[Sust-mar] Pricing greenhouse gas emissions

[Chris "Bighead" Milburn]

Hi Dr. Hughes and Sust-Mar

I am DEEPLY disappointed to see only the "three major parties" represented
in this analysis.

The Green Party has been way ahead of the curve in this realm for many, many
years.  In fact, the present Liberal policies look a lot like GPC policies
from the 1990's.  And one could argue that the libs were introduced to these
policies by the Greens.  And one could further argue that it is pressure
from the increasing Green vote which has made the libs come around to the
idea of a carbon tax (despite it being obviously unpopular with many
voters).  Not at all to say that the current Liberal policies are perfect -
they are missing some important points. 

As a former NDP supporter, I am very disappointed with the NDP's singly
focused, Robin-Hood-philosophy-driven green platform which fails to
recognize that it is our individual habits of energy consumption, not JUST
corporations, that have caused the problems that exist today.  Jack Layton
continues to state over and over "Canadians are getting ripped off at the
pumps" as if cheap gas were a Canadian right, and a long-term reality.  This
line of politicking is destructive to real progress in energy consumption
reduction.  An honest party would say "gas is expensive and will continue to
increase in price, and we need to develop policies to deal with this as a
society".

I think I would be preaching to the choir if I started to even mention the
"small flaws" in the Conservative approach to energy consumption reduction!

I'm very disappointed that Dr. Hughes did not include analysis of the Green
Party policies on energy, which have long lead the field in Canadian
politics.  We can vote for parties with incomplete policies, or vote for the
party with the best policy.  They may not get into power, but if lots of
votes go their way, maybe we'll again see a mainstream party stealing their
policies.

Sincerely,
Chris

Chris Milburn
43 Rigby Road
Sydney, N.S. B1P 4T4
902-539-6852
email: chris.milburn at ns.sympatico.ca

 


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A presentation to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce Energy Security
Committee, describing the three approaches to encouraging greenhouse gas
emission reduction proposed by each of Canada's major political parties. A
summary of "Contraction and Convergence" is also discussed.

http://lh.ece.dal.ca/enen/2008/ERG200805.pdf

Larry Hughes, PhD
Professor
Energy Research Group
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 2X4
Canada

v: 902.494.3950
f: 902.422.7535
e: larry.hughes at dal.ca
u: http://lh.ece.dal.ca


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