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Originally Posted by GGG
My point wasn’t to reduce driving. It was that Carbon taxes will slowly lower carbon emissions of the power used to power cars. Once CO2 and other pollutants emmissions are controlled the negative externalities from driving mostly go away.
Driving less is not morally better if the externalities are minimized.
Traffic congestion and the cost of roads will be the issues with driving and they can be dealt with through congestion taxes.
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You're not being realistic.
I think you're dreaming if you think the carbon tax will change behaviour fast enough to make a difference.
The biggest emitters in the world do not have a carbon tax.
Most developing countries are going to burn more fossil fuels in the next 25 years.
China / India / Europe are going to burn record amounts of coal the next 10-15 years.
Canada is being delusional thinking that the carbon tax or mandated EV only sales is going to do anything, and yet we are extremely singular focused.
There has to be data available on what 25% increase in EVs in Canada will require in terms of power production. Where will that production come from? Solar is great in some provinces, but a tough sell in others & wind is not reliable at all in most provinces. Hydro is great, but not everyone lives in Manitoba or Quebec where capacity could be built out.
That means a fast move towards more EVs will equal even more fossil fuels needed to create power.
Unless there is some other breakthrough you think will happen between now and 10 years from now.