An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

[AlbertaFarmer5]

We can either be on X where our followers all agree with us or here.

But what fun would that be? Retreating into our silos, never to be challenged by dissenting opinions.

[blackpowder]

So we are in a way giving him some credit. Me, I'm not up to it. Too many relationships in the past with similar behavior. Actually that's not fair to the women at all but it speaks to my conflict tolerance level. Never met a lady this awful.
I will however, call BS when able.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

So we are in a way giving him some credit. Me, I'm not up to it. Too many relationships in the past with similar behavior. Actually that's not fair to the women at all but it speaks to my conflict tolerance level. Never met a lady this awful.
I will however, call BS when able.

I give Chuck a lot of credit. Sometimes I think I understand something, then he comes along and makes some absurd claim such as the one about lightning causing most forest fires, or water vapor increasing, or precipitation decreasing, or CO2 being the most important greenhouse gas, or pipelines being causing the most farmland loss etc. It forces me to question what I thought I knew, and do some research.

So far he always ends up being wrong. But at least I learn a lot along the way, and have a few laughs at his expense.
Maybe some other posters and lurkers might learn something as well.

[chuckChuck]

What part of this don't you understand A5?

All forest fires are caused by arsonists? Marxists arsonists too!

"Based on data in the National Forestry Database ([url]http://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/index.php[/url]), over 8000 fires occur each year, and burn an average of over 2.1 million hectares. Also, lightning causes about 50% of all fires but accounts for about 85% of the annual area burned."

[url]https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/ha/nfdb[/url]

[chuckChuck]

i missed indoctrination CC yes and im very very thankfull for that

Spelling is indoctrination? And math too? LOL

[fjlip]

"but accounts for about 85% of the annual area burned."

therefore the 15% is arson, and man is off the hook. Thanks CC

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I notice that Chuck hasn't started a new covid thread for over a month, he has let most of the rest of his covid threads die. I consider Chuck a proxy for the wider NDP, NFU, Liberal, closet communist community. A window into how they think ( or don't think).
It appears he has now given up on his plan B, or a socialist/communist revolution through pandemic and vaccine status.
Which is good news.
The bad news, is that he and his ilk have redoubled their efforts into plan A, a communist revolution through demonizing energy and climate change. After being on the backburner since 2020, it is back to front and center. Just look at the number of new threads and posts he makes defending the CO2 tax, defending unreliable energy, justifying weather as climate, and attacking reliable energy and capitalist businesses.

It seems it doesn't matter what the latest cause du jour is, the solution is the same, and the proponents are the same, and the tactics are the same.

[Hamloc]

I notice that Chuck hasn't started a new covid thread for over a month, he has let most of the rest of his covid threads die. I consider Chuck a proxy for the wider NDP, NFU, Liberal, closet communist community. A window into how they think ( or don't think).
It appears he has now given up on his plan B, or a socialist/communist revolution through pandemic and vaccine status.
Which is good news.
The bad news, is that he and his ilk have redoubled their efforts into plan A, a communist revolution through demonizing energy and climate change. After being on the backburner since 2020, it is back to front and center. Just look at the number of new threads and posts he makes defending the CO2 tax, defending unreliable energy, justifying weather as climate, and attacking reliable energy and capitalist businesses.

It seems it doesn't matter what the latest cause du jour is, the solution is the same, and the proponents are the same, and the tactics are the same.

I think what is fascinatingly consistent is how progressives all happen to pick the same targets. The Communist Broadcasting Corporation (the CBC) normally goes after Premier Danielle Smith and her policies, this week they are going after Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after he said either the carbon tax goes or Justin Trudeau will go. So yes the lefties certainly tend to all head in the same direction at the same time.

[fjlip]

"So yes the lefties certainly tend to all head in the same direction at the same time."

Hopefully Lemmings over the CLIFF....good ridance!

[chuckChuck]

A5 you really seem to be losing it!

"It appears he has now given up on his plan B, or a socialist/communist revolution through pandemic and vaccine status." Huh?

It was a world wide pandemic and most Canadians got vaccinated to reduce the spread and severity of the disease.

As if humans haven't been trying to reduce the impact of disease for decades?

What a laugh!

A5 thinks vaccine programs to reduce the impact of disease are a revolution in the making?

Alberta and Saskatchewan both had vaccine programs and measures for covid.

Moe and Kenney are socialist revolutionaries?

What are you smokin out there is la la libertarian land A5?

And you wonder why I call it agrislly!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You're right, chuck. It is probably just a coincidence and there are lots of factors as to why both of these supposed problems required the same solutions. More government control, less freedom, controls on capitalism, surrendering provincial and national autonomy to unelected international organizations complete media control, public shaming of scientists who don't tow the party line, proclamations that the science is settled, that debate is not tolerated, long before any evidence is even available.

All just random coincidences. Just like the random coincidence that more wind and solar always results in higher electricity costs. Many factors.

[chuckChuck]

A5 just more excuses as to why you can't make a logical convincing argument?

There is a conspiracy against you?

And then you come up with really dumbass ideas that make absolutely no sense, proving that even if there was a conspiracy you still don't have a clue!