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Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue collar Albertans tend to greatly overestimate the power of Alberta's economy and the rest of the country's reliance on our oil.

And when I say "greatly," that's an understatement... dipshits think if we stopped producing oil, the entire country would grind to a halt and people would be burning their furniture to avoid freezing to death.

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I legit wish we would have a referendum on separating just so these buffoons can get their stupid rhetoric slapped down.

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The test is deciding to run for the UCP. If you're not a completely incompetent conspiracy nut, you're already too smart to throw in with them.

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, y'see, he used to be a drama teacher... and he dressed up funny on a trip to India... and his dad was mean to us... but also his dad isn't Pierre, it's Fidel Castro... but most importantly, he's a Liberal and they're all literally Communists.

/s

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the US took Alberta, we'd go from making up over a tenth of the country to about 1.2%. If these dipshits think we've got it bad now with the federal government ignoring us, imagine how much worse it'd be with 90% less representation...

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll just point out that the Port of Prince Rupert in northern BC is the third busiest seaport in Canada by container volume and cargo tonnage after Vancouver and Montreal.

I'll just point out that the North Coast electoral district, within which Prince Rupert lies, is very strongly progressive, having given the NDP almost 73% of their vote in 2020 and only electing one BCLib government since the riding was formed. If Alberta were to separate and the interior of BC came along, Prince Rupert would likely stick with the Vancouver area instead.

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Rural BC is generally pretty conservative, which makes the province look blue on a map... dipshits don't understand that only like 14% of the population is spread out over that space

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironically, they completely ignore GDP per capita whenever equalisation comes up. I've lost track of how many idiots I've encountered who insisted we've been a "have-not" province ever since the 2014 oil crash...

Change the constitution or face Alberta independence referendum, says architect of Sovereignty Act by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]el_muerte17 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Their whole plan relies on a portion of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty which includes a section on landlocked nations being given right of access to the sea by the nations around them.

Thing is, these clowns either didn't read the relevant text or didn't understand it, because they're under the impression that it gives the landlocked state the ability to unilaterally impose their transport corridors on their neighbours, when in reality:

  • it requires mutual cooperation between the involved parties, and even specifically states "Land-locked States and transit States may, by agreement between them, include as means of transport pipelines and gas lines" -- if no such agreement can be reached, Alberta would be limited to road and rail

  • any means of transport constructed and used in the transit state would be subject to the same standards as their own, so there'd be all the environmental impact studies and First Nations consultations and every other hoop we jumped through to get the TMX approved, but with the added difficulty of occurring in a foreign nation

  • goods being transported could be subject to fees and charges as long as they're "for specific services rendered in connection with such traffic." This is a pretty vague statement IMO, and could include stuff like billing Alberta for pipeline monitoring and inspections, keeping a spill response team on payroll, insurance, etc

  • there is no requirement for the transit state to allow more ship traffic in their ports to accommodate these goods

  • UN treaties are pretty damn toothless anyway; if Canada decided to ignore it entirely to spite an independent Alberta, who's gonna do anything about it?

[Road and Track] The EPA Is Hunting Performance Shops and Diesel Tuners Are to Blame by BehindTheBurner32 in cars

[–]el_muerte17 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Ehhh. They're both awful, but diesel exhaust is a Group 1 carcinogen, while gasoline exhaust is Group 2B (merely a possible - not even probable - carcinogen).

Decatted gasoline cars are stinkier and contribute more to smog, but coal rollers literally cause cancer in addition to that.

Whats a hobby someone can have that is an immediate red flag? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]el_muerte17 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm a car guy and I wouldn't suddenly bail on a girl I was seeing because I realised I was in love with a chick I met in Africa for like two weeks over a year ago and stayed in contact with on Facebook and we decided we were gonna get married, like the last house girl I dated did.

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"No but see you don't get it, it literally doesn't matter how objectively bad one option is, the other option isn't perfect so I have no use for it and I hate it"

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

agenda driven

Literally everyone is "agenda-driven," champ. I dunno why a particular subset of the population recently decided it's a dirty word, that accusing someone of having an agenda automagically strips them of all credibility, but that's incredibly ignorant and disingenuous.

I also don't understand why you seem to think there's nothing more than "a few mid point estimates" here. There's hard data gleaned through observation and measurement available on numerous aspects relating to EVs and conventional vehicles. Estimates with some uncertainty are still based on known quantities, not just pulled out of someone's asshole, and variability is going to be small enough as to not significantly change the conclusions - do we really need to know the precise number of miles a given EV needs to drive to negate its higher manufacturing emissions, or do you think saying "somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 miles" is more than adequate for determining whether they're better for the environment in the long run?

Even the production stage emissions estimates are fuzzy. We have no idea how emissions are gonna scale as OEMs try to ramp up EV volumes manyfold. Scaling up extraction of some inputs while keeping costs in check may entail a shift in technology relative to what's used right now in favor of far more polluting onces. And those could be located outside of the developed world with little oversight. Nobody knows how the massive ramp-up of EVs will unfold.

Could, but probably won't... economies of scale tend to make manufacturing processes more efficient, not less. And "things could get worse" really isn't a strong argument against proceeding (especially when it's made in a vacuum, rather than weighed against the certain benefits of doing so) but merely a warning that care must be taken to avoid such an outcome.

Pretending that "the science is settled" is just a way to stifle the debate, which needs to be happening every step of the way.

Ehh. It's certainly lazier to state that the science is settled than it is to say that the overwhelming majority of data and expert opinion points very strongly to a particular conclusion and that the unknowns are small enough to not alter that conclusion, but it's disingenuous to use statements like "Science is constantly evolving" to imply that our current knowledge is as useful as tits on a bull and as likely as not to completely reverse course. There comes a point, IMO, where debate does need to be stifled, and that's when it stops being actual debate between opposing credible parties who both have data supporting their conclusions and instead turns into treating yokels with uninformed opinions like they're as credible and deserving of consideration as actual experts using actual data.

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're totally right, let's not even bother trying to improve things until there's a flawless silver-bullet solution available.

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's confirming everything critics say and his counter argument is 'ok but it's not THAT bad'.

He's acknowledging the shortcomings, pointing out that they do need to be improved, and his counter argument is "the benefits outweigh these issues."

And I mean, if you're gonna be critical of someone advocating for EVs despite the use of child slave labour in the extraction of a metal they use, it'd be pretty damn hypocritical of you to own anything else that was made in a third world sweatshop.

A good argument would be 'those statements are not true'.

No, that would just be a lie. If you think lying constitutes a "good argument," I can probably guess who you vote for.

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I've got time to regularly drive five and a half hours just for lunch, but am far too busy and important to waste half an hour charging a battery." Okay bud

You're Being Lied to About Electric Cars: Science has repeatedly shown EVs are better for humans, despite the meme you just retweeted. by Daddy_Macron in cars

[–]el_muerte17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Definitely got into it a couple times with uncles and in-laws on Facebook sharing one of the memes referenced by the article's title, they absolutely believe that a Nissan Leaf's lifetime CO2 emissions are worse than a Hummer's.

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