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Originally Posted by Salt Water Cowboy #10
I seems like a chincy inefficient way of making a small (hard to measure) difference.
I think most people with a conscience would prefer something more effective in the long run. Something that actually changes the amount of global emissions by the largest polluters.
I have no solution. And the carbon tax may be a a microscopic step in the right direction. But it relies on tax payers. Some of whom are already struggling to make ends meet. And there has got to be a better way. Something more effective.
But everyone against the carbon tax is dumb according to this forum.
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As I've been saying all along we are the largest polluters.
Is Canada? No.
Are Canadians? Yes
That's an important distinction to make, and it points to the fact that we have some responsibility in the matter.
As for relying on tax payers, we are all tax payers, and any solution is going to cost money. No one is going to do it on their own, it pretty much has to be government driven, and that means government spending of tax dollars.
If we could get people/industries to make changes without government intervention we would all still be paying for it, so whether it's taxpayers or consumers who are paying is really just semantics. Either way we all have to pay.
As to being against the carbon tax = being dumb.
I've never said anything like that. I know people who are against the carbon tax who I think are very intelligent, and I've spoken with them a lot about it.
What I think is dumb is arguing against a thing with almost no knowledge of how it actually works (and using examples of the exact opposite of how it works as in your reasoning) , throwing out things you've heard that you think make your point, but are factually incorrect (trees), and just ignoring the reality of Canada's disproportionately large impact on global emissions.
Being against something isn't dumb, but arguing against something without even knowing the basic facts, and using lies to try to bolster your position isn't exactly smart.