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I don't have a problem with reducing our polluting in general, but let's face it. If this was as huge a problem as they say it is going to be; solar, wind and hot rocks power would be a lot cheaper and coal fired power stations would be getting shut down in this country right now. I presently see a lot of lip service and no real action. The technologies exist and economy of scale is upon these technologies. I don't want to see this issue being used as a taxation base and nothing being done about the supposed issue. Even David Suzuki says, "We think humans are increasing the rate of climate change". He did not say, "We are sure".
I don't want to feel like the bad person all the time because we are using power. We don't supply it, we simply use it. We are so miserly with our power now and yet on the power bill it says you have used X tonne of carbon. It implies we are at fault. How can the end user be at fault when we don't supply? It's not like we have a choice where our power comes from really. Now we the end user will pay the tax and not the supplier. How screwed up is that?
Sorry for the digression.
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