tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post1789486024319483575..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Lagging Far BehindLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-48034875490849946802018-01-23T19:39:05.449-05:002018-01-23T19:39:05.449-05:00It is likely his apparent sincerity is part of wha...It is likely his apparent sincerity is part of what enables Trudeau to get away with some of these whoppers, Mound. All of us lose when power isn't held to account for the betrayal of the planet.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-27664774350966320022018-01-23T19:12:06.725-05:002018-01-23T19:12:06.725-05:00It's double-talk, Lorne, and our prime ministe...It's double-talk, Lorne, and our prime minister, like his predecessors, is a master at the game. Whether it's neoliberal globalism or the petro-economy they simply have no Plan B. <br /><br />When the freshly minted prime minister and his enviromin showed up in Paris in 2015 they made grandiose pronouncements of what we were going to do, how we were no longer the Canada of Harper. They argued, convincingly, for bold new targets. 1.5C instead of 2.0C to the cheers of the crowd. <br /><br />Few heard Schellnhuber in the background warning that the only way to achieve these targets was through the "induced implosion" of the fossil energy industry. He meant nothing less than governments of petro-states closing down their industries, severing the trade in fossil fuels.<br /><br />What we wound up with was a government willing to overlook its promises of 'social licence,' First Nations consultation, cleaning out the blatantly corrupt National Energy Board and working to push through every pipeline possible (save for the Northern Gateway) from Energy East, to Keystone XL to the grossly expanded Kinder Morgan. And then, in a gem of sophistry worthy of Trump himself, he proclaims the path to Canada's green future lies from ramping up extraction, transmission and sale of the world's highest cost, highest carbon ersatz petroleum, bitumen. And he does it all with such grand sincerity.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-79503432639932553352018-01-23T16:50:27.673-05:002018-01-23T16:50:27.673-05:00While few things in life are black and white, Owen...While few things in life are black and white, Owen, the issues surrounding climate change seem to be.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-84129514063760262232018-01-23T16:24:43.672-05:002018-01-23T16:24:43.672-05:00You can't have it both ways with fossil fuels,...You can't have it both ways with fossil fuels, Lorne. Justin believes he can split the difference. He can't.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com