Very good to see your channel, Vlad! Just found you and great to hear what you are saying about this important topic. Beyond capitalism and "the solution to capitalist crisis is through degrowth" is so true and that's part of my journey and local educational activism to build that knowledge base in my community, in Canada (MB). You are the creator of Degrowth Collective? That is amazing. Do you have any conferences? You are probably aware of the Degrowth Conference in Europe in 2023 with speakers like Jason Hickel and Kate Raworth? Maybe something like that could be done in Ottawa for Canadians and also answers to those questions you proposed could be addressed both by degrowth scholars, authors and ambassadors of citizen assemblies. I'm going to back through your other videos I haven't seen yet, but I hope to see more and talk more.
So I saw that oil is subsidized in Canada by 6 billion USD, how would Canadians react if the government let's say used the money for grants on home insulation, do you think that they would accept that deal?
I think the population would support this. There is also a major housing crisis. You cannot afford a rent of 2500$ per month in Toronto with an average salary of about 50000$ (before tax).
As a addition to my previous comment, out of curiosity I went to Wikipedia and from 2021 data Canada used 555.000 GWh/year at a population of 38 million while Romania used 51.000 Gwh/year at a population of 19 million, that's almost 10 times the amount of energy used with a population double of Romania. What is all that energy used on?
See here some stats www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231120/dq231120c-eng.htm# Many energy sectors use a lot of energy. Household consumption is also much higher in Canada than elsewhere because houses are much bigger, badly insulated, folks waste a lot of energy on needless consumption etc.
@@VladBunea are tar sands also included in the cost of crude oil ? That's a lot of energy to light up the world on fire.From the data i found online it seems that Canada has 57 square meters per capita while Romania has 25 square meters per capita. That's mind breaking, what do you do with all that space?
@ecoandrei328 Here’s some official stats: www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5781-record-high-crude-oil-production-largely-driven-oil-sands-crude-oil-year-review-2023 And some non - governmental sources: www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/3138/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-tar-sands-and-how-they-impact-you/# www.cbc.ca/news/science/alberta-oilsands-research-emissions-1.7093626 Re: living space. It’s a lot of wasted space. Comes from colonial habits of living large.
It’s something with the algorithm. I don’t delete anything. My own comments on my own videos get deleted too. You can also comment on vladbunea.substack.com/
Very good to see your channel, Vlad! Just found you and great to hear what you are saying about this important topic. Beyond capitalism and "the solution to capitalist crisis is through degrowth" is so true and that's part of my journey and local educational activism to build that knowledge base in my community, in Canada (MB).
You are the creator of Degrowth Collective? That is amazing. Do you have any conferences? You are probably aware of the Degrowth Conference in Europe in 2023 with speakers like Jason Hickel and Kate Raworth? Maybe something like that could be done in Ottawa for Canadians and also answers to those questions you proposed could be addressed both by degrowth scholars, authors and ambassadors of citizen assemblies.
I'm going to back through your other videos I haven't seen yet, but I hope to see more and talk more.
Excellent Presentation. Bravo! ~3K
thanks Vlad, the entrenched oligarchy is very frustrating, this was cathartic to hear rational arguments instead of gaslighting
So I saw that oil is subsidized in Canada by 6 billion USD, how would Canadians react if the government let's say used the money for grants on home insulation, do you think that they would accept that deal?
I think the population would support this. There is also a major housing crisis. You cannot afford a rent of 2500$ per month in Toronto with an average salary of about 50000$ (before tax).
As a addition to my previous comment, out of curiosity I went to Wikipedia and from 2021 data Canada used 555.000 GWh/year at a population of 38 million while Romania used 51.000 Gwh/year at a population of 19 million, that's almost 10 times the amount of energy used with a population double of Romania. What is all that energy used on?
See here some stats
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231120/dq231120c-eng.htm#
Many energy sectors use a lot of energy. Household consumption is also much higher in Canada than elsewhere because houses are much bigger, badly insulated, folks waste a lot of energy on needless consumption etc.
@@VladBunea are tar sands also included in the cost of crude oil ? That's a lot of energy to light up the world on fire.From the data i found online it seems that Canada has 57 square meters per capita while Romania has 25 square meters per capita. That's mind breaking, what do you do with all that space?
@ecoandrei328 Here’s some official stats:
www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5781-record-high-crude-oil-production-largely-driven-oil-sands-crude-oil-year-review-2023
And some non - governmental sources:
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/3138/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-tar-sands-and-how-they-impact-you/#
www.cbc.ca/news/science/alberta-oilsands-research-emissions-1.7093626
Re: living space. It’s a lot of wasted space. Comes from colonial habits of living large.
why do my comments keep getting removed from your videos? you have good ideas. Too bad too few humans are paying attention to them...
It’s something with the algorithm. I don’t delete anything. My own comments on my own videos get deleted too. You can also comment on vladbunea.substack.com/
@@VladBunea thank you! Keep up the good work!