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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: 'OT] Are you ready for rain tax?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:46:53 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

>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.