TomWilsonYEG

@CTHW@mstdn.ca


I post alternative points of view as I work to understand. Disagreement with opinions and takes is welcome but personal put downs are not.

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Age
: old
Family
50 years a partner, 3 children , 4 grandchildren

Replying to @chu@climatejustice.social

@chu
This illustrates so clearly why market based systems will only support renewables like solar if legislated and most legislatures benefit from the status quo. Once the infrastructure costs are met, the energy is free. No one makes money off the sun or the wind. Governments have not figured out how to tax rays or gusts but watch out.
Alberta has added a surtax on solar panels and declared solar farms "aesthetically displeasing". They will resist until dragged kicking and screaming into the era of free energy.

Replying to @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

@dbattistella

He and other ultra rich do realise they depend on the efforts of others to achieve their wealth. Otherwise why would Musk threaten to fire anyone who booked off suck during the pandemic? Why would the Bezos conglomerate fight unions so harshly? They realize they are nothing without the work of so many others.
But, they try to sell us the opposite: that those who underwrite their wealth are worthless …
And we buy it - With our own coin.