On 10/25/2016 07:23, Darryl McMahon wrote:
That financialization mentality is why I have long argued for a carbon
tax with enough bite to be notice. At least in BC where you are,
there is a real carbon tax, and even at relatively modest levels, it
does seem to be having an impact. (overall fossil fuel in BC has been
falling since the tax was put into effect)
Among conservatives, the carbon tax is seen as a power grab by the
government.
I had a longish highway drive yesterday to and from an out-of-town
meeting. A large work crew with a lot of equipment was laying fresh
asphalt on the road. A decade ago, nobody around here would have
considered paving a heavy use roadway in October.
Agreed. The same thing is happening here. Highway 97 is being
resurfaced, creating a commuting nightmare between Penticton (where I
work) and Summerland (where I live). It's astonishing how many cars with
single drivers (I'm guilty!) line up to leave town at the end of the
day. Normally, my commute takes 12 minutes. This week, it's been closer
to 40.
But who resurfaces a road in October?
I'm trying to see if I can push our house to Nov. 1 before activating
the furnace. In years past, a few considered me radical for trying to
get to Oct. 1 before doing that. In my childhood, the furnace main
switch was turned on sometime in September.
I grew up in California. Some winters, we didn't turn the furnace
on until January . . .
Since I've lived here, it's usually October. Since we have a Sun
Pump supplying our household energy, we just set the thermostat and it
comes on whenever the house cools down. This fall, it's been
extraordinarily rainy for this region. I don't remember getting this
much rain when we lived here 22 years ago. It was a LOT colder and drier
back then.
Is there any sign of local (BC) awareness of the Nathan E. Stewart
sinking near Bella Bella, or is anyone connecting that lame response
with the M/V Marathassa bunker oil dump last year?
Among activists, yes. But for most people, the US election is a
preoccupation. My friends in Terrace are pretty upset about the impact
of pipelines and oil tanker traffic on the Skeena River salmon run.
That's not making the news, though.
Yesterday's (non-)responses from Coast Guard Commissioner Jody
Thomas bordered on offensive. Nobody is talking about the fact that
the 'world leading' spill response promised by the feds and oil
industry simply can't get on scene, let alone work effectively, in a
timely manner during weather conditions which are not unusual in that
area.
Yes. And they want to put a dilbit terminal at the entrance of the
aptly christened Hecate Straight . . . The provincial government is
pushing a big LNG facility south of Kitimat, too!
Robert Luis Rabello
Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.newadventure.ca
Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q
Meet the People video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c
Crisis video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZedNEXhTn4
The Long Journey video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy4muxaksgk
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