Big government involvement is solving issues that often do not turn out the way they intended. Some things should really be left to the experts! An example would be the Liberal government’s obsession with ‘climate change’. It seems some of the environmental ‘fixes’ have been plagued with unintended environmental and human health consequences. So far, they have turned out to be worse and more confusing than the problem.
Nowhere is this clearer than in their efforts to fight climate change as if they were the experts. It appears to be an effort in vain because climate will always change. As we have all experienced, the costs are high and at times have tripled and endangered human health and well-being along the way. Some things just need to be left in the hands of people with the expertise. They would argue they are in constant discussion with the professionals, when it is obviously activists and others with agendas are their go-to advisors. I am mystified as to why we give an audience to 97 per cent of 100 scientists, yet over 3,000 scientists say it is time to stop ringing the ‘alarm bells’ and that the world is not facing an impending disaster. Just maybe the disaster is the advisors?
Not only are the resulting costs higher than expected, but the signs are also clear there is a greater danger in growing taxes that make life so costly that some families are having to choose between what they can afford to eat and turn down their heat while watching their savings disappear. Even the homeless are growing in numbers and are desperate.
We have gone from no plastic bags back to paper bags or reuseable bags for a cost. And that does not yet include having to replace your gas stove with electric, or some other government-approved method of cooking.
There are some dangers with wind turbines and solar panels which includes the occasional turbine catching fire or toppling during windstorms. And solar panels do not perform well in hailstorms or deep snow.
Personally, I am all-in for taking care of the environment, but always within reason. The current solutions have come at a high cost to nature’s habitat, and the environment, not to mention humans. We live in a cold country, and ‘warming’ may just be off the books. Electric vehicles have very few charging stations, but have we solved how to reuse or recycle the dead batteries before thrusting forward with this ‘ultimate’ solution?
Scotland provides an interesting case study concerning their environmentally harmful unintended consequences produced by government climate policies. They first pitted one climate solution against another by cutting down nearly 16 million trees to make room for wind turbines. That is an average of more than 1,700 trees destroyed each day. Let’s all start making smarter decisions.
I support policy makers taking a step backwards for advice from scientists who would help lead to more rational polices. And while they are at it, they should consider dropping the carbon tax!
