The Road to Perdition
A post today on Gordon Price's Price Tags is, well, priceless.
Gordon took a gander at this summary of British Columbia's long-range transportation plan -- which mostly describes massive road building projects. And he combed through it, looking for a few choice phrases, including "climate change," "agricultural land," "cyclist," and "pedestrian."
Needless to say, he didn't find much. Which makes Gordon wonder:
[H]ow can an organization charged with strategic thinking have no viewpoint on the issues which will determine the fundamental livability, viability and even the existence of parts of this region through which their roads will run?
How indeed?
Comparing Canada's Climate Change
Okay, this is becoming an unhealthy obsession. I promise to stop soon. But before I do...
Ever wondered how Canada's greenhouse gas emissions stack up to other countries? To the US?
If so, then feast your eyes on these, my friend. (See here and here for better versions.) The maps below show Canadian provinces labelled with countries or states that have equivalent greenhouse gas emissions from energy use.
Full versions -- available in bigger sizes -- are here and here.
Detailed population comparisons are below the jump.
