The current concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the global atmosphere is 401.38 parts per million: that was recorded two days ago at the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory in Hawaii. I publish this running value in the left sidebar (courtesy…
Category: Motor vehicles
Electrifying transportation: easy policy, local politics
Like politics, all environmentalism is local. It’s the actions you take as you go about your day that determine the balance in your own personal carbon account with Mother Earth. Fortunately, it is actually very easy, thanks to actions taken…
Earth Hour schlock: how a dumb idea jumped across the world’s biggest ocean
The silly, vapid, and vacuous pop culture fad called Earth Hour began in Sydney Australia in 2007. Its lead promoter is the WWF; that’s the organization currently running those confusing ads on TV. The WWF is, alas, not the World…
Fighting carbon with electricity: bringing the Third Electrification to Ontario
Ontario electricity-related greenhouse gases are at their lowest point in our modern history. This is because most of the electricity fed into our grid comes from zero-carbon sources, the biggest of which by far is nuclear. Nuclear in 2000 represented…
If the GO Train were electric, rail passengers would lighten their carbon impact on the planet
Imagine the GO train running on electricity. That is one of the recommendations of a transportation expert quoted in a very provocative article in today’s Toronto Star. Electrified GO Trains would represent a major improvement in travel through the GTA…