>No, just answering the ones i asked would be informative.
You want to get personal on this issue, then I'll start fishing through your past posts for dirt.
>I do, three systems
My lot is small and I live in the city... So wind is out of the question. I'm waiting for the Alberta Govt. to decommission all the coal fire plants before installing a heat pump and electricity is expensive. I am thinking seriously about solar, but it would be nice to have a feed in system to get compensation for and save money on batteries to store the excess. They can pay me the same that I pay the utility company with transmission fees, admin. fees etc.. I don't care about subsidies, but in this regard the govt. gives out subsidies to oil companies much easier than they do to consumers. Note I also have high efficiency washer/dryer.
<<My driveway is concrete>> ... a failing grade.
Ripping up my driveway would not do any good.
<<Haven't planted a tree lately>>
Suzuki, who you claim is my "guru", has written on the inefficacy of planting trees. Not all as simple as you think.
I'm clear in my conscience my personal lifestye and actions on this issue. You seem to be siding with the deniers.
The biggest hits in CO2 reduction will come from increasing fuel efficiency of vehicles, eliminating coal fire plants and other hydrocarbon burning methods of generating electricity. For instance American Electric Power with it's coal stations produces 174 million tonnes of CO2 annually. That's 35 tonnes per customer. The average car emits only 5 tonnes of CO2 annually (still a lot).
Here's the rub. Burning coal right now is a cheap way of generating electircity (solar is rapidly catching up). Only the environmental costs related to CO2 pollution, mercury, ozone, etc. are not factored in. The consumer pays for that part. Make the polluter pay and coal becomes uneconomic. This is what conservatives are squacking about... That environmental regulation of the polluters will put them out of business. Well this is sometimes the objective. Some dirty industries must go.
So, who's in a position to distort the markets? Not industry that's for sure... Answer: governments. They have the facility to levy taxes on carbon emissions and improve environmental standards. Bring it on. |
