NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 days agoOttawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producingwww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarepotatomuncher@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 days agoIndia: hey, I need coal to generate electricity. PotatoMuncher: Hey. Lemme teach all about potato-batteries. We got all the potatoes you need. India: I got potatoes. I need coal for my power plants as well as foundries. PotatoMuncher: We’ve got world’s best aluminum and steel. Produced with renewable energy. India: I don’t want to rely on you. I got power plants and furnaces. I want to produce my own. Sell coal. PotatoMuncher: I seek to minimize emissions. I know what’s best for everyone else. No coal for you. India: Were you dropped on your head? Or just an ignoramus elitist with a colonial worldview? PotatoMuncher: I got all organic, gmo free, pesticides free, fair market, 100% Canadian potatoes. Boil em. Mash em. Stick em in a stew... India: Stick em where the poutine don’t shine.
India: hey, I need coal to generate electricity.
PotatoMuncher: Hey. Lemme teach all about potato-batteries. We got all the potatoes you need.
India: I got potatoes. I need coal for my power plants as well as foundries.
PotatoMuncher: We’ve got world’s best aluminum and steel. Produced with renewable energy.
India: I don’t want to rely on you. I got power plants and furnaces. I want to produce my own. Sell coal.
PotatoMuncher: I seek to minimize emissions. I know what’s best for everyone else. No coal for you.
India: Were you dropped on your head? Or just an ignoramus elitist with a colonial worldview?
PotatoMuncher: I got all organic, gmo free, pesticides free, fair market, 100% Canadian potatoes.
India: Stick em where the poutine don’t shine.