"I really understand Penny's comment
I see people who consider themselves "environmentalists" not making the effort to quit the automobile
many ease their conscience by buying a hybrid
a prius is NOT a solution
i think changing your…"
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myna lee johnstone commented on Village Vancouver's group VV Energy Network
"@Kiefer Elliott
got some data on this?"
myna lee johnstone commented on Village Vancouver's group VV Energy Network
"I live on Saltspring Island. Our 2 major sources of C02 are: woodstoves and ofcourse automobiles."
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Join VV's Energy Network to help pare our energy "needs" down to the minimum, using only renewable and sustainable sources. We are a network of solutions at every scale, from homes to communities and cities to the globe.
myna lee johnstone replied to Randy Chatterjee's discussion Transit and Translink: How should public transit be funded? in the group VV Transportation Group
"ICBC should up the insurance rates and all surplus must go to public transit.
Auto corporations and dealers need to pay into the social costs of driving. In Canada, these social costs, which include emergency response teams, police surveillance,…"
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myna lee johnstone commented on Eric Doherty's blog post TransLink’s freeway push must be stopped
"no organization should support more money for roads.
we need to spend our taxdollars on innovative public transit.
promoting driving displays ignorance."
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