“Net-Zero Tyranny”

McTEAGUE: The dollar is down — and so are your wages

As president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, I’ve had the privilege of calling the public’s attention to ongoing energy-related public policy issues which drive up the cost of living in this country. In that same vein, I’d like to call your attention to another matter which is making our lives more expensive. It is, functionally, a significant tax on all economic activity, but one which no political party ran on and none of our representatives in parliament voted for.

I’m speaking of the weakness of the Canadian dollar.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada

“Rally Round The EV Boys”

EVs have become a litmus test for whether we’re still America’s buddy — or ready to be a global Canada say two Cranks

There are few Canadian markets more integrated with the U.S. than vehicles. And not just the cars we build in Ontario, but the ones we drive across this country.

We rely on U.S. safety standards that effectively determine which cars end up on dealership lots, align our tailpipe emission standards and when the U.S. under Biden erected a 100 per cent tariff wall on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), did Canada look to Europe’s much lower tariff or the U.K.’s lack of one? No, we put up a 100 per cent tariff wall too.

And then a few things happened.

These are not serious people.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

America is scrapping green restrictions on cars. It’ll leave Europe in the dust

In a move that has sent shockwaves through the environmental policy world, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to rescind greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles under the Clean Air Act. This is not merely a regulatory rollback, but a fundamental rethinking of the legal and scientific basis for environmental regulation in America.

An accompanying climate assessment report from the US Department of Energy provides the scientific rationale for the rollback. It will make for uncomfortable reading for those who think that green policy should be based on ideology rather than a clear-headed assessment of the facts, but it is a vital document for bringing clarity to a subject often clouded by dogma.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

EPA Proposes to Drive ‘A Dagger Into the Heart of the Climate Change Religion’

Trump’s EPA aims to rescind Obama-era climate restrictions, saving Americans $54 billion annually.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal on Tuesday to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has provided the legal basis for over $1 trillion in regulations, including infamous EV mandates under the Biden administration.

The proposal will undergo a period of public comment, but if finalized, would slash all the greenhouse gas emission regulations for motor vehicles and engines that have resulted from the finding.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Car Lovers Rejoice! After 50 Miserable Years, CAFE Standards Are Dead

One of the most important provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill has gone completely unnoticed, but promises to make the auto industry great again.

For 50 years, the federal government has been forcing fuel economy standards on auto companies. If the average fuel economy of the cars sold in a year exceeded a federal standard, the companies had to cough up enormous penalties.

Passed in 1975 as a way to deal with an energy crisis (that was caused by government price controls), “corporate average fuel economy” (CAFE) standards – required the fleet of cars sold by an automaker to achieve an arbitrary miles-per-gallon goal. If they missed the goal, they paid hefty annual fines.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

The International Court of Justice’s statement on fossil fuels puts Carney in a tough spot

Pay now, or pay more later. That’s the message sent by the International Court of Justice to fossil fuel-producing countries in an “advisory opinion” on climate change released last week. The opinion responds to a request for legal advice from all 193 United Nations member states.

“Failure of the state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions including through fossil fuel production, fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel exploration licenses, or the provision of fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state,” the court wrote in its unanimous decision.

A normal PM would tell that Kangaroo Kourt to shove it. Carney welcomes it as yet another avenue to shut down the oil industry.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Net Zero could destroy civilisation’

Fanatics will always show their true colours

Heatwaves in the UK, floods in Texas and wildfires in southern Europe have all been held up as portents of a coming climate apocalypse. Ed Miliband, the UK energy secretary, warned earlier this month that the British ‘way of life’ is under threat and ‘no sector or part of society is immune from those risks’. But is climate change really proving to be as dangerous as the eco-alarmists claim? And can it justify the extortionate costs of Net Zero, the drive to decarbonise every aspect of our lives?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

Joe Oliver: And suddenly, climate change hysteria is gone

Only 4% of Canadians think climate change is our top problem. But many of them are hard-core activists ready to block projects

Over the past several months, public concern about climate change has declined dramatically, replaced by newfound enthusiasm for the development of Canada’s vast oil and gas reserves. The federal government is now under mounting political pressure to expedite the construction of pipelines to tidewater that will bring economic growth, employment, energy security and funding for social programs or tax relief.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

Cory Morgan: Telling the Truth on Pipelines Key to Building Political Support

In supporting the concept of a pipeline corridor across Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney shifted from his predecessor’s approach to oil and gas exports. Carney so far has shown signs of recognizing that if Canada could expand oil and gas exports into overseas markets, the nation wouldn’t be as vulnerable to tariffs and other trade clashes with the United States.

In 2023, 97 percent of Canada’s crude oil exports went to the United States, as did nearly 100 percent of the natural gas exports. Meanwhile, Canada purchased nearly $20 billion worth of foreign crude oil, most of which came from the United States.

Maybe not so much Carney enthusiasm …

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Internal government document predicted ‘immediate’ drop in EV sales without rebate subsidies

OTTAWA — An internal government document reveals there was awareness among some officials that Ottawa ending its electric vehicle subsidies in January would lead to an “immediate” hit to EV sales and market uncertainty, as it coincided with the United States’ rollback of its own electrification programs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Auto industry says environment minister won’t relent despite calls to scrap EV mandate

Crazy woman

OTTAWA — Automakers calling on Ottawa to roll back its electric-vehicle mandate say their case has so far failed to sway Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin, who appears “committed” to keeping it in place.

Rising pressure over the EV issue is part of the central tension facing Prime Minister Mark Carney, which is how much to adjust the Liberals’ climate policies to address concerns coming from industry and premiers, amid a time of economic uncertainty.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

VW’s EV: Only 10 Percent Loss!

Cause for celebration: the failure was not as bad as it could have been.

Orwell was on to something when he examined the mentality of certain kinds of people in a scene in his novel, 1984, wherein the character Parsons — who is described as one of those people who will eagerly swallow the most outrageous absurdity — expresses exultant happiness about Big Brother having increased the chocolate ration. In fact — as the novel’s hero Winston Smith understands perfectly well — the chocolate ration had just recently been reduced.

Maybe Parsons is working for ADC, which is a German roadside assistance company. Kind of like AAA. Anyhow, the company says it tested the battery pack in VW’s ID3 device and found that after 100,000 miles of driving, it only lost just shy of 10 percent of its capacity to hold a charge.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Shipping Companies Suddenly Avoiding EVs

We’ve covered enough of these rather spectacular shipboard fires here that I’d imagine most everyone has a pretty good idea what this is in reference to.

Boats packed to the gills with thousands of vehicles, even if only a small percentage of them aboard are electric, become floating, unquenchable volcanic islands when the lithium batteries in one or more of the EVs overheat or explode, and start burning. Almost invariably, they take the entire ship with them.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Battery Makers in Slumping EV Business Find Lifeline Elsewhere

Tesla energy storage facility

Big U.S. EV battery makers are stepping back from the market that got them started and betting on a new set of customers in an entirely different business.

Instead of carmakers, these companies have started making batteries for utilities, wind- and solar-power developers, and massive data centers that train artificial intelligence.

Selling large, stationary batteries for “energy storage systems,” or ESS, used to be a niche market that wasn’t worth much attention, said Jaehong Park, an executive at the battery arm of South Korean conglomerate LG.

“ESS was the ugly duckling for a long time within our organization,” Park said.

Note that none of this activity is occurring in Canada. Our government EV Battery play is running out of juice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"