tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6999268572411482787..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Steve, Alison, Christy - a Moment of Your Time PleaseThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-85726324943452154542013-09-24T09:03:15.653-07:002013-09-24T09:03:15.653-07:00There was some hope that markets would turn agains...There was some hope that markets would turn against high carbon fossil fuels but they seem to have sensed a sufficient lack of political will for them to consider their investments in any real jeopardy. An effective, global carbon price could change that but, as Ms. Robinson notes, that will be opposed furiously by certain governments, including our own. If Harper has one demonstrated skill, it is his ability to sabotage this sort of thing.<br /><br />The thing with renewables, PLG, is our refusal to put them on the same footing as fossil fuels. We won't give them the same subsidies, grants and deferrals any more than we'll charge our fossil fuel producers the actual value of the natural capital they devour almost free.<br /><br />As Nikiforuk and others have detailed, most of the supposed profitability of dilbit comes from government accounting tricks, sheer sleight of hand.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27185266169700107152013-09-23T19:12:54.790-07:002013-09-23T19:12:54.790-07:00Up until relatively recently I had hopes that poli...Up until relatively recently I had hopes that politics would be capable of putting a lid on carbon use. Well, it may still be possible, but it won't happen until too late.<br />My remaining hope lies largely in the ongoing reduction in the cost of renewables, chiefly wind and solar. Increasingly, we're going to be passing a tipping point where despite subsidies and despite refusal to deal with the externalities caused by burning carbon, the renewables are definitively cheaper. I'm not a capitalism fan, but it's the system we've got at the moment, and people will go with renewables when it costs less--the changeover from coal and natural gas could be startlingly fast.<br /><br />Treu, that still leaves transportation to a fair extent. You can't power a jetliner with batteries, and even cars have the problem of energy density and installed fuel infrastructure. But it'll be a start.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75920871230272616512013-09-23T18:08:25.565-07:002013-09-23T18:08:25.565-07:00.. Canada and Canadians needs to jump all over thi..... Canada and Canadians needs to jump all over this issue and reality, recognize the very real consequences.. and the failure or sellout, or complete partisan ignorance at provincial and federal political levels .. and related corporatist levels<br /><br />Do we need examples or dire scenarios.. or contemporary movies to portray how this plays out according to our current Prime Minister's fatal dream ?<br /><br />OK .. you have children or grand children.. and they will inherit the family cottage on lovely Lake Loon .. You hear that the federal government is going to use Lake Loon to store polluted water from an asbestos mine that flooded a fracking site full of unregulated and undisclosed carcinogens.. and now that Lake Loon is not protected by environmental or navigable waters law.. a Chinese resource firm is going to dump copper mine tailings into it.. <br /><br />The government (Canada eh) signs a secret 50 year deal with Russia to dump radioactive nuclear cores acquired from Japan (Fukushima) in exchange for carbon tax credits issued by James Flaherty via trade with Australia's coal consortiums .. <br /><br />mmn .. can you follow this ?the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com