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Resolute 14 · 06-07-2016, 08:31 AM

I wasn't talking about the carbon tax, Tinordi. So if you want to offer a rebuttal, please offer one for the actual conversation, not the one going on inside your own head that nobody else is privy too.

I was talking about the gasoline tax. All we will see at the pump is higher prices, and we've seen over and over again that consumption doesn't really decrease despite the price.

StatsCan only offers 2010-2014 for its fuel consumption page, but in that time frame, Calgary went from a low of about 93 cents per litre in April 2010 to a peak of 130 cents in May 2013. Overall fuel consumption in Alberta still rose 15% over that time - from 5.4 billion litres in 2010 to 6.2 billion in 2013. (and up to 6.4 billion in 2014).

(Yes, I realize I am mixing local price with provincial usage and that makes it an imprecise comparison. It is still enough to demonstrate the point.)

06-07-2016, 08:31 AM	#1531
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	I wasn't talking about the carbon tax, Tinordi. So if you want to offer a rebuttal, please offer one for the actual conversation, not the one going on inside your own head that nobody else is privy too. I was talking about the gasoline tax. All we will see at the pump is higher prices, and we've seen over and over again that consumption doesn't really decrease despite the price. StatsCan only offers 2010-2014 for its fuel consumption page, but in that time frame, Calgary went from a low of about 93 cents per litre in April 2010 to a peak of 130 cents in May 2013. Overall fuel consumption in Alberta still rose 15% over that time - from 5.4 billion litres in 2010 to 6.2 billion in 2013. (and up to 6.4 billion in 2014). (Yes, I realize I am mixing local price with provincial usage and that makes it an imprecise comparison. It is still enough to demonstrate the point.)