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$$$$...BAILOUTS BY BOTH LEVELS OF GOVT IS A RIDICULOUS WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS....MONEY WOULD BE BETTER SPENT TO HIRE 100'S OF SORTERS FOR WASTE  RECYCLING....OR BICYCLE INFRA STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF ECO DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRIES....IMO.....electric,self drive cars on dead end street

THE RETURN OF FORT MAC RESIDENTS TO TAR SANDS REGION IS A RETURN TO HELL IN MY OPINION

A CAR IN FULL HOT SUNSHINE IS NO PLACE FOR MAN OR BEAST....IM HO...IT CAN BE LIKE AN OVEN AND IS TORTURE FOR THE OCCUPANTS...

Each year 1,000's of people head for the highways to escape ? escape what..?..is life so intolerable that we resort to mindless trips to far parts of the world...what happens ...we are like lemmings ?....why not visit local events ....or visit friends ,...relatives within biking distance...instead of burning gasoline to further heat the earth ...our collective home...with tons of ghg gases into atmosphere while driving cars ...ask yourself ....why ?

WILD FIRES IN TAR SANDS REGION OF ALBERTA ...YOUR CAR DRIVING HABITS...AND THE CONNECTION THEREIN.....ONE AND HALF BILLION CAR/TRUCK DRIVERS IN WORLD NOW ARE THE SINGLE MOST SOURCE OF CO2 EMISSIONS...FACT...explained further in 870 pages of truth about climate issues in this amazing lemming5 blog site..(and no ...its not about lemmings)...read it and be better informed...400,000 acres of Alberta woodland are on fire...as of may 8-2016....

GLOBAL WARMING caused by over one and half billion cars/trucks on earths roads...way over 250,000 acres of boreal forests burning in alberta ...end addiction to motor vehicles...now and maybe delay the future hellthat is climate change...for the truth on causes of  CC...go to amazing lemming5..(over 860pages of truth) .

Abandon fort mac forever...this is canada's shame...Tar sands is .a failed experiment ...over 200,000 acres burned to ground this first week of may 2016....millions of trees,animals,birds victims of the fossil fuel era ...

TAXIS occupy only small port of transport industry in toronto...so why do they get mega media all the time ?....in my lifetime in toronto....i have only used taxis less than 20 times...many people are the same ....yet public transit which occupies most of transport industry gets rare attention in the corporate media....why ?

CORRECTION ...COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS CAUSE...CLIMATE CHANGE .... PHOTO  FEW  YEARS AGO FINCH AVE...A MAIN EAST  WEST ROUTE THROUGH TORONTO WAS SHUT DOWN ...DUE TO FLASH FLOOD..

BY FAR BIGGEST POLLUTER OF GHG/CO2  GASES INTO ATMOSPHERE ARE THE BILLION OR SO CARS ...ALONG WITH TRUCKS,BUSES,PLANES AND THE INFRA STUCTURE NEEDED TO SERVICE SAME (EXPENSIVE ROADS,BRIDGES ETC..).....WHY IS THIS INDUSTRY GETTING A PASS FROM GOVT..AND MEDIA....BE INFORMED GO TO LEMMING5 TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE....THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH

After many weeks the rally/protest at Toronto main police station on college street is still going strong ...congrats to the many volunteers who contributed their valuable time and energy to make this event a sucess..

Is a 4000 mile toxic tar sands crude oil pipe from alberta to irving oil refinery in saint john new brunswick...for the benefit of all the suv drivers of the world ....fact...on this world water day please share this important info on the threat posed by this horrific toxic sludge pipe to the fresh water supply of millions of people...not worth the risk....be informed....go to lemming5 blog for the truth about this and related issues....t-y....photo....pipeline somewhere in asia.....

WITH LOW GASOLINE PRICES....ANOTHER SIGN OF DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIETY....NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT A 3500 POUND METAL/PLASTIC METAL BOX ON WHEELS (CAR) IS USED TO CARRY A 150 POUND HUMAN TO DESTINATION

ON EARTH ....IS AUTO INDUSTRY....RESPONSIBLE FOR 40 % OF GHG/CO2  EMISSIONS......AGRICULTURE COMES IN AT 18 % OF EMISSIONS ....TRUE FACTS...BUT INCONVENIENT....SINCE IT IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIETY...WHY DYSFUNCTIONAL ?...WHEN U BUILD A 3500 POUND METAL PLASTIC BOX ON RUBBER TIRES (CARS) TO TRANSPORT A 150 POUND HUMAN...I WOULD CALL THAT DYSFUNCTION...

AT OSCAR CEROMONY IN HOLLYWOOD...YESTERDAY...AND CORPORATE MEDIA IS TRYING VERY HARD TO IGNORE HIM ALREADY...HE MADE THE GREATEST SPEECH IN THE LONG OSCAR HISTORY ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHAOS THAT THE PLANET IS NOW CONTENDING WITH...YESTERDAY THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A BALMY 14 DEGREES IN TORONTO,CANADA...A NEW RECORD FOR THE HOTEST FEBRUARY DAY..http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35670715... CLICK THIS LINK FOR MORE DETAILS,,,,

WHY.....?....MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE BILLION OR SO CARS ON EARTHS ROADS...AND THEY ARE STILL MAKING MORE...CRAZY WORLD WE ALL LIVE IN...

DON'T PAMPER THEM WITH EVEN LOWER PRICES ... BIGGEST POLLUTER OF THEM ALL IS  BILLION OR SO CARS ON EARTHS ROADS...THE PAMPERED INDUSTRY END THE ADDICTION TO CARS ..AND GIVE EARTH SOME BREATHING ROOM A CARBON PRICE ON ALL GASOLINE PURCHASES TO BE ADDED ...HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED....

YES ...BELIEVE IT OR NOT....SOCIETY IS REWARDING THE BIGGEST POLLUTERS OF THE PLANET...CARS....BY LOWEST GASOLINE PRICE IN YEARS....85 CENTS PER LITER TORONTO ....65 CENTS IN ALBERTA ..AND OTTAWA....WHY ?....CAR DRIVERS SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR POLLUTING THE PLANET ...INSTEAD... MAYBE BY A CARBON TAX TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER HARM TO EARTHS ECO SYSTEMS...

AUTO SHOW WILL SOON COME TO TOWN ....SELLING LATEST MODEL OF EARTH DESTROYERS...WILL U BUY ONE...CAN U LIVE W/O A CAR ?....YES U CAN IF U TRY...I HAVE BEEN W/O A CAR FOR 20 YEARS AND DON/T MISS IT AT ALL....SO CAN U....JUST DO IT...BP GULF OF MEXICO  DISASTER A FEW YEARS AGO IS COURTESY OF ALL THE DRIVER/OWNERS OF CARS ....FACT...WANT MORE DISASTERS LIKE THIS ?...THEN  BUY A CAR....

BANKS AND FINANCE CORPS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR EVEN LOWER INTEREST RATE THAN AT PRESENT...WHICH IS ROCK BOTTOM...I FEAR THAT GOVT WILL CAVE IN TO THEIR PUPPETMASTERS AND DO THAT NEXT WEEK...THOSE WHO BENEFIT MOST IS CAR MAKERS/BUYERS/SELLERS....MUCH TO DISMAY OF ENVIRONMENT....