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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Actually, you're right.
The only way to encourage large scale change is by making alternatives more viable economically, or, better yet, costly to continue at the same rate.
This is something I've never understood about alberta. Beautiful country with vast resources of wealth. Why people wouldn't put up solar panels for instance, a small, single expendiature, that would take care of some or all or more than the energy the use just doesn't make sense to me.
Why wouldn't albertans want to sell as much oil as possible elsewhere and use the money they get from it to make their lives better, instead of being some of the most inefficient users of energy in the country. Less resources used by albertans = more to sell elsewhere = more money. Calgary and Edmonton are two perfect environments to be testing and implementing lots alternative forms of energy that could be used throughout canada.
Why wouldn't people out in airdrie want to put in composting toilets and insulated electrical lines and not have to pay the fees to get that all hooked up? Why wouldn't the people in calgary proper want to implement the same thing in Airdrie, rather than see their property taxes skyrocket to pay for that urban sprawl?
It's this unbelievable thick-headedness about 'tree huggers' that's stifling huge, diverse growth in the province.
This is what Suzuki is saying. Government has to be serious about making these things available to Canadians. If green industry was as heavily subsidized as the energy industry, there would be no contest. Harper even removed the tax credit for putting in green technologies into your house. That's so backwards I had a hard time believing it.
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LOL so out to lunch. How much will the solar panels and the composting toilet and the wiring cost me and don't forget the labor if you could actually find somebody to do the work. Then after you have calculated the cost could you tell me where in my budget I should find the money. I have a mortage, four kids and many an expense. Money must grow on the trees you love so much for you. Why do I get the feeling you don't have any financial concerns and don't give a crap about who would pay for all this or are you doing the usual pay for it on the back of the lower middle class?