Consumption of tobacco is harmful to health/consumption of oil is harmful to the environment
What applies to the tobacco industry should also apply to the oil industry; citizens must be informed about the consequences of using #gasoline#diesel#fff #EndFossilFuels#juststopoil#StopRosebank
I’m free now but was arrested with several others and briefly detained by SFPD today at Wells Fargo headquarters. We held a vigil inside to solemnly recognize all the people and lands and beings that WF is hurting and killing through their funding of fossil fuel and other projects.
I have always been suspicious that the "EVs are too expensive" notion is a plant by Fossil Fuel companies and some car manufacturers to shift the blame to consumers for not transitioning to EVs.
10: Hyundai Elantra: $21,999 v Audi Q4 e-tron: $63,400
9: Hyundai Kona: $25,999 v Mustang Mach-E: $57,690
8: Honda Civic: $28,765 v Kia Niro EV: $48,544
7: Honda CR-V: $37,261 v Toyota bZ4x: $48,042
6: Toyota Corolla: $26,372 v Hyundai Ioniq 5: $54,999
5: GMC Sierra: $48,931 v Hyundai Kona Electric: $46,399
4: Chevy Silverado: $47,931 v Volkswagen ID.4: $51,220
3: Toyota RAV4: $36,202 v Chevy Bolt: $41,575
2: Dodge Ram: $37,952 v Tesla Model 3: $53,990
1: Ford F-150: $46,600 v Tesla Model Y: $54,990
Averages: Gas: $35,801.20 EV: $52,084.90
So ya, the difference overall is about $20,000 on average.
However, these are all base prices and while EVs generally have only a few higher priced options, the Gas cars/trucks often start low and have many higher priced options, some over $75K. So I believe the real-world selling price averages would be closer.
I believe it will take governments being aggressive and consistent on their Electric-only targets to force companies to re-tool their productions to both meet demand and bring the prices down.
Both Canada and the USA have recently gone in the opposite direction, both pushing back their EV-only targets. This is both why prices remain high, and we won't hit our CO2 reductions.
And ya, as a proud Hyundai Kona Electric owner, I'm going to finish with this “call-out" from the CEO of Hyundai to other manufacturers.
"Why would anybody want to purchase an EV from an [automaker like Toyota or GM] who’s lobbying against EVs?”
Der Konsum von Tabak ist gesundheitsschädlich/der Verbrauch von Öl ist umweltschädlich
Was für die Tabakindustrie gilt sollte auch für die Ölindustrie gelten, über die Folgen des Gebrauchs von #Benzin#Diesel muss der Bürger informiert werden #fff #EndFossilFuels
Jetzt kommt auch noch raus, dass der Braunkohleabbau 184 mal mehr Methan freisetzt als RWE immer behauptet hatte. Und Methan ist bis zu 70 mal klimaschädlicher als CO2!!! RWE lügt und betrügt am laufenden Band und die Politik schweigt seit Jahrzehnten dazu.
RWE ist Europas größter #Klimagas-Erzeuger und baggert rücksichtslos Dörfer, Äcker, Kulturgüter für die eigenen Profite weg. RWE macht weiter Rekordgewinne mit fossilen Energien. Auf unsere Kosten!
I am so angry at how certain politicians are combining with misinformation/disinformation sources to create huge confusion and misplaced anger and media hyperbole about the carbon tax in BC and Canada, especially when it comes to fuel for "normal" cars and trucks driven by "normal" people.
If you believe the carbon tax is the only or even largest reason gas prices are rising, then you have been lied to.
Here are some carbon tax and fuel facts in BC:
For gasoline the April 1, 2024 rise in Carbon Tax has added 3.3 cents/Litre or 3.89c/L for Diesel.
The price of gasoline has risen more than 5x more than the Carbon Tax in the past month. BCGasPrices.com shows a rise of 16.8 cents in the past month from 176 to 193 cents.
BCGasprices.com charts from the past 10 years (which is beyond the period of the various elected parties in power and the Federal carbon tax mandates) shows that BC prices are consistently higher than the Canadian average BUT that the difference remains nearly constant (ie. this has always been the case) and the two rise up and down in nearly perfect sync and there is no correlation to the Carbon tax changes on April 1st of any year.
Good. Our oil and gas regulators have gone far beyond "industry capture" into supine support ...
“CO still allows 10s of 100s of oil & gas facilities to ‘guesstimate’ how much toxic air pollution they’re putting into the air. Blocking this permit is a positive step forward toward the kind of accountability the oil and gas industry has fought hard to avoid. CO's weak permitting has routinely enabled them to do so.”
Don't let any denier or fossil fuel apologist ever tell you that renewables are "unreliable" or that batteries are "unsustainable”.
You can make batteries from water, sand, and other material to store electricity as heat. This is centuries-old technology that can power the 21st century and beyond.
Costs and CO2 emissions to get across the Salish Sea for a family of 4. (Nanaimo-Vancouver)
One way totals:
BCF w/ car: $129.95 25kgCO2
BCF w/o car: $80.40 25kgCO2
SeaAir: $502.80 38kgCO2
Hullo Ferry: $180.56 46.8kgCO2
These are the kinds of conversations we should be having around carbon pricing, affordability, and responsibility. Not stupid nonsense "axe-the-tax” click bait crap.
Block it!
Europäische Gaskonferenz blockieren!
26.-29. März in #Wien
"Der kapitalistische Staat orientiert sich nicht an den Interessen der Vielen. Er hat sich noch nie dafür interessiert, ob Menschen unter kapitalistischer Ausbeutung leiden und zeitgleich an andere massive Gewinne ausgeschüttet werden. Während alle Preise erhöht werden, bleiben Löhne und Sozialleistungen niedrig. Gewinner*innen sind einmal mehr Unternehmen. Solche wollen sich vom 26. bis 29. März zur "European Gas Conference" in Wien versammeln. Der Wirtschaftsstandort Europa soll gesichert werden, wodurch gleichzeitig neokoloniale Ausbeutungsverhältnisse und die weitere fossile Energiegewinnung zementiert werden."
"Mit einem alternativen Gipfel protestierten Aktivistinnen gegen den fossilen #Kapitalismus
Als für den 27. März eine Demonstration gegen die European Gas Conference angekündigt wurde, sagten die Veranstalter ihre Konferenz kurzerhand ab. Sie sei auf »unbestimmte Zeit verschoben«, wie Phill Hirons, Managing Director des Energy Council auf nd-Nachfrage mitteilte. Es habe zu starke Sicherheitsbedenken gegeben....."