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Originally Posted by Traum
The carbon tax is there to create a dis-incentive for continual use of stuff that will contribute to a larger carbon footprint. You pay it in your gas so that you will either drive less (haha~), switch to a more fuel efficient car (maybe), or get into an EV (we know how the math works there lol~). Same deal with any form of carbon-based home heating solution. You can avoid it if you switch to heat pumps, or pay less for it if you better insulate your home.
Of course, I generally think providing incentives to induce the desired behaviour tends to work far better than creating dis-incentives that penalizes the undesired behaviour. So I am not praising the carbon tax as the holy grail that will help us achieve reduced carbon emission levels.
But it is the Liberals' key piece of federal climate change action policy, and in the climate change portfolio, the Conservatives have absolutely nothing other than vague talks. In the face of highly visible and worsening climate extremes, having something to go on certainly seems better than not even attempting any sort of federal level coordinated solution.
If the Conservatives have some kind of semi-viable plan, I'd love to hear it from PeePee too.
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Ah yes.. replace my 99% efficient gas furnace with electrical heating
I pay under $100 every 2 months in the winter to heat 1400 sq fr via gas furnace
On the flip side I pay $500 every 2 months to heat 700sq electrically
That will prevent our Smokey future..