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On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:46:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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.