Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: 'OT] Are you ready for rain tax? Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 21:08:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <20240330210810.00007f2e@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:08:11 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="79f0389e4ce69ebbe2ccbfaed224fc22"; logging-data="1394696"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+6KM6EaoO5jZpahuD+B2doMwJBkaorCfs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:y31pdL0Pft32gpbhDODjXpaS/yg= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240330-4, 3/30/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2280 Yeah, that's right, a tax on home owners that is levied every time in rains. It's coming to Toronto and, according to the comments under this video, is already being levied in other Canadian cities, like Halifax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77rYL5OHFdE [6 minutes] The video starts by pointing out the immense damage done to a solar farm in Texas by hail. They mention that neighbours of this solar farm are concerned that the toxic materials in the broken solar panels, especially cadmium telluride, will leach into the groundwater and poison everyone accessing that water. At about 4:15, they finally get to Toronto and point out the proposed rain tax. They also mention the existing tax that is levied on Torontonians that collect rainwater. (And no, I'm not clear on how they determine that people are collecting rainwater and what volumes they are collecting.) Apparently, homeowners are assessed tax for the amount of non-porous surfaces they have on their property, like roofs, driveways, and concrete patios, on the theory that rain landing on these surfaces will end up in the sewers, which somehow makes it necessary to charge homeowners for what they allow to reach the sewers. Can we fire these imbeciles yet? -- Rhino