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Originally Posted by fotze
Every months Enmax bill should have 3 calculations on it:
Weight of garbage (weighed at the truck) X $2/kg = $14
Amount of water used X .2/m3 water = $50
Amount of electricity X .2/KWH = $50
Amount of gas X .2/m3 = $100
It should be simple without surcharges and access fees and maintenance fees and rider charges and all that. People can see plain as day, immediately in real dollars. Back calculate all those things into one per unit cost.
Also, attach flow/consumption rates on all appliances, fixtures and taps, so you can see that the bathroom sink being on for 1 minute costs you $.25, microwaving that burrito cost you a dime (I realize that these things fluctuate and all that).
The only way to fix it is to make it cost people money to waste,
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###. Well, except for the fact that you have issues counting higher than 3.
But seriously, I look at my electricity bill of $60 per month, and only $20 of that is for electricity used. Meaning if I cut my electricity usage in half, I will only save myself $10 per month. For $10- many people would say "why bother."
Other things can be done. Have the dump take in old fridges, and if they are in working order you get a $100 gift certificate for some appliance store to buy a new one; because a 20 year old fridge uses 3 times the electricity of a new one- assuming it is in perfect working order. I'd rather see my tax dollars go towards helping people make the leap towards helping the environment.