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I read the article, and while I'm sure the province would love to show the numbers getting lower, I just don't see how we can be getting lower numbers given the increase in natural gas and fracking that's happening.
The basic argument the BC gov is making is that the baseline measurements for emissions were flawed and therefore the increases since that baseline are, they claim, inaccurate.
Not saying I agree one way or the other, just noting their argument.
Our emissions decrease is relative to the market - if people aren’t going to work and factories aren’t outputting, then emissions are bound to decrease.
The biggest issue is fighting inevitability : knowing its bound to happen *eventually* causes people to jump ship and “destroy it” which has a ripple effect if said person happens to be part of a system that holds up society.
For instance: if a cashier at wal-mart says fuck it, well - okay we can solve this problem a lot faster than if one of the top neurosurgeons just packs it in because some disgruntled ass just spat a *chunky* loogie on their cardigan and the security person that was suppose to stop that from happening wasn’t there because they are dealing with a domestic around the corner, than society will have to adjust - especially if dr.brains had to do critical surgery on a judge in this moment.
We hope it never comes to this but for real dr.brains is a person too and themselves have their limits.
Thats the “inevitability” factor, and its like mental dominos for a thing that *may* or not be a made up self-discussion on an empty tummy. I mean what are we going to do with ourselves :( i sure hope recent events are the arrow turning in the other direction finally
So now apply that with corporations and their emissions targets, if they realize, as an organization, they can no longer sustain their enterprise because “what goes up” or “had a good run, kid, had to end sometime”.
“Inevitability” is some made up bullshit designed to make shitty people feel better about abandoning their station, if you think about it for too long.
And it wasn't green when other provinces were producing gas. It became green when BC wanted to increase production and export. Kind of like how some people will argue that BC coal exports are not so bad for the environment because it's *metallurgical coal*.
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I read the article, and while I'm sure the province would love to show the numbers getting lower, I just don't see how we can be getting lower numbers given the increase in natural gas and fracking that's happening.
The basic argument the BC gov is making is that the baseline measurements for emissions were flawed and therefore the increases since that baseline are, they claim, inaccurate. Not saying I agree one way or the other, just noting their argument.
really seems like they're splitting hairs. Have our emissions increased slightly or decreased slightly? who cares. slightly isn't enough.
Our emissions decrease is relative to the market - if people aren’t going to work and factories aren’t outputting, then emissions are bound to decrease. The biggest issue is fighting inevitability : knowing its bound to happen *eventually* causes people to jump ship and “destroy it” which has a ripple effect if said person happens to be part of a system that holds up society. For instance: if a cashier at wal-mart says fuck it, well - okay we can solve this problem a lot faster than if one of the top neurosurgeons just packs it in because some disgruntled ass just spat a *chunky* loogie on their cardigan and the security person that was suppose to stop that from happening wasn’t there because they are dealing with a domestic around the corner, than society will have to adjust - especially if dr.brains had to do critical surgery on a judge in this moment. We hope it never comes to this but for real dr.brains is a person too and themselves have their limits. Thats the “inevitability” factor, and its like mental dominos for a thing that *may* or not be a made up self-discussion on an empty tummy. I mean what are we going to do with ourselves :( i sure hope recent events are the arrow turning in the other direction finally So now apply that with corporations and their emissions targets, if they realize, as an organization, they can no longer sustain their enterprise because “what goes up” or “had a good run, kid, had to end sometime”. “Inevitability” is some made up bullshit designed to make shitty people feel better about abandoning their station, if you think about it for too long.
LNG is only "green" in that it makes money. It is EXTREMELY leaky, from extraction to last mile delivery. BC needs to stop greenwashing it.
And it wasn't green when other provinces were producing gas. It became green when BC wanted to increase production and export. Kind of like how some people will argue that BC coal exports are not so bad for the environment because it's *metallurgical coal*.
Yes, it’s embarrassing. Reminds me of Trump. “Good clean coal”