Gordon Campbell doesn't care about anyone outside of the GVRD. All he's interested in is the Olympics and leaving some sort of green legacy.

Someone please show me that the amount of carbon used per person in the north is greater than that used in the south.

We have transportation systems (aircraft, trains, cars/trucks, ferries, etc), we have heating systems, we have cooling systems, we push air (hot or cold) through mechanical systems, we pump water, the south even generates some of their electricity using natural gas, manufacturing uses energy, etc. etc .....

Get used to it ..... conservation is the order of the day, it was after the energy crisis in the 1970's and that resulted in heat exchangers, lights that went off automatically as daylight took over, speed limits on highways were reduced, etc. etc. .... many of those efforts are no longer here ..... how quickly we forget ....

we could exempt lower learning institutions from this tax until they learn how to wiggle thru the system that will be set up for his corporate buddies,none for post secondary unless you take carbon from the professors after all they are the smart ones who started all this,that way we could create more useless jobs doing absolutly nothing, true to form for all of these tax schemes.

Unfortunatly it will fall on deaf ears. Campbell needs the money.

Just listen to Shirley Bond - she is a puppet of Gordo - and yes, I suppose the students will have to do with less again!!
She needs to leave the education system !!
Maybe get a job as a gas jockey!!

yep, Its all just a money grab. What are they going to do with the money.

What the heck is a carbon credit?

The school board should be looking at alternative sources of energy anyway, instead of looking for a break or an exemption from the carbon tax. If ever there were suitable situations for geothermal, our schools are definite qualifiers. There is plenty of open ground all around most if not all of our schools, meaning that there is no physical barrier to trenching or drilling for the underground lines. Geothermal would allow for more efficient cooling too, for the areas of the schools that require cooling. Sure, they end up using more electricity, but they would burn less natural gas for sure, and our electricity is green, being hydro generated. The tax is just for extra money, as we know, and only diguised as something green to make it more palatable for some of us.
Besides, I am sure that the collective opinion of S.D. 57 does not hold much water with the mandarins who run this province.
metalman.

Carbon Tax, folks this carbon and so called man caused global warming has turned into a money grabbing scam. New research has shown the earth has not warmed for the last ten years and is actually cooling. Was the earth warming? Yes, as we are still comming out of the last little ice age, but that may be changing. There is growing evedence that we maybe going into another cooling period. Scientists are just not sure how severe.
Now with politicians signing onto this carbon thing, shouldn't that make you suspicious. Why are people just blindly following these Gore scams is beyond me.

To OWL. My furnace kicks in more often and runs longer and for more months in a year than someones in the south. I also have to let my vehicle run longer to warm it up so I can drive it safely in the winter months. That says we in the north need to use more fuel Just so we don't freeze to death.

I remember Global news doing a survey a year or two ago, asking people if they would pay more taxes if it ment being more green. Gordo ran with that one.

Have a green day everyone. HEH! HEH!

to fish

did you realize it takes more energy every year to cool offices than to heat them?

I think the school district is right, but it won't even cause the Campbell gang to raise an eyebrow!
I have to wonder if Campbell even considered the fact that our winters here in the north are in fact,longer and colder.
I doubt it,the guy just ain't that smart.
Or perhaps they did,and realized what a cash cow we would be for carbon tax revenue?
And I'll go with Ruez,anyone outside the GVRD just doesn't rate anything more than lip service.
I am not against going green,but at least make it fair for everyone!
The Olympics ARE the focus, and that's where the dollars tax dollars will be funneled to.
I also believe the "on time and on budget" crap is just that... crap!
The closer we get to 2010,the more money grabbing they will do to try and offset the debt when it is all over.
And we ain't seen nothin'yet!
It will go on for years and we may never know the actual costs, as long as their is a Liberal government in power because they are not going to tell.
(it's called fun with numbers!)
As Gordon Campbell always says.."Let me tell you..."
And that's what he will do...he will TELL us what we are and are NOT getting...so you guy's in the north sit down and shut up!
"woodwoman" also hit it right on the head...Shirley(the puppet)Bond does NOT represent the north...she represents Gordon Campbell.

To Owl. I did. But You could turn down the air conditioners more often and plug a good old fashion fan. Just like I try not to let my vehicle idle longer than necessary. And turn down my furnace when I can.
Have good one.

What about a credit for all us folks that are doing our best to stop the ice age. An ice age is preceded by the warming of oceans by a few degrees ( this has to happen to produce the evapouration necessary to get the large amounts of precipitation) and the cooling of temperatures on the continents by a degree or two. Thus the start of an ice age.
All this results in climatic changes around the world. Isn't that what we have?

Reduce power consumption by turning the lights etc.off.
Reduce gasoline by driving less.
Reduce natuaral gas consumption by turning down the thermostat.
Conserve water.
Eat less.
On and on and on...so why do the costs for all these things keep going up?
Are we to believe that nothing is changing?
Nobody is doing any of these things so it just keeps getting worse?
Something is not adding up!

Some people who have posted here in the past that carbon emissions into the atmosphere are actually beneficial, i.e. the more the better. Plus, arguments about signs of a future ice age, whenever that is going to happen - if ever.

But, I wonder if they are aware of this:

"Combustion of fossil fuels also produces other air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds and heavy metals.

According to Environment Canada:

"Electricity generation produces a large share of Canadian nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide emissions, which contribute to smog and acid rain and the formation of fine particulate matter. It is the largest uncontrolled industrial source of mercury emissions in Canada."

Mercury is one of the deadliest poisons around. The heavy metals are also detrimental to human health. Lead, zinc and other more exotic things should not be released into the environment in large amounts.

The burning of fossil fuels also releases large amounts of radioactive compounds into the air.

Perhaps those who object to changing anything could be persuaded to support looking for renewable sources of energy simply for the sake of cleaner breathing air and cleaner drinking water, in other words a cleaner environment.

Anything wrong with that???

There is hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, wave and tidal energy in plain sight all around us - why argue endlessly about whether Al Gore is right or wrong? Or whether Gordon Campbell needs to *come clean* or not?

Just get with it and join those countries which are already in business inventing and building new clean technology to use at home and export to the rest of the world which is eager to buy it!

www.icecap.us and http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/ are two websites that clearly spell out the fallacies connected to the so called "global warming"

I urge each of you to take the time to visit these sites. Pass this info on to your colleagues and friends. Maybe if enough people get the correct info. we can convince the electorate to do the right thing, what ever that is.

As diplomat says, whatever side of the thinking about global warming one is on really does not matter.

There are too many other reasons to reduce reliance on fossil as well as living biofuels and find alternative energy sources.

don't air conditioners run on electricity?
aren't most houses in the south heated by electricity? Is electricity part of the carbon tax? I don't see how anyone can rationally say that this tax burden will be shared equally across the province.

What are these Eco warriors going to do with this tax revenue. This has the makings of a massive boondoggle, with zero environmental impact. 1.30 per litre is enough of a tax on this economy. How much tax revenue does the province already collect on gas? If the concept of higher prices reduced consumption, we shouldn't be having a climate problem.

Sorry Owl, I won't get used to an obvious
screw up. If david Suzuki calls this revolutionary, the Sierra club loves it.....need I say more.

Good job SD 57. I don't want to see my children's education be unfairly jeopardized for an unfair tax. Thank you!

don't air conditioners run on electricity?
aren't most houses in the south heated by electricity? Is electricity part of the carbon tax? I don't see how anyone can rationally say that this tax burden will be shared equally across the province.

What are these Eco warriors going to do with this tax revenue. This has the makings of a massive boondoggle, with zero environmental impact. 1.30 per litre is enough of a tax on this economy. How much tax revenue does the province already collect on gas? If the concept of higher prices reduced consumption, we shouldn't be having a climate problem.

Sorry Owl, I won't get used to an obvious
screw up. If david Suzuki calls this revolutionary, the Sierra club loves it.....need I say more.