more accessible to hostile foreign actors)
5) We need to immediately phase out coal-power and, at the very least, replace it with natural gas (as an interim solution). Brookfield/TransAlta are doing this to some extent already.
6) Alberta, and to a lesser-extent the rest of Canada, should be looking to diversify the economy by incentivizing other industries to develop her. The NDP were doing a decent job of this (the tech grants, for example) but the Cons killed most of those. Regardless, our economy cannot rely on a one-horse and needs to diversify at some point. Why not now?
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The conversation needs to shift to being both realistic (vs. inflammatory) and actionable. The time to discuss whether or not climate change is real has passed. Overwhelming evidence says it is. The questions now are "what do we do about it" and "how do we minimize consequences".
@pheoxs QUOTE=pheoxs;4819376]So by your logic we should just give up and do nothing despite the fact that Canada does have control over its own emissions.[/QUOTE
No, I think what he is saying is that we are doing a lot of great things for climate change through innovation in the industry. There are lots of developing nations who could take advantage of what Canada has to offer that are considerably better than their current options. This would help impoverished nations raise wealth (GDP) and reduce global emissions at the same time. The climate is a global problem requiring a global solution. Like was said in the last thread. We could have zero emissions in Canada, but that's not stopping other nations to do what it takes to stay alive. Re: burn coal.
What greater good would that doing?
#politicalbs
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There are 4 relevant questions:
1. IS the climate changing?: yes
2. Do humans contribute to the change?: almost certainly yes.
3. Is it a crisis?: A much more difficult question to answer
4 Is there anything we can do about it?: From a policy perspective, likely not. From a market perspective, maybe.
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Global emissions GO down when we export more energy, because we are displacing even dirtier shit.
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That's been my main point. Good summary!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I want to know what the other sides argument to the contrary is.
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My favorite part of this is that if climate change is as catastrophic and crisis as we’re led to believe, Alberta will be one of the best places on the planet to inhabit. The irony.
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@A790
I generally agree with what you're saying. I think a carbon tax is a reasonable way to fund projects that will lower emissions, I prefer infrastructure projects like public transit. I don't think half of the population should get tax credits, if this is that important, way more of the population should be contributing. Things like paying a company to change faucets and lightbulbs is a waste of resources.
Alberta needs to diversify. Lowering the tax rate was a good start but we can look additional grants or tax exemptions for other industries to start.
We need to be exporting LNG and getting developing countries off coal. We are missing an opportunity here to both increase investments in Canada while lowering CO2 emissions. I brought up the thermal coal exports because of LNG opposition in BC while they continue to increase thermal coal exports.
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I read an article recently that said you need to reuse a cotton bag 3000 times to make it more environmentally friendly than PE bags.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paper...b0796a95d88b5f
Also:
Green party photoshops metal straw and reusable cup into picture of Elizabeth May.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...-elizabeth-may
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