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[Hamloc]

In theory the carbon tax is supposed to encourage us to produce less C02 by using greener alternatives. 1 gigajoule of natural gas produces the same amount of energy as 277 kwh of electricity. I pay $6.98 per gigajoule of natural gas of which $1.517 is carbon tax in Alberta($30 tonne carbon tax). I pay on average $.19 a kwh for electricity. So to produce the same amount of energy in electricity would cost me $52.63 or roughly 7.5 times as much! So to heat my house with electricity would be prohibitively expensive. To make it work electricity would have to be 3 cents a kwh all in. In Alberta the cost of generation is capped at 6.8 cents the rest of the cost is transmission, so transmission alone is 12.2 cents for me.

[littledoggie]

The thing with this carbon tax, even if future governments get rid of it, do you really think that any prices will come down? Some carbon tax is hidden.

[bucket]

The thing with this carbon tax, even if future governments get rid of it, do you really think that any prices will come down? Some carbon tax is hidden.

Saskatchewan has been paying the carbon tax ever since they put the carbon capture on a coal fired power plant....

Not sure why people can't use their ****ing brains....

[dmlfarmer]

Saskatchewan has been paying the carbon tax ever since they put the carbon capture on a coal fired power plant....

Not sure why people can't use their ****ing brains....

Because people only hear what they want to hear and do not question.

I am getting a kick out of all the Albertans flocking to support Kenney because of his promise to axe the carbon tax yet on April 3rd he come out in support of carbon capture and sequestration again - a process that is much more costly and less effective than a carbon tax or cap and trade. https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2019/04/03/ucp-moving-backwards-on-failed-carbon-capture-and-sequestration.html https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2019/04/03/ucp-moving-backwards-on-failed-carbon-capture-and-sequestration.html

And this is not the first time he has supported carbon capture. I remember he made similar comments back in February. But if the UPC climate change plan is not funded by a direct tax on emitters but rather the costs are hidden in government spending and deficits (that must still be funded by the Alberta taxpayer) it must be acceptable.

[littledoggie]

Maybe that carbon capture will come in handy when the climate changes and we are actually low on carbon. ;|