Farmer and elevator operator Curtis VanQuaethem’s eyes just about bulged out of his head when he saw his latest dryer bill.
With the dryer running full-tilt on natural gas last month to dry out the wet corn, the carbon tax was 20 per cent of his bill, or an extra $7,300 on top of a $36,000 monthly hydro bill.
“And it’s not stopping at 20 per cent either. It’s gonna go up.” What’s doubly frustrating for VanQuaethem, who farms at Eden in Bruce County, is that he has no other way to run a dryer. He can’t pass that cost along and he’s not exactly running a factory. “A lot of my corn is being used for ethanol. I’m getting taxed for producing a renewable energy.”
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