Vincent J. Curtis
23 Nov 24
RE: An oil and gas pollution cap is the right move for Canadians. Op-ed by Aly Hyder Ali. The Hamilton Spectator 23 Nov 24. Ali works for Environmental Defense.
If you want to play into the hands of the Saudi oil sheiks, then follow the advice of Aly Hyder Ali. If you want to provoke Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada, then follow the advice of Aly Hyder Ali: impose “pollution” caps on the oil and gas sector.
However, if Ontario wants to demonstrate altruism in regard to oil and gas “pollution” it could do so by strict rationing of motor fuels, of natural gas for heating buildings and generating electricity, and of fuels for the agricultural sector. Hamilton could just shut down steelmaking operations; just shut them all down. Go ahead: stay home, go hungry, live under threat of blackouts, and pray spring comes before the heat gets shut off. It’s easy being moralistic at someone else’s expense; not so easy when it comes out of your hide, is it?
Carbon dioxide is no more a pollutant than oxygen is; ask the plants you talk to; it’s an essential gas of life on this planet. It’s called a pollutant, and only recently, by climate fanatics spreading disinformative rhetoric to sway the ill-informed and to prejudice fake news reporting.
It’s -13ºC as I write this, plunging to -21ºC tonight, and it’s only the third week in November. Don’t talk to me about global warming: show me the money!
Meanwhile, admit there’s nothing Canada can
do about escalating world carbon dioxide emissions, which is the point of
imposing productions caps on Alberta’s oil and gas sector..
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