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With nearly every candidate in the current federal election kowtowing at the Altar of Climate Doom (and an increasing number of municipal councils declaring “climate emergencies”), it’s important to understand just how useless it would be even if we sacrificed Canada’s entire economy in an attempt to save the planet.
There is no practical way to reduce our carbon emissions by 30% below their levels in 2005 or reach “net zero” emissions by 2030 or even 2050. That makes every party’s climate commitments meaningless, since all of them (except the People’s Party) have pledged (roughly) to achieve one or the other of these two goals.
But say it was possible to reduce carbon dioxide production so drastically, just what would that require?
We could stop every new pipeline ever dreamt up by oil companies (and under the Trudeau Liberals that is effectively what Ottawa has done), but that wouldn’t even come close.
We could prohibit the use of every vehicle in Canada – and I mean every one. Every bus, car, pickup, semi, train, boat, airplane and tractor. No more commuting to work or school, no more mechanized farming (oxen anyone?), no more deliveries to grocery stores, no more trips anywhere you couldn’t walk or bike. Nothing.
Even if we did that, we would only reach two-thirds of the goals pledged by our illustrious political leaders.
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