Climate Barbie gets the finger

Not one province has signed onto to Little Miss Sunshine's carbon-pricing scheme.  In fact, not one has even shown interest or hinted in that direction.  No one is inclined to slap a $20-a-tonne on "pollution" by January 1st.  And every year after that, the tax will be upped $10 a tonne until 2022.  The deadline for the provinces is March 31st.  Last time I checked, that's tomorrow.  Oops!

As long as China and India continue to belch out masses of carbon monoxide (or is it dioxide?) what's the point?  And let's not forget sanctimonious BC's firing up of the old coal smelters.  That province's hypocrisy is about as breathtaking as you can get!  Although the feds have promised any revenues raised will stay in the provinces, we all know what that means.  Won't be happening.

Barbie is trying in vain to meet the 2030 Paris targets of cutting emissions by 200 million tonnes.  That's the equivalent of eliminating 44 million cars per year.  Problem is, Canada only has half that many registered, making it a tad difficult to accomplish.  Here she is, looking like a duck, walking like a duck and talking like a duck -- making her a bonafide "Barbie".

 

Barbie lecturing some group or other



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Watched two excellent documentaries about "Formula One" racing -- one about Ed Williams, of the Williams Team, and the other about Bruce McLaren, of McLaren Racing.  Williams cracked up racing to an airport after a race and has been a quadriplegic ever since; McLaren killed himself on a curve during a race at 32.

I used to go to Mosport and St. Jovite with a bunch of friends for weekends to watch these guys try to defy death.  Back then, you could tent on the grounds, next to the track, drink beer and see if the same people rounded the hill.  Sometimes, someone wouldn't and the thrill was wondering if they had crashed, or headed into the pits.  It was all great fun.

The great Jackie Stewart summed it up in the McLaren documentary nicely.  "Speed only happens when you have an accident.  You've actually got plenty of time to change direction or brake," he pointed out.  If anyone knew how to ride the edge between winning and dying it was Jackie Stewart. 
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Just wanted to point out something that caught my eye in 'The Herald' today.  Apparently, turban-wearing Sikhs are now exempt from Alberta's motorcycle helmet laws; BC and Manitoba have granted similar exemptions.  The Sikh Motorcycle Club of Edmonton hailed it as a "milestone and memorable day in Alberta's history.  It gives us a platform to share our values and our beliefs with other communities in Alberta," said Parmeet Singh Boparai, president.

Really?  I don't care what your beliefs are, all motorcyclists need to wear a helmet.  That's what the separation between "church and state" is all about.