tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post3789702403996428425..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Preston Manning Repeats Himselfbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-30155170708348517222012-06-29T17:08:09.511-04:002012-06-29T17:08:09.511-04:00Did Parson Manning bother to quantify the emission...Did Parson Manning bother to quantify the emissions of a hydro project? He claims they flooded an area the size of Lake Ontario. The decaying trees under the water would presumably provide carbon emissions, if in fact they decay and release carbon.<br /><br />How many tonnes of GHG are we talking about? And what is the comparable number from bitumen extraction, refining and burning?<br /><br />I thought the difference between trees and oil is with trees, you are releasing carbon that was fixed in the last few decades and if you release it (by burning or decay) it will again be fixed by other trees, thus maintaining a "current carbon account" balance. How much will not be fixed due to flooding of an area the size of Lake Ontario?<br /><br />Contrast that with releasing, over a couple of hundred years, carbon that was fixed over a period of many millions of years.<br /><br />Where's the data? Where are the numbers? Is this like Rob Ford claiming $30 billion for 30 years to build all the subways he wants as too expensive, yet his own "solution" has no specifics, other than he had 30 developers in his office who while unnamed, were prepared to put up lots of money to build subways. But no actual numbers.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-61687212661035863432012-06-29T12:14:24.955-04:002012-06-29T12:14:24.955-04:00Brilliant logic, Frunger.
Let's call it Frung...Brilliant logic, Frunger.<br /><br />Let's call it Frunger's Law:<br /><br /><i>One must never advocate a course of action that one hasn't advocated for their entire life.</i>Lennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937127608668201556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-32406924871105531922012-06-29T11:34:34.576-04:002012-06-29T11:34:34.576-04:00Mulcair will have more of an issue when it comes t...Mulcair will have more of an issue when it comes to doing something about, lets say, mileage standards and the auto unions raise heck. I'm arguing here that, with Hydro, I don't see him having a problembigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-23114679589906906452012-06-29T11:27:50.635-04:002012-06-29T11:27:50.635-04:00Your facts are accurate in that today those constr...Your facts are accurate in that today those construction emissions wouldn't count and couldn't be taxed. Taxing them retroactively would be a stupid idea.<br /> <br />You fall on your face when you think that puts Mulcair on the winning side of the argument. <br /><br />The way I see it, if Mulcair only cares about taxing emissions AFTER Quebec won't be subject to them, it makes him a scoundrel not a saint.<br /><br />I graduated university more than 10 years ago. It would be like me championing a drastic hike in enrollment fees. Pure self interest, plain and simple.Frungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043359335102247574noreply@blogger.com