Carbon tax a 'mistake,' Duncan says

Liberal leader Stéphane Dion was sideswiped by one of his own yesterday, when Ontario's Liberal finance minister, Dwight Duncan, said it would be "a mistake" to implement a carbon tax in the midst of shaky economic times.

"One of the things that I think would be a mistake right now is massive shifts in tax burden at a time when there's uncertainty," Mr. Duncan told reporters.

When reminded that Mr. Dion and his federal Liberal cousins were attempting to do just that, Mr. Duncan stumbled.

"The federal circumstances are, are, uhh, you know ... I mean listen, all the parties are now advocating fairly dramatic shifts," he said.

Road to an Atomic Damascus or the Green Reformation? — Climate Resistance

The potential of atomic energy should not be discussed in environmental terms. The predominance of nonsense about ’solving climate change’ causes people to lose sight of what the purpose of power stations actually is: to enable people to live more comfortable and more fulfilling lives. Once this has been forgotten, providing energy is reduced to a balancing act between administrating sheer necessity - keeping the lights on - against a fictional catastrophe - the end of the world. There should be more power stations, atomic, coal-fired, gas, oil, geothermal, renewable… It really doesn’t matter. What matters is the potential they create for people to determine their own lives, rather than have it determined by eco-zealots.