It’s always encouraging when a political leader mentions the right technology during a major speech. Four months ago George Bush, the mainstream environment movement’s arch-nemesis, touted plug-in hybrids during his state of the union speech. A few days ago, Ontario…
Category: Hybrid vehicle
Toronto and plug-in hybrids: what the future of driving WILL look like
Congratulations to Toronto mayor David Miller for his smart decision to test the viability of plug-in hybrid cars. Exhaust from motor vehicles is Toronto’s, and just about every other city’s, primary source of air pollution and smog. As I have…
Feds focus funds on foul air in 416: Toronto transit expansion attacks real source of pollution
Of all the ways to deal with the pall of smog that hangs over Toronto in the summertime, expanding the city’s transit system is one of the smartest. Motor vehicles are the primary source of all that smog. The federal,…
Hybrid cars vs. compact fluorescents: how not to nickel and dime our way to Kyoto
Last week I talked about the proposed ban on incandescent lights that is sweeping across the country. I said that the energy savings from replacing incandescent bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescents are negligible. Let me quantify that statement. I…
Hybrid cars and the GST: taking the giant step
How can Canada reduce emissions from transportation vehicles? These emissions account for twenty-five percent of the country’s greenhouse gases (GHGs), most of the carbon monoxide, and big proportions of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. The latter, combined with warm…