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We're not following the plan because everyone else isn't.
They're not because we aren't. See how that works?
How about we do the right thing because it's the right thing?
I've always said that... Canadians are HUGE CO2 emitters, simply because of our geography and climate. We need to put in place a carbon tax that is low, but applies to damn near everything. People who consume more pay more. Invest the tax revenue in things that minimize CO2 emissions - public transit, home efficiency retrofits, subsidized higher standards for building codes, etc. Every year the carbon tax goes up, and every year the benefits get expanded.
I'm not a fucking genius, why can't anyone else do this?
No, we're huge emitters because the oil industry isn't properly held in check.
Alberta and Saskatchewan on their own are about half of the emissions for the entire country. For actual per person emissions, we're in reality slightly better than China.
We should also halt all oil subsidies as well. I know cheap energy fuels the economy, but we don't have that luxury anymore, and all products from regions that don't ALSO suspend O&G subsidies and levy carbon taxes should have tariffs applied, and those tariffs added to the carbon tax fund.
Is there any proof that the oil and gas subsidies make it cheaper?
Price of a liter of gas in
NYC is $1.07 US
Dallas Texas is $0.64
Seattle is $1.29
LA is $1.18
Toronto is $1.08
Calgary is $1.00
Vancouver is $1.31
Halifax is $1.35
London England is $1.88
Berlin is $2.08
Fun fact, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle should all be the same price. The latter two get product for free from a Canadian government built pipeline, that dates from the 1950s.
Because doing the right thing will cause someone with an obscene amount of money to not get quite as much more.