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Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn't pitch better ideas (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tax the fucking rich. If you use or produce gas/oil/coal at an industrial scale, your taxes should be an incredible burden. Most citizens don't have an option to choose their fuel source, most of us don't even get a choice of god damned ISP.

Despite being just an conditioner with 2 extra valves, heatpumps are insanely expensive. And thanks to their high price and a 24/7 public slander campaign no one wants to buy an electric car. Fuck.

Before you even start, a modern heatpump will work with outside temps down below -20 and you don't need a car with a 700km range and 90 second charger, you need 200-300km and a 15amp outlet because all you do is drive your broke ass too and from work 250 days a year.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Just to point out:

Given that the Carbon tax is consumption based and the rich tend to consume significantly more it is effectively taxing the rich.
Up until recently before the Greener Home program was cancelled a very substantial portion of Heat pump installations was subsidized.
Modern heat pumps can still work at 75% capacity at -30c without auxiliary heat.