Today, British Columbians began paying the carbon tax of about 2 1/2 cents per liter of gasoline and other fuels. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the Campbell Liberals have had the guts to be the first government in North America to institute such a carbon tax — a measure thoroughly approved of on the environmentalist side. There are constant complaints, of course; many spread to feed the needs of the media for conflict rather than with any other justification.
The same media thoroughly downplay the income tax cuts that also come into effect today. These income tax cuts, combined with the $100 “climate change” check recently sent to every man, woman and child in the Province (and who really cares if it is an election gimmick?) make the carbon tax as damn near revenue neutral as any tax could be. Anyway, I don’t want to get political so let’s just say I am proud to live in a pioneering jurisdiction like BC.
But there is so much more that can be done. And someone who is already doing more is Britain’s Prince Charles. I’ve always been a supporter of Charles. Having been forced to live a sublimely surreal life since birth, he has turned out to be a thoroughly sensible chap, unafraid to voice his strongly held opinions. He has used the perquisites of his position wisely, to further the causes he espouses.
Case in point, he has just converted his 38-year old Aston Martin to run on a biofuel created from surplus wine. This now joins his other cars which have already been converted to run on used cooking oil.
I like his style.
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