AnotherDirtyAnglo @ AnotherDirtyAnglo @lemmy.ca

Posts

0

Comments

199

Joined

2 yr. ago

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.

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?

You boost ownership by making it infeasible to be a landlord... You tax the fuck out of residential property ownership that is not your primary residence. If you own a home you don't live in, 1% tax on the total value of the home, every year... And that tax rate increases at 2x the rate of inflation, every year. Within a decade or two, the housing market gets fixed as each individual owner determines that their 'income property' isn't profitable anymore.

Sounds about right. My partner participated in first aid training for rescues - including overturned cars, etc. The organizers advised local police, fire, and ambulance three times a week before, the day before, and the day of. We still had cops show up because someone called the provincial police. Doh. Add another set of calls to the list.

Hey! Here's an idea! Let's stop subsidizing billionaire sports team owners! We could save... approximately $7 million!

And those people who don't support it because they pay more in carbon tax are the ones who need their behaviour to change... So, it works.

And kids don't want to eat their vegetables or go to bed on time... Sometimes people need to be encouraged to do the thing they don't want to do, but is only in their best interest.

The stupidest part of this whole thing is now easy it would be to set up in a way that people could accept...

Levy a small carbon tax, nation wide, on all energy, for all users. The carbon tax goes into a fund, which is re-distributed to encourage the right behaviour:

• Improve / expand public transit
• Fund energy-efficiency retrofits
• Subsidize green power initiatives
• Rebates on zero-emission transport like electric bikes, and compact electric cars
• Retrain existing oil & gas industry workers to install/maintain electric infrastructure
• Cash for Clunkers to get polluting vehicles off the road
• Build new, ultra-energy efficient homes based on an improved building code
• Tax rebates to everyone in the lowest tax brackets.

Please, steal this idea.

I had a similar issue visiting my parents in Ontario. They sent six Amber Alert messages in three hours, starting at 1am. I'm sure that people died in car accidents the next day from being repeatedly disturbed. And the worst part of all was that the missing child was found with their grandparent, by police, because the grandfather had gotten lost in downtown Toronto. If they had simply done nothing, it would have been resolved on its own, without waking up most of the 12 million people in southern Ontario.

Did anyone else get a full half-dozen alerts? I got the first one, then it repeated when I didn't respond to it, then it buzzed my watch, then I got two more separate alerts on the phone after dismissing each of them.

While I'm a big fan of waiting until I have more or better information before making a decision or speaking out, we've known that Gaza has been a bloodbath for weeks -- we have had verifiable video of the carnage since the beginning.

Any chance of getting him blocked at the border? He's not doing anything of value here, has a history of supporting insurrection and sowing hatred, plus all the dog whistle racist/nazi bullshit over his time at Fox...

For what it's worth, I was repeatedly harassed by users of Tutanota (I knew who it was, I was looking for proof to get a restraining order), and they stated that short of an international police investigation resulting in a local warrant, they wouldn't disclose anything -- even for people who were violating their terms of service (and therefore should have no expectation of protection under their privacy policy).

As much as I agree, Hamas isn't interested in negotiation, they want to convert the entire world to Islam.

Regardless of that, Israel should stop bombing hospitals, ambulances, and refugee camps, even if they think they contain members of Hamas, because it makes them terrorists as well.

Most parts of eastern Canada have comparatively high levels of Uranium in the ground - the radioactive decay process turns Uranium into Radon, which finds its way into buildings, and collects in basements because it's heavier than air. It's been made worse by the whole "R2000" building standard which means homes are practically air tight.

The worst part is that federal and provincial building codes don't make the installation of radon remediation equipment standard -- and it costs practically nothing to install at construction time -- whereas cutting trenches in your foundation to install PVC pipe is extraordinarily disruptive.

Spend the money on a digital monitor. We had one of the pucks sent by Health Canada, found out our basement had extreme levels (as high as 600-900 Bqm^3). The digital monitor shows the big trends. We had some equipment installed to remediate it, so it's better... But we'll be doing more work next year to try to reduce it even further.

The only thing worse than finding out how bad it was, was not knowing about it for 10+ years. This whole thing has likely reduced the life expectancy of my family.

This is like... 5+ years too late...

That's an awesome way to make sure no foreign corporations ever invest in Canada ever again.

Tax revenue isn't the only measure of success. If people take UBI, then stay home to raise their kids or support a sick relative, that work has a value to society that isn't accounted for -- savings in spending on old age homes for parents of people on UBI were likely missed or under-represented. Someone who stays home, but volunteers instead provides a service to society at large whose benefit is difficult to quantify when the impact may not be strictly monetary, or whose monetary impact may be delayed for several years.

The other side is that UBI means workers aren't exploited by making housing contingent on working... Employers will likely need to pay more and offer better benefits (that affect life/work balance) in order to find staff... Another intangible/incalculable improvement for society that doesn't show up in a small-scale study.

You mean the government that was handed a 66% majority by 17% of eligible voters?

You get the government you deserve when you don't fucking show up to vote.