“Net-Zero Tyranny”

The electric car backlash could be about to take its biggest scalp yet

You certainly have to admire the breathtaking speed at which Kamala Harris seems to change her positions. She thought Joe Biden was in great shape for a second term until suddenly he wasn’t. She was vehemently opposed to fracking, and then suddenly she was all in favour of it. And now, in the kind of screeching U-turn you could only execute in a top of the range, big engine sports car, she doesn’t want to tell people what cars to drive.

And like on all the other occasions, it’s unlikely to convince anyone. If you fear that a Harris presidency will witness the final demise of the internal combustion engine, it’s not time to relax yet.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Kamala Harris", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Election 2024

Used EVs Sell for Bargain Prices Now, Putting Owners and Dealers in a Bind

Electric cars have gone from pricey purchases to some of the biggest bargains on the used-car lot, as resale values for the vehicles have tumbled.

Two years ago, some used electric-car models were selling for as much or more than new ones, because of a supply-chain crisis that resulted in a broader car shortage.

Now, the dynamic has flipped. Dealer lots are full of unsold EVs, and car companies—largely led by Tesla—have slashed prices on new models in an effort to sell them.

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

SNELL: Trudeau, Singh, Carney and the Canadian Church of Wokeism

Decades ago, Pierre Trudeau said, “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.”

The comment, originating from the Globe and Mail, pertained to his Omnibus Bill, which changed the Criminal Code of Canada to legalize sex acts performed by two consenting adults in private. Trudeau’s declaration vindicated many gay Canadians. Along with his pirouette behind Queen Elizabeth in 1977, it symbolized an end to the union of church and state in Canada.

But, a new church and state were rejoined in 2015 when his son Justin became prime minister. Pierre Trudeau rolled over in his grave.

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

RCMP investigation in legal ‘grey zone’ with ‘green slush fund’ documents: commissioner

OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme is concerned that some of the documents on the so-called “green slush fund” sent to Mounties via a controversial House of Commons order are beyond the normal reach of investigators, putting the force in an awkward legal “grey zone.”

Sounds like the ground work for the usual “Some crimes are best unsolved” gambit.

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STIRLING: The other side of climate change claims that you’re never allowed to hear

The University of Toronto’s magazine “The VarsiTea” is celebrating that, “On September 26, 73 Canadian organizations and 106 academics, including seven U of T professors, issued a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling on his government to stop all public financing of the fossil fuel sector.”

These groups are also calling for an immediate cap on oil and gas production, claiming this is the only way Canada can meet Paris Agreement targets.

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Terence Corcoran: Net-zero fantasies undone by fossil fuel realities

The evidence mounts daily that, regardless of Hurricane Milton and other climate events, neither Canada nor the world are on track to achieve the net-zero fossil fuel emission reduction targets said to be necessary to save the world from the “existential” threat of climate change. Despite the calls for action, oil and gas production continue to increase as energy corporations boost fossil fuel investments.

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

Jack Mintz: Will Canada’s auto industry need another bailout?

It’s been a tough year for some auto companies. Sales of electric vehicles continue to grow, especially in China and India, though more slowly than expected in North America and Europe. Demand is even falling in Italy, Japan and Germany. Meanwhile, cheaper Chinese EVs are grabbing market share in Europe and Asia. While improving recently, global vehicle sales remain sluggish at 90 million units in 2023, four million short of 2018.

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

Corrected PBO report finds carbon tax leaves most Canadians worse off even as they get more back in rebates

OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s corrected analysis of the carbon tax has confirmed most Canadians are getting back more in rebates than they pay in carbon taxes but that the policy will make most Canadians worse off financially.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux corrected a mistake he made in two previous reports, but it came to the same broad conclusion. Those previous reports counted both the fuel tax that average consumers pay and the tax on heavy emitters, which they don’t.

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

The EV Flame Out

Another shipment of electric cars is on its way.

It is now, or should be, common knowledge that electric vehicles—cars, trucks, buses, bikes, scooters—under conditions of even low humidity or water damage, are prone to catching fire, owing to the unstable nature of the lithium-ion battery. As Chris Morrison writes at The Daily Skeptic, EVs are known to explode “with the force of a bomb blasting super-heated jets of flame, melting and decomposing nearby structural materials including metal and concrete, and sending vast amounts of toxic fumes into any enclosed atmosphere.”

h/t PA Cat

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

Dutch Bank to End Lending to Customers Not Aligned with Net Zero

In an interview with the Financial Times published on 19 September, Steven van Rijswijk, the chief executive of ING, said that the Dutch bank had put its clients on notice that it would either restrict or stop providing finance to companies that fail to address their carbon footprint on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, from 2025, the bank will no longer offer extra funding for LNG export terminals, a decision in line with the International Energy Agency’s recommendations. Fresh funding for upstream oil and gas businesses exploring untapped geographical areas will also be halted.

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

Braid: Impact Assessment Act joins carbon tax on list of dying Liberal policies

Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act, like the carbon tax, lies gravely wounded by incompetence and regional favouritism.

Ontario gets an exemption from the IAA. Alberta doesn’t. There’s nothing original about that.

The Liberals did the same thing by exempting home heating oil from carbon tax, after Atlantic MPs lobbied the prime minister personally.

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

The green deindustrialisation of Britain

At midnight on Monday, Britain’s last remaining coal-fired power station turned off its turbines. The closure of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire brings to an end Britain’s 142-year reliance on the black stuff for generating electricity.

The end of coal is being celebrated by the political class as a sign of Britain’s ‘leadership’ on the climate. Apparently, this is a mark of our ‘progress’ towards a greener, cleaner future. Indeed, politicians were so eager to shut Ratcliffe down that the deadline for its closure was actually brought forward by a year by Boris Johnson’s Conservative government, ahead of the 2021 COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.

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Majority of Canadians oppose federal ban on new gas and diesel vehicles

A new poll released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) shows that 59% of Canadians oppose the federal government’s plan to ban the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2035.

“The results of the poll are clear: Canadians don’t want the government to ban new gas and diesel vehicles,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director.

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