one person is killed in a traffic crash every nine hours...
Pointing to the number of traffic fatalities, Chief Fantino says if we had a similar number of murders there would be "an extraordinary outcry."
Reports/Articles
- http://www.flora.org/afo/rees.html
- There's no fuel like an old fuel
We pay too little for gas, not too much, argues economist William Rees. The real price shock will come when oil starts to run out. - http://healthandenergy.com/why_we_should_pay_more_for_gas.htm
- "Why we should pay more for gas", by William E. Rees, PhD
- http://www.icta.org/projects/trans/rlprexsm.htm
http://www.icta.org/ctanews/realpr.htm - International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA): The Real Price Of Gas
- http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/000928.html
- Worldwatch News Brief : The Real Price of Oil
- http://www.flora.org/flora.afo/1824
http://www.progress.org/gasoline.htm - Real cost of U.S. gasoline is US$15.14 per gallon, report says
- http://www.perimetergo.org/poor-tm.htm#business
- The Full Costs of Poor Transportation Management. (Atlanta)
- http://www.ucsusa.org/energy/brief.hidden.html
- Union of Concerned Scientists : The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels
- http://www.greenpeace.org/~climate/oil/fdsub.html
- Fueling Global Warming: Federal Subsidies to Oil in the United States.
- http://www.carbohydrateeconomy.org/ceic/resources/resources.cfm
- Many articles, including:
Oil Slickers: How Petroleum Benefits at the Taxpayer's Expense Taxes, Agriculture and Climate Change - http://www.flora.org/flora.afo/1853
- Letter to government representatives from Michael C. Richardson titled, "Climate Change is costing us plenty already. Let's cut the losses now."
- http://www.iclei.org/efacts/economic.htm
- What are the real costs of energy?
Related Campaigns
- http://www.commuterchallenge.net
- The Commuter Challenge is a yearly, week-long, friendly competition among Canadian cities to see which one can cut its air pollution the most by using active and sustainable transportation.
- Environment Canada's Clean Air Day. From the intro page it indicates "Environmental impacts associated with the transportation sector are estimated to cost Canadians $14-36 billion per year."
- http://www.progress.org/banneker/shift.html
- Shifting taxes away from human initiative and onto monopolization of natural resources, pollution and government-granted privileges instead.
- http://www.ecoaction.ca/
- Tell the powers that be to stop spending our money on dirty energy
- http://www.flora.org/afo/forum/all?subject=Gas+out
- This is a reference to the yearly discussions about the "Great Gas Out" campaigns which incorrectly suggest that gas prices are too high. Discussion hosted by Auto-Free Ottawa, a local campaign to encourage people to move from car dependency to alternatives.
- http://www.taxpayer.com/newsreleases/federal/May24-01.htm
- This is the Canadian Taxpayers Federation campaign which sparked May 2001 interest in starting this related counter-campaign. They seem to be doing this each year, including May 16, 2002. A new press release goes out yearly, but no improved math.
- http://www.davidsuzuki.org/energy/
- "Turning down the heat" - Aired on CBC "The nature of things" and spoke about a transition back into renewable energy.
- http://www.climatechangesolutions.com
- online resource centre of Success Stories, Opportunity Areas, Tools and Resources on how to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
- http://www.stopesso.com/
- Consumer activism: Esso choose to wreck the climate. You can choose not to buy Esso's products. Boycott Esso now.
Related Organizations
- http://hubbert.mines.edu/
- Mission: Assemble, study, and disseminate global petroleum supply data
- http://dieoff.com/
- excellent source of articles gleaned from the academic and related literature on global issues - population, environment, energy
- http://www.islandnet.com/~litman
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute is a progressive transportation firm that has done much research and publication about the hidden and subsidized costs of personal car ownership.
- http://www.flora.org/afo/
- Auto-Free Ottawa is a local campaign to encourage people to move from car dependency to alternatives.
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