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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (27172)	1/1/2008 5:17:28 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217801

BS, we served time in Ottawa [2.5 years] in the 1970s. It used to be freezing in summer inside malls. It was too hot inside in winter. We never heated our apartment. Heat soak from the surrounding apartments was plenty! We have moved house about 30 times since 1973. Not everyone moves so frequently, but during moves, which people do quite a lot, one can move closer to work. Close to work was always a specification for me [other than in London where family life took precedence because of huge housing costs and 15 minutes more time on a train got a huge improvement in accommodation and land area]. After 10 years, a large proportion of population could move a lot closer to work or move work a lot closer to home. Public transport can be revved up with more trains, buses, taxis, etc put on line and working longer hours. Back in 1975 my boss in Toronto showed me buildings which had been built with no means of turning off lights. Energy was very cheap when they were built. There was the big oil price rise in 1974. Energy consumption was almost considered a good thing if not a patriotic duty until then. Texaco had been building a refinery at Nanticoke, but the price rise put the kibosh on that. Another way of saving energy in Toronto is to move to San Diego, or at least Vancouver. Canada is ridiculously cold. Mqurice