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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5043)	11/11/2006 9:20:47 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24210

The "End of Suburbia" video has been made available for a limited time on YouTube. This film is an excellent introduction to Peak Oil. youtube.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5043)	11/11/2006 10:27:33 AM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 24210

Canadians' reliance on cars, trucks driving up greenhouse gases The amount of truck traffic on the roads is getting pretty nutty up here. I live not too far from the TransCanada highway along the Quebec City to Windsor corridor. I don't actually leave the farm much and rarely drive over in that direction, but on the few occasions when I have, it's packed with transport trucks -- and the number seems to be steadily increasing. And it's not all Canadian trucks -- plenty from the US as the TransCanada is so straight and quick for traveling east-west across the northeast. Apparently, it's totally nuts in the section that runs between Hamilton and Windsor as it's the short-cut between New York and Michigan. I don't know where it's all gonna end... well.. except that I think we actually do know where it's all going. As for SUVs, trucks, etc... Yeah, I think the percentage has been on the increase for awhile. I'd still say vans look to be most popular locally, but SUVs are taking their place (not much choice as that's probably all that will be available soon). I do hope that more will go the the SUV crossbreds or the smaller SUVs rather than the big hulking monsters. Just doing my usual parking lot surveys, I'd say that's pretty much the case as the smaller import SUVs definitely outnumber the honking big domestics - at least in my hood. Regarding emission standards, etc.. I think they're already pretty much harmonized. Years ago, when I first started working in the automotive biz, California and Canada had very similar emission equipment on our vehicles. Many of the parts were the same, with the rest of the states using less equipment. That's changed in recent years as emission standards in the other states were increased and parts for all vehicles were pretty much standardized across borders -- probably just as much for convenience and cutting vehicle engineering and production costs as for any other reason. There shouldn't really be much more "harmonizing" to do at this point. Would be nice to see everyone crank up the pressure for better fuel efficiency across the board though.