{"id":2366,"date":"2020-08-12T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formac.ca\/starrspoint\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2020-08-12T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T16:40:10","slug":"starrs-point-index-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.formac.ca\/starrspoint\/2020\/08\/12\/starrs-point-index-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Starr&#8217;s Point Index #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Canada\u2019s carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 556.2 million tonnes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Change from 2018: -1.7%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 4,964.7 million tonnes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Change from 2018: -3.0%\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases United States: 150%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases Canada: 26%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases India: 878%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil: 402%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bangladesh: 374%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mexico: 350%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Number of U.S. states with increase in COVID-19 in excess of 100 per cent in July: 19<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Number of those states with Republican Governors: 14<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">State with highest percentage increase in July: Montana 310% (Democrat Governor)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">State with second highest percentage increase: Idaho 252% (Republican)\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Percentage of Canadians agreeing there is some truth to theory that COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan china: 25%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Percentage of Conservative party voters who agree: 42%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Percentage of Canadians agreeing there is some truth to theory that Bill Gates is using COVID-19 to push a vaccine with a tracking microchip: 9%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Percentage of Conservative party voters who agree: 18%\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#############<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Number of automobile trips by U.S. residents through Canadian land ports July 2019: 2,029,400<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During July 2020: 70,500<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Number of automobile trips by U.S. residents through New Brunswick land ports July 2019: 113,700<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During July 2020: 3,300\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total unique applicants for Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) to Aug. 2: 8,510,000<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Canada\u2019s July labour force: 20,029,500<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CERB applicants as percentage of Canada\u2019s labour force: 42.5%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total unique applicants for CERB from Nova Scotia to Aug. 2: 201,010<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nova Scotia\u2019s July labour force: 489,200<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CERB applicants as percentage of Nova Scotia\u2019s labour force: 41.1%\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reduction February-April in provincial and territorial jail population from pandemic-related releases: 25%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reduction in Nova Scotia provincial jail population February-April: 41%<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nova Scotia\u2019s rank in reduction of provincial and territorial jail population: first<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pandemic-related reduction in federal prison population February-April 2020: 1%\u00a0<a href=\"#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[6]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[1]<\/a> Bp Statistical Review of World Energy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[2]<\/a> Worldometer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[3]<\/a> Institute for Research on Public Policy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[4]<\/a> Statistics Canada<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[5]<\/a> Canada.Ca<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[6]<\/a> Statistics Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 556.2 million tonnes Change from 2018: -1.7% U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 4,964.7 million tonnes Change from 2018: -3.0%\u00a0[1] \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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