Interesting comments CBC

[furrowtickler]

Some very uniformed comments from the general public after this article....

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-1-2019-1.5079280/carbon-tax-will-turn-sustainability-efforts-into-a-fight-for-bottom-line-warns-farmer-1.5079283

“Saskatchewan will burn up .....”
well , let me know when that happens , cause I am tiered of losing crops to frost at the end of May or end or August / early September.
Arctic ice was supposed to be all gone by now ....

Reality is that 80% of Canadians believe they will get a carbon rebate from the rest of us .... the only reason they support the carbon tax .

[Robertbarlage]

So sick of CBC bullshit news

[agstar77]

CTV had the same reports. They are saying climate change is irreversible.

[the big wheel]

I m waiting for the conservatives to announce their climate change plan? I thought they didn’t believe in climate change? It will be interesting to say the least.

Are we paying this new carbon tax only because our government didn’t implement our own plan?
Because I hear the conservatives are announcing their plan???? So that means they believe in climate change caused by us humans?

[Robertbarlage]

Who got 700 million?

[jazz]

Maybe they never heard of a little thing called the dirty thirties or the 80s when our carbon emissions were a fraction of what they are today.

Its all socialism and envy. Someone else is going to get hurt and I am going to benefit from that, I will vote for it. Canada is full of small envious people.

[shtferbrains]

"Canada is full of small envious people"

Maybe poorly informed. Ignorant?

Germany is always trotted out as a Renewable energy leader as the have been investing heavily to the point of damaging their economy.

They generate about 649,119 GWh of which 29% is from renewable source.

Canada produces a similar 667,438 GWh of which 65% is from renewable source.

Number 2 among top 20 producers. USA is about 15%.

Dirty,Dirty Canadians. Keep apologizing. Your going to fry in the dark by 2030. Dirty Polluters! Shame on you! Shame!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production_from_r enewable_sources

[dmlfarmer]

"Canada is full of small envious people"

Maybe poorly informed. Ignorant?

Germany is always trotted out as a Renewable energy leader as the have been investing heavily to the point of damaging their economy.

They generate about 649,119 GWh of which 29% is from renewable source.

Canada produces a similar 667,438 GWh of which 65% is from renewable source.

Number 2 among top 20 producers. USA is about 15%.

Dirty,Dirty Canadians. Keep apologizing. Your going to fry in the dark by 2030. Dirty Polluters! Shame on you! Shame!

Before you point fingers and claim others are poorly informed and ignorant, perhaps you should consider that between 1990 and 2017 Germany actually reduced fossil CO2 emissions (78% of 1990 level in 2017) whereas Canada increased fossil CO2 emissions (135% of 1990 levels in 2017). Even US did better than Canada by maintaining emissions at 1990 levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production_from_r enewable_sources
Electricity generation is not the only GHG emissions and to claim Canada is so much better than Germany without taking into consideration the greater hydro generation that Canada has been blessed with due to geography/rivers shows actually shows ignorance.

[furrowtickler]

CTV had the same reports. They are saying climate change is irreversible.

Well if it is , drop the carbon tax lol .
I need a warmer climate so we don’t get frost damage in late spring and early fall .

[SASKFARMER3]

How many stupid people live in Wascana I guess quite a few.

[grassfarmer]

[/IMG]

How many stupid people live in Wascana I guess quite a few.

Well we all know of at least one who outed himself lol.

[farmaholic]

Yup, people are real concerned about climate change. I'll say it again....driving Junior to the hockey rink in an air conditioned 3/4 tonne truck or gas guzzling SUV so the future "potential" NHLer can skate on articial ice in the heat of July. Or having a single NHL game in Mosaic Stadium at the end of October....you know that ice is going to be made with an ice plant. Or too many lights on over night in empty office towers. Too many vehicles with one person in them on construction sites. There are countless examples of waste....both socially and personally, so it only matters when it affects you? Otherwise its business and life as usual?

[15444]

I wish people would quit the dumb****ery of comparing Germany and Canada on any level.

28 times smaller than Canada (size of Southern Ontario)

Over 2x population than Canada

Been remotely civilized for 1200 plus years longer than Canada - they have basic infrastructure already in place for everything, everywhere. They had cobblestone roads and legendary music composers while everyone was still paddling canoes here, chucking spears at buffalo.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Actually, when some uninformed brainwashed propagandist trots out Germany's Energiewende as a comparison, consider it a gift that you can throw right back at them. Germany's transition has been an economic and environmental disaster. Their CO2 has gone up to thanks to the massive amount of unreliables. Their costs have skyrocketed, driving businesses out. It has been politically as unpopular as the migrant crisis. And it is only remotely possible because their relatively sane neighbors close by who are willing to sell them power at extortionate rates to make up the shortfalls, and take their excesses if the Germans pay them enough to get rid of it.