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Mayor Sim wants to dismantle this for short term political gains (october election) , at the risk of discouraging leading and legacy climate action that is the path to lower housing and energy costs.
Nothing is cheaper than electricity and renewables for all our buildings.
@b5baxter Energize Vancouver includes provisions for meeting zero GHG for retail and office buildings by 2040. Residential buildings have to report, but are not subject to carbon taxes imposed on an ever increasing scale over time to meet GHG targets.
This initiative is leadership in climate action. As we know fossil fuels are costly and unnecesary, but for existing buildings the transition of equipment can only be done with advanced planning and preparation.
The reporting of GHGs for large buildings does this. It is very effective.
Because the only way for longterm prosperity is not to consume ff at all. Everyone buying gasoline and diesel knows this with the recent 60% increase in price without any increase in domestic oil company costs.
The city’s agenda is written to obfuscate the reader.
May 20th agenda item 8. Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Housing Affordability Through Alignment with
the Provincial Building Code
Submitted by: Mayor Sim
Wants to repeal Energize Vancouver GHG reporting and, By-law 14578.
According to the city’s website 14578 is not found.
So, they want to eliminate reporting of GHGs for large buildings which is a primarytool to educate and move building owners into systematically removing fossil fuels over time.
Fossil fuel consumption = voluntary taxation
