Green-Scam – Page 24 – Blazingcatfur

PBO defends unflattering analysis of green-regulation cost impacts against Liberal efforts to lie about their green-scam

OTTAWA – Despite Liberal attacks, Canada’s budget watchdog is standing by his office’s analysis showing a rise in the cost of gasoline from Ottawa’s new fuel regulations, insisting that it is not his job to help promote government policies.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released on Thursday a distributional analysis of the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), showing ho w the new Liberal policy will increase the price of gas and diesel when the program is fully implemented by 2030. The PBO estimated that at the national level, in 2030, the cost of the CFR to households would range from $231 for lower-income households to $1,008 for higher-income households.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2023May 20, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

The ugly downsides of Canada’s costly obsession with electric vehicles

Canada’s government is enchanted – obsessed even – with the idea of building batteries for electric vehicles on home soil. Already, Volkswagen is soaking up about $14-billion in public subsidies to build a battery factory in Southwestern Ontario, and Stellantis, owner of Jeep and Fiat, and LG Energy Solution are demanding equal treatment for their joint venture.

The mission to make Canada (well, Ontario) part of the global EV supply chain was inevitable and, from a purely industrial point of view, makes some sense, even though the per-employee job creation bill may emerge as the most expensive in Canadian history.

A good piece, you can’t come away without being convinced that EV’s are a ludicrous “green solution.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2023May 19, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

‘We will not risk plunging our homes into darkness because of the ideological whims of others,’ says Saskatchewan premier

Rex Murphy: Scott Moe’s not buying any net-zero nonsense

Two and a half cheers for Scott Moe, premier of Saskatchewan.

In this current mad moment in Canadian politics, when the nation’s global warming synod (the high priest being the most frequent flyer in the country, Justin Trudeau) is handing out billions of dollars from an exhausted treasury to carmakers if they locate in Ontario, Moe has most sensibly held up a “hold on!” sign. Very daring, Mr. Premier.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2023May 19, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam, Saskatchewan

Doug Ford will extort tax payers to bribe Stellantis

The Ontario government will pay more to ensure that an electric vehicle battery plant is built in Windsor, Ont., Premier Doug Ford said on May 19.

The project was thrown in doubt earlier this week when European automaker Stellantis NV halted construction of the facility, saying the federal government had failed to provide it with the money that it had promised.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2023May 19, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada, Green-Scam, WTF?

New fuel regulations will increase price of fuel and decrease GDP: budget watchdog

New fuel regulations set to take full effect in 2030 are expected to increase the price of fuel and shrink the size of Canada’s economy, according to a new report from Canada’s budget watchdog.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a distributional analysis of the federal government’s Clean Fuel Regulations Thursday.

After its release, the report became a lightning rod for federal politicians, with the Conservatives calling the policy a financial burden on families.

The other political parties criticized the PBO because they said the analysis ignores the cost of inaction on climate change.

So the Libs and NDP are upset that the report failed to take into account whatever made up numbers were necessary to make the tax grab look good.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2023May 18, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Not enough resources for EVs to be only cleaner car option, Toyota says

TOKYO (Reuters) – A lack of resources means battery electric vehicles (BEV) cannot be the auto sector’s only answer to climate change, Toyota Motor Corp’s top scientist said Thursday, warning that focusing on BEVs could lead some drivers to hold onto polluting vehicles.

Some investors and environmental groups have long criticised Toyota for being slow to embrace BEVs, saying it has lagged Tesla Inc and others amid growing global demand.

The world’s top automaker by sales has countered that BEVs are just one option and that gasoline-electric hybrids, such as its pioneering Prius, are a more realistic choice for some markets and drivers.

Not the first time Toyota has pointed out EV’s are not the Wunderwaffe they are portrayed to be.

Toyota is working on their own ‘solid state’ battery powered EV’s.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2023May 18, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Green-Scam

Europe is turning against net zero

The contrast couldn’t be greater. In Britain a wealthy cabinet minister goes on television to boast of how he is installing a heat pump in his home – something his government is proposing to force on millions of British homeowners over the next few years in spite of them costing many thousands of pounds more than a gas or oil boiler. Meanwhile, in France, the President makes a speech calling for a ‘regulatory pause’ on green issues in order to push for the ‘re-industrialisation’ of his country.

by Blazingcatfur•May 19, 2023May 18, 2023•0•Green-Scam

Trudeau’s second carbon tax to cost Canadians big time

Justin Trudeau’s second carbon tax, set to take effect July 1, will soon be costing Canadian families more than $1,000 per year.

That shock figure comes from an analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) looking at costs across the country and by province between now and 2030.

by Blazingcatfur•May 18, 2023May 18, 2023•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Solar: a risky waste of time and money

In Australia, great reliance is being placed on electricity generation from solar panels, both roof-mounted and solar farms. The aim is to replace generation from coal and gas to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers recognise that, for this to succeed, the electricity generated and used must be greater than the electricity expended in making and installing the panels (embodied energy). The number of years it takes for this energy recovery is called Energy Pay-Back Time (EPBT). It is clear that pay-back times should be short because, until the embodied energy is replaced, there cannot be any positive output.

by Blazingcatfur•May 18, 2023May 18, 2023•0•Green-Scam

Jeep maker Stellantis demands billions to keep battery plant in Canada

Jeep maker Stellantis has threatened to shift a planned battery plant from Canada to the US unless it receives billions more in state subsidies offered to a rival, in the latest manoeuvre by a big manufacturer in the international battle over green incentives.

It comes as the world’s fourth biggest carmaker, which also produces Vauxhall/Opel, Fiat, Citroën, Peugeot, DS, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Abarth vehicles, leads a campaign in Europe for the UK and EU to renegotiate tariff rules in the Brexit deal.

A pox on both their houses.

by Blazingcatfur•May 18, 2023May 18, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Saskatchewan plan to run coal power plants beyond 2030 would be illegal, Guilbeault says

OTTAWA — It would be against the law for Saskatchewan to run its coal-fired power plants after 2030 unless the greenhouse-gas emissions from those plants are captured, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday.

His comment comes as electricity generation becomes the latest jurisdictional battle over climate policy between federal and provincial governments.

by Blazingcatfur•May 18, 2023May 17, 2023•0•"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam, Saskatchewan

Doug Ford, Chrystia Freeland spar over whose stash of tax payer cash should be used to rescue Stellantis corporate welfare scheme

OTTAWA – Queen’s Park and Ottawa are at a standoff over funding for a multi-billion battery plant in Windsor, Ont., with the 2,500 jobs hanging in the balance as the company threatens to walk away if a deal can’t be reached.

Stellantis and its partner LG announced the battery plant in January 2022, pledging to create 2,500 new jobs in the community with the $5-billion plant. Details were kept secret at the time, but the company appears to have received $1 billion, split between the federal and provincial governments, to build the plant.

by Blazingcatfur•May 17, 2023May 17, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Green-Scam

Canada is getting played by Stellantis, but we asked for it

Ottawa and Queen’s Park are getting played by Stellantis but you can’t say they didn’t ask for it. By deciding to engage in a subsidy war with the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford ensured they would be held for ransom.

Politically, they have no choice now but to pay up. Mr. Ford and Mr. Trudeau have boasted so much about attracting electric-vehicle investments, they would both lose face if Stellantis packed up its marbles. They may argue in public over who should pay most of the ransom to prevent Stellantis from cancelling plans to build a $5-billion electric-vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. But none of that will matter in the end.

Neither Ford nor Junior will lose any sleep over this heinous waste of tax payer money.

by Blazingcatfur•May 17, 2023May 16, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Green-Scam

GUNTER: Electric vehicles leave taxpayers on the hook

I’ve always believed the difference between the cost of a government subsidy and the value of the project it is subsidizing is nothing more than a political premium – the price the government of the day is willing to pay to bring an uneconomical project to a riding or region the ruling party feels is important to its re-election.

by Blazingcatfur•May 17, 2023May 16, 2023•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

John Kerry would love for farmers to stop farming

Special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry recently warned that the world can’t tackle climate change without first addressing emissions from agriculture.

Kerry noted that agricultural production is responsible for roughly one third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions and argued that reducing those emissions must be “front and center” in the quest to defeat global warming. Kerry made the remarks at the Department of Agriculture’s AIM (Agriculture Innovation Mission) for Climate Summit in Washington, D.C.

by Blazingcatfur•May 17, 2023May 16, 2023•0•Green-Scam