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thekanucklehead · 1 year
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Boss makes a mint by giving us shit
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Carlos Salinas aka BACHE | Periodo 1, 2021 | óleo sobre tela (oil on canvas), 28 x 21,5 cm
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4harrykunt · 5 days
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wadeeapdik · 10 days
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juanitahass · 12 days
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magnusthrust · 19 days
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thekanucklehead · 1 year
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Every day I’m climbing on some piece of shit made in China fucking bullshit pumpjack and wondering if today is the day the garbage welds are going to fail on me, causing me to fall to my death. Maybe if I voted harder we could bring back domestic production.
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4harrykunt · 5 days
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Opinion: Ottawa's "Just Transition" Needs to be Challenged for Encouraging Fantasy Around Oil and Gas
Exner-Pirot, H. (2022, May 17). Opinion: Ottawa's "just transition" needs to be challenged for encouraging fantasy around oil and gas. Calgary Herald. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-ottawas-just-transition-needs-to-be-exposed-as-a-flawed-fantasy UTL Link: http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fblogs-podcasts-websites%2Fopinion-ottawas-just-transition-needs-be%2Fdocview%2F2665521692%2Fse-2%3F
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Heather Exner-Pinot writes: “A fantasy has emerged in Canada called a ‘just transition.’ In this paradigm, the transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy in the form of solar panels and windmills will create a prosperous, low-carbon future with a thriving green economy. Taking action now will make our economy stronger and more competitive. The catch is that workers and communities who depend on the oil and gas sector will be disadvantaged. The ‘just transition’ ensures no one is left behind, with workers given the supports to succeed in other, more sustainable, fields. So committed is the federal government to this version of reality, that it is planning to introduce legislation in its name, to codify its ‘people-centred just transition principles.’”
“Global demand for oil and gas is as high as it has ever been. ... Years of underinvestment in production, now topped with sanctions on Russia, mean that prices for LNG and refined products are at record levels. Energy experts think crude oil will soon hit $180 a barrel or higher. Even if demand does eventually match up with supply, it still makes sense for the western world to maintain some production of its own, instead of relying on OPEC and Russia.”
“It seems almost farcical to dedicate legislative effort and taxpayer dollars to training programs for unemployable oilpatch workers, or to help oil and gas regions become economically viable. Canada has never exported more crude and bitumen than it does now, buoyed by the recent completion of the Line 3 pipeline, the reversal of the Capline pipeline, and global markets taking whatever we could muster. But labour, especially experienced labour, is a constraining factor, and is hampering growth, even with wages at three times or more the Canadian average. ... The more immediate question, however, is if we will stop using hydrocarbons for fuel. Here, the pragmatist must concede that that problem with fossil fuels is not the fuel per se, but the emissions. It is going to be far cheaper and faster to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into carbon capture, than it will be to replace tens of trillions of dollars worth of fossil fuel infrastructure with brand new energy systems.”
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Wang, S., & Lloyd, J. (2022, March). What will Canadian green jobs really look like? Macdonald-Laurier Institute. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mar2022_Canadian_green_jobs_Wang_Lloyd_COMMENTARY_FWeb.pdf
Photo source: Korol, T. [Photograph]. Reuters. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-ottawas-just-transition-needs-to-be-exposed-as-a-flawed-fantasy
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juanitahass · 12 days
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