But it didn't work. People just pay to burn, even if that means going into debt. You think a tax will stop Terry two tonnne from buying his new truck? No, he bought his truck and dragged Fuck Trudeau flags off the back. Stupid people are poor.

It's not the simplest solution, the simplest solution is ban inefficient vehicles from the roads, and restrict commuting to mass transit. Change building codes for house sizes, and solar roofs. Financial incentives don't work.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Holy misinformation.

It did work. And over 80% of people got money back - it inadvertently worked as wealth distribution, so Canadians were better off financially with it.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Holy misinformation.

It did work

When you correct for lockdown, it certainly did not work. Feel free to provide references.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

This doesn't show the effect of the intervention. It's not enough to show that Canada has merely flattened out. It's disappointing and it "didn't work" in the sense that we still need to reduce emissions a lot, but you would have to show what the effects would have been expected without the intervention.

The full-size pickup graph especially seems like a distraction. So let me raise mine. Animal ag produces more emissions than all categories of transportation combined, and it has zero benefit. We all need transportation and shipping, but each of us could reduce our animal ag consumption to essentially nothing overnight. And yet, it's all about cars? I'm the most fuck cars guy around, but that's stupid.