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Batteries that require massive mining operations to produce. What are the chances that lithium producers in Ecuador will pay anything close to the costs of mitigating the environmental damage and reclaiming the land once the mining operation ends?
Obviously you haven't fact checked your figures for oh, say 30 years or so. Current revenues are about $1.4.
The Government of Canada collects about $5 billion per year in excise taxes on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel[16] as well as approximately $1.6 billion per year from GST revenues on gasoline and diesel (net of input tax credits). The Canada Revenue Agency, a part of the government, collects these taxes.Collectively, the provincial governments collect approximately $8 billion per year from excise taxes on gasoline and diesel.
An important share of government revenues is collected from the oil and gas industry, which averaged $15.7 billion over the last five years, including $12.8 billion from upstream oil and gas extraction and its support activities.
lithium producers in Ecuador
Canadian governments collect $20 billion per year from fossil fuels. That pays for a lot of clean up and still leaves the taxpayer with a tidy profit. IOW, the idea that consumers don't pay the "true" cost of fossil fuels is nonsense.
Canadian government already spends much more than that on developing roads, subsidizing fossil fuels, etc.
Who cares? Roads are needed no matter what powers the cars. There are no significant subsidies to fossil fuels in Canada and they are more than made up by the revenue that fossil fuels bring in. Wind and solar are a drain on government on government finances.
This weekend i went to 2 different pubs and ordered soft drinks which came in glasses with paper straws.
No, actually they are a drain on oil company revenues, and will continue to be. Maybe get rid of those Exxon Mobil shares.
Are wind and solar power cheaper or more expensive than fossil fuel plants?I have no idea, i assume more expensive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2018/01/13/renewable-energy-cost-effective-fossil-fuels-2020/#1b9801e74ff2The cost of renewable energy is now falling so fast that it should be a consistently cheaper source of electricity generation than traditional fossil fuels within just a few years, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).The organisation – which has more than 150 member countries – says the cost of generating power from onshore wind has fallen by around 23% since 2010 while the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity has fallen by 73% in that time. With further price falls expected for these and other green energy options, IRENA says all renewable energy technologies should be competitive on price with fossil fuels by 2020.
Good news. Confirmed by this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#Cost_factors