News from the world of decreasing the auto-centrism of our society.

Dalton rules out regulating gas prices
McGuinty does something smart and rules out regulating gas prices, saying "Ontarians understand that gas prices are influenced by events beyond our control". Meanwhile, the NDP (who I usually like) are being dumb and pushing for regulation. I was down east when New Brunswick & Nova Scotia (who already have prices about 10 cents/litre more than here) started regulation a few weeks ago, and of course it doesn't work. Retailers set prices as high as they can, and as crude oil prices go up, the provinces adjust "limits" upwards.

Are we on the right track?
This was actually in the "Wheels" section of the Star... a section usually devoted to discussions of horsepower, fuel injection, and how much to over-compensate for personal shortcomings. While starting the article with "The concepts of appreciating and enjoying automobiles and wanting to protect our planet, not only for ourselves but for our children and their children, are not mutually exclusive", the writer does not focus on efforts to get drivers out of their cars, but just about new technologies to make cars "cleaner".


San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Pass Peak Oil Resolution
"Frisco" is the first major U.S. city to pass a resolution acknowledging the threats posed by peak oil, urging the city to develop a comprehensive plan to respond to the emerging global energy crunch.

2 Comment(s):

Yeah, way to lead my homies! Ah, er, there actually is a city called Frisco, but it's in Texas. (Smiling)

By  Teri, at 10:12 AM  

Oh... I thought Frisco was a nickname for SF. :)

By  joe, at 10:36 AM