Trains have existed for a long time, modern c-trains have existed for a long time and yet most people still drive. That's not because the technology didn't exist, it's because people don't care, and I doubt that Carney is going to try to make people do anything that they don't want to do anyway... - ThreadSky

richardhans.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Trains have existed for a long time, modern c-trains have existed for a long time and yet most people still drive. That's not because the technology didn't exist, it's because people don't care, and I doubt that Carney is going to try to make people do anything that they don't want to do anyway...

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richardhans.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some magical technology might somehow reduce the emissions from animal agriculture eventually, but we need to eat less meat now, what's he going to do about it? Nuclear and renewables are great and reduce the amount of harm done from burning fossil fuels, yet the current plan seems to be to wait...

richardhans.bsky.social•2 days ago

potentially more than a decade until small modular reactors are ready for widespread use, meanwhile continuing to pollute (especially in Alberta and Sask where there aren't meaningful plans to even do tests). When's the country-wide heat pump/electric heater mandate coming? Is Carney going to do...

60below.bsky.social•2 days ago

For sure it's going to take time but moving forward is the only way to go, we need smart people who can get things going instead of complaining and holding back,where it's evident that Daniel Smith, the oil industry...

There's research that oil can be turned into carbon fiber.

60below.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think Carney's relationship with the EU and other countries is going to be hopeful.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊

richardhans.bsky.social•2 days ago

that? Probably not. So if the plan is simply to wait until there are technologies that are clean and are also cheaper than the old ones, that still means that Canada will fail all of the the reasonable targets it agreed to with the international community. And that's the standard to hold ourselves

richardhans.bsky.social•2 days ago

although I sort of misspoke on "cheaper than the old ones" because we don't even do the things that are cheaper than the old ones like trains, plant-based diets, rooftop solar, heat pumps in most places, etc.

richardhans.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also on the original topic, what are new technologies going to do about Canada's oil exports? We need to export less oil, period. This just seems like obfuscating the issue

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