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Originally Posted by Regorium
Yes, but at the same time they're also developing their fossil fuel resources as well. They're working on renewables, while not cratering their entire economy by going cold turkey on fossil fuels.
You know, the path that everyone here is advocating for. A smart, sustainable path to lessen our reliance on fossil fuels, and grow our renewables.
For example, the only numbers I can find is that Alberta invested almost a billion dollars in 2014 on a wind farm. Ontario in the same year invested 4.5B. As you should probably know, since you are one of the un-ignorant, the provinces do the major lifting for this, and not the federal government.
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Everyone in this thread is arguing for that? If so then that's a tautology. We have the mouth-foam constituency railing against a carbon tax which is the least invasive, cheapest method to to get on a "smart, sustainable path to lessen our reliance on fossil fuels, and grow our renewables." As you say.
China's going to implement a carbon price in the next five years. They already have implemented 6 cap and trade programs in 6 of their largest cities covering more people than live in Canada. That will roll-out to whole country as part of the 13th Five Year Plan. So if what they're doing is "smart" then why are we spiralling off into the lunatic fringe?