I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
Europe scraps green policies
October 23, 2008
Apparently, they just aren’t a good idea when most European countries are attempting to fight off an economic downturn. Who’d have thought?
But wait, didn’t the Liberals assure us during the election campaign that the carbon tax scheme was working in Europe?
If this approach to cleaning up the environment is not workable in Europe, which has a far more diverse economy and a population density that is much more conducive to green transportation initiatives, how on earth could this work here in the frozen north, where our economy is resource-based and our commuter lifestyle and transportation needs are tied to fossil fuels?
Though I’m sure that their carbon tax proposal wasn’t the only reason the Liberal Party of Canada suffered such a crushing loss in the latest federal election, it seems reasonable to suggest that it formed a part of why they suffered the defeat that they did. If nothing else, as Andrew Keyes points out above, green tax advocates are guilty of at least one thing: forgetting which country it is they are living in.
A carbon tax would break Canada, economically at least (and possibly, a la NEP, in other ways as well). No party which advocates such a scheme deserves to hold power, plain and simple.
Update: Welcome, Steynians!
