tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post1596407617142193590..comments2024-01-30T12:46:10.810-05:00Comments on Yappa Ding Ding: Taxes and the EnvironmentYappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-66445817141564871222008-07-18T01:20:00.000-04:002008-07-18T01:20:00.000-04:00I think you can start by cutting off your utilitie...I think you can start by cutting off your utilities, in winter, and burn your driver's licence. When you do that, as an example, then you might have some credibality.<BR/><BR/>The Green Shift Tax [New GST] is just a money grab, there is more evidance that "global warming" is loosing power. The Northern ice cap has not melted yet. <BR/><BR/>[http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/aqua_image_071208.jpg .... note the date please.]<BR/><BR/>We are cooling off the world without the Grees Shi*t Tax - if anything we should increase GHG to warm up the planet. <BR/><BR/>Yet you do not want facts getting your way, just as long as the money comes in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-47786667736494366382008-07-12T22:29:00.000-04:002008-07-12T22:29:00.000-04:00To anonymous at 4:42 - The Chinese government caps...To anonymous at 4:42 - <BR/><BR/>The Chinese government caps consumer gas prices at about half what Americans pay. The per capita income in China is about $2,000 per year, which is many times less than American per capita income. In any event, consumer gas prices in China have very little to do with our competitiveness.<BR/><BR/>Europeans pay a whole lot more for gas than North Americans and they manage very well. It didn't send them into poverty. They adapted. We need to adapt. We'll be much better off adapting if we fund transition policies through gas taxes than if we stick our head in the sand.Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-5328868415875670792008-07-12T16:42:00.000-04:002008-07-12T16:42:00.000-04:00You seem to live in a vacuum. If you look at the r...You seem to live in a vacuum. If you look at the rest of the world you will see that countries like china for instance subsidize the cost of gas to their consumers. When you add the enormous cost advantage of their cheap labor and energy costs that are 1/2 what we pay their cost advantages are clearly evident. Now you want to further cripple Canadian industry with more taxes when they are already struggling. It looks like we will meet our Kyoto targets through poverty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com