Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: NoBody Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: 'OT] Are you ready for rain tax? Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:07:32 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: <0fri0j57rt9ujmt1q38rs5vh3osn1lgp97@4ax.com> References: <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 14:07:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2381be236062d1fac0326b1d08460353"; logging-data="1927869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4KHA1YDj4mOo+GqCugfzCkGgY2mOb3B0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Js/V9MVrET+N5OWVFrJrRYX7dtw= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240331-0, 3/30/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 2884 On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:46:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >Rhino wrote: > >>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. > >Excuse me. Solar power has benefits only, not risks. Yeah that toxic waste they become when being disposed of should be ignored? Eyeroll. > >>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? > >I understand the concept as a fee, but I sure don't see how there's any >fair way to assess the tax. So why not encourage collecting rainwater? >That keeps it out of sewers. Because it increases government control and money. That's why.