finally, the CBC connects the dots.

[elexia@catcatnya.com]

@anne_twain @adub I mean there's various studies that show that the will of voters barely factors into political decisionmaking. they are oriented towards the interests of the rich. it's much easier to cater to a small group with outsize influence that literally controls most of the media and can finance political campaigns than to millions of people with much more varied views.

[scienceisnotopinions@mstdn.ca]

@adub And get these dirty vehicles off the streets. Today, I saw several and if that number is mutlplied by every town and city in this country, it's a serious concern.

I would like to see gas rationing so that stupid people can't go driving around just for fun. Road holidays once per year etc. Will never happen but we have to wean the addicts off this shit.

[sleepysaf@meow.social]

@hub @adub They might try to finance that with more fossil fuel sales. Just nationalize them, pay for everyone's severance below the C suite, self-sabotage drilling equipment in a way that it can't be used again, and then liquidate.

[yacc143@mastodon.social]

@adub
Have they no shame.

18b subsidies, that's communism.

Burn them with their own oil, these dirty communists.

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@Scienceisnotopinions @adub

We don't have adequate public transportation and unless I am misinformed about this topic, I don't know of any lower middle income to no income people who can afford an EV.
So what is your suggestion, exactly how do those folk go shopping, visit the doctor and family and friends?
It's easy to point the finger and assign blame to the wrong people.

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@anne_twain @adub
Sadly ours is rushing headlong to increasing exports of the dirtiest oil on the planet.

[miamarktwo@syzito.xyz]

@adub Funny how it has to be literally almost killing your own self before this happens.

[adub@beige.party]

@MiaMarkTwo

[adub@beige.party]

@yacc143 *lolsob*

[adub@beige.party]

@TrueNorthSpice @Scienceisnotopinions i think the best way to frame this problem is that it's structural/systemic, not so much about individual buying choices.

Norway has almost completely changed purchases of new cars from petrol/diesel to electric, in less than two decades iirc, through government regulation and incentives. btw EVs are a lot more affordable than / EVs, but the government is severely restricting their imports "to protect local industry".

[adub@beige.party]

@anne_twain i'm aware. my Dad is an energy policy expert and has been sounding the alarm about fossil fuels since the 1970s, well before it became fashionable

[adub@beige.party]

btw i do not need fossil fuels policy or the climate emergency explained to me, thanks all the same.

i am a physics professor & i understand the magnitude of our planetary climate emergency better than most people.

also, my Dad is an energy policy expert who has been sounding the alarm about fossil fuels since the 1970s, long before it became fashionable to do so. i grew up having energy policy conversations around the dinner table & gave feedback on an entire book he wrote when i was a teen

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@adub @Scienceisnotopinions
Canada is loosening those restrictions that you mentioned

edit: I agree it is systemic, also we face an almost insurmountable problem....population vs the geographical size of our country. How do we provide adequate, inexpensive, reliable public transit between villages, town and cities? Not to mention, overcoming the challenges of moving goods?

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@anne_twain
I am sorry to hear this.

Yeah, around the world many governments are cracking down on protesters, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to voice our opposition to the anti-climate, in- the pocket -of -lobbyists pro-oil politicians.
The biggest oil companies, like Exxon have very deep pockets and right wing groups like the Heritage Foundation and the Atlas Network are very powerful global organizations. Not sure how we effectively fight back.

[hamishb@mstdn.ca]

Ontario used to have a system that required vehicle owners (randomly selected) to have their emission-controls inspected before licence renewal, but stupid Doug Ford decided that was unfair and scrapped it.

@Scienceisnotopinions @adub

[hamishb@mstdn.ca]

Our country is vast but most of us stay within manageable regional bounds. We used to move a lot more goods by rail with trucking primarily for local delivery, but that changed in the Reagan/Mulroney era. We used to have lots of inter-town bus services, but business interests decided they were not profitable enough.

The affordability factor is because all the wealth is been sucked up by the rich no matter how productive we are. It's a political problem.

@TrueNorthSpice @adub @Scienceisnotopinions

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@hamishb @adub @Scienceisnotopinions

Agreed.

And I know if Billionaires, the ultra wealthy paid their share in taxes, most of our problems would fade away and become a distant memory.

[lmgenealogy@mstdn.ca]

@hamishb @TrueNorthSpice @adub @Scienceisnotopinions Yes! The goal for governments should be making life better for all citizens, not making bigger profits for a few at everyone else's expense.