The Green Shift Raises CO2 emission by 7.15 Mega tonnes
I have created a graphic to demonstrate how the Green Shift raises CO2 emissions by 7.15 Mega tonnes. The economic evidence I used includes peer reviewed articles from economic journals. This is described in a post that attempts to make it easier for non-economists to understand. The Green Shift II. Stephane Dion likes to refer to the Nordic countries as a carbon tax success, but that is not entirely true as this Wall Street Journal article points out.
[...] The Green Shift would increase CO2 emissions by 7.15 megatonnes! Is this what May/Dion propose for the [...]
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This green shaft was never about reducing emissions. It was always about Liberal social engineering schemes.
Comment by Powell Lucas — October 3, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
[...] when I said that the Liberal Party’s Green Shift could raise emissions by 7.15 Mt? Apparently Economist Jack Mintz, of CD Howe fame is 100% behind the Green Shift. But really is he? [...]
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