Confused on BC carbon tax success..

[Hamloc]

Furrow interesting article in the Western Producer about how adaptation is the best plan for climate change. One interesting point the author made is that there is less than a 20% chance of keeping the average temperature rise below 2' Celsius in his opinion. And let's be realistic if Canada didn't exist 98.6 of the C02 would be produced. But on the other hand if Canada didn't exist how much less would be sequestered? Our large land mass and low population make Canada a net sequesterer in my opinion. Something that is never brought up by our enviro zombie governments!

[blackpowder]

The emperor adores his fine new clothes and his servants all congratulate him.
People are sheep. Nothing new here. Only difference between carbon dredits and the tulip craze
is this one may have some environmental benefits through awareness.

[oneoff]

Arguing what you think is so; is futile if you can't at least back it up with facts.

What is also a part of many governments policies and plans is a comprehensive system of monitoring; instrumentation , proving (ie. checking accuracy of measuring instruments; reporting. certification, tracing and analysis cross checking.


In Sask oil industry, Directive PGG017 is a good example. Here's a snippet. Oh! And there's no grandfathering of old exemptions; which is a little advertised feature of just about every revised program or those who have't noticed. This apparently goes for carbon taxes and pulling you back to a fraction of some previous level well into the past is effectively retroactively changing rules on projects undertaken with previous agreements and understandings.

Compliance Reporting Tool for Directive PNG017 -

The ministry expects industry to make continuous progress towards being 100% compliant by April 1, 2020, and will require operators to demonstrate their progress during this period. When requested by the ministry, operators are required to provide the ministry a document that demonstrates their level of compliance. The Compliance Reporting Tool for Directive PNG017 could be one way to provide an approximate compliance percentage for Directive PNG017. Please refer to the Compliance Reporting Tool for Directive PNG017. This document can also be used by operators to track their approximate compliance percentage for Directive PNG017 throughout the four-year implementation period. If there are any suggested changes to this document, please email Directive17.econ@gov.sk.ca.