tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post6337887988244277849..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Folly of Harper's Economic EmphasisLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-66306419508920802392014-10-17T08:39:43.006-04:002014-10-17T08:39:43.006-04:00Agreed, Mound. While the writing is on the proverb...Agreed, Mound. While the writing is on the proverbial wall, Harper only looks in the mirror that reflects only his distorted worldview.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-3416827636093607222014-10-17T00:22:10.234-04:002014-10-17T00:22:10.234-04:00A few days ago the governor of the Bank of England...A few days ago the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, came out urging investors to reconsider their commitments to fossil fuels. He pointed out the obvious: if we're to avoid catastrophic climate change, most of the known reserves would have to be left in the ground, unburned.<br /><br />What Carney was tacitly stating was that the world markets are awash in vastly overstated hydrocarbon assets. He did use the term "carbon bubble."<br /><br />If there is such a bubble, as there surely is, then buyers will have the option of simply going with low cost/low carbon energy - the cleanest and cheapest of the fossil fuel cornucopia. Not only is demand waning but it's highly likely that we will see a global, carbon pricing scheme in the next few years. The higher the carbon content the more you pay.<br /><br />Yes, Harper is driving Canada to the edge of an economic abyss. He does that because, unlike any genuine economist, he finds his reality in belief, not fact. This diabolical little shit simply chooses not to believe what's happening. It doesn't comport with his fantasy narrative and so is to be excluded.<br /><br />Seriously, Lorne, we're under the very authoritarian thumb of a guy who has significant mental issues.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-71045043144392199672014-10-16T19:26:08.115-04:002014-10-16T19:26:08.115-04:00Be careful, Salamander. Such talk will get you des...Be careful, Salamander. Such talk will get you designated as an Enemy of the Harper State. ;)Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-22865570050882788892014-10-16T19:22:48.620-04:002014-10-16T19:22:48.620-04:00And we can only hope, Owen, that Canadians consign...And we can only hope, Owen, that Canadians consign him to the dustbin of history next year.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-17332095539922185942014-10-16T19:09:06.714-04:002014-10-16T19:09:06.714-04:00.. any basic research into 'Clean-Tech' an..... any basic research into 'Clean-Tech' and/or 'Green-Tech' regarding employment statistics, economic value, GDP etc reveals startling facts. This incredibly diverse and exploding sector is making oil/gas/energy look tired economically.. not to mention socially and within North American culture.<br /><br />Even the wild salmon and sport fishing industry of BC is larger economically if I am not mistaken. Add in tourism in general and you're left wondering what drugs Christy Clark and her 'Liberal' government are on, over fracking, pipelines etcthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-68023096008767179532014-10-16T18:49:24.341-04:002014-10-16T18:49:24.341-04:00Harper was yesterday's man when he came to off...Harper was yesterday's man when he came to office, Lorne. Nothing has changed in eight years.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19424938883016677762014-10-16T15:39:43.490-04:002014-10-16T15:39:43.490-04:00No doubt, Anon, the Harper spin machine can handle...No doubt, Anon, the Harper spin machine can handle many contingencies. However, that machine may become strained if, as some reports suggest, the declining revenues from the oil industry will require the regime to modify the largess promised via tax reductions intended to seduce the voters next year.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-51958888265233136892014-10-16T14:39:53.965-04:002014-10-16T14:39:53.965-04:00If current reports are correct, Saudi Arabia does ...If current reports are correct, Saudi Arabia does not intend to reduce its oil production this time around. This will mean that if oil prices continue to fall, the higher cost producers (e.g. the "ethical" tarsands) will clearly be squeezed.<br /><br />So how long before Harper declares a holy oil war against Saudi Arabia, or as some would say, Saudi America? <br /><br />I am sure that as a bonus Steve could also tell Canadians how barbaric the Saudis are, beheading about a hundred people just last year alone. <br /><br />Only one problem: the Saudis can whip out more and faster jets than Steve can, assuming he has any CF-18s left over after Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com