, who emit a scant 1.5 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions. Our impact will only matter if it’s on a global scale. That involves getting our critical minerals out of the ground, innovating in areas like clean hydrogen, clean diesel, and other forms of green energy tech for export. We will only make a real impact if we help power other nations, including the United States.
And speaking of the U.S., in 2022 it generated more energy from renewables last year than from coal, for the first time. Yet it has no national carbon tax.comprising a quarter of the U.S. population and 30 per cent of its GDP, but the U.S. has not brought in a national tax, because of the negative impact it would have on low-income Americans.
In other words, lower emissions can be achieved without higher taxes. More green tech can be produced without higher prices at the pumps. That’s not a piece of work — that’s a climate change plan Canadians could get behind.
This WEF initiative will bankrupt western civilization and create the goal of equity with our poorer nations. Our standard of living as we know it will change forever!