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And as well according to our Prime Minister our national carbon tax is to punish polluters. I have seen and heard this on his election campaign.
So, living in the 'outer most north eastern darkness with the tall trees and plant growing operations' of the Metro Vancouver, where many people from Vancouver proper, never travel to, what is my reasonable way to travel and not pollute?
Give a hoot, don't pollute.
I am green enough, I will take a greener option, when reasonable. I recycle...
I walk in Maple Ridge, most of the time.
I carried my groceries home from downtown yesterday; just like in my days in Greater Manchester. This included two boxes of Perrier cans. Green cans. European water.
It is in my mind, with more and more traffic, for an inexperienced cyclist such a myself, too dangerous to cycle everywhere, and certainly, it would be too far, too slow and too sweaty.
Metropolitan Vancouver is not sprawling with bike lanes connecting cities, etcetera.
(That is on the governments)
Maple Ridge is not connected to a 24/7 rail system or any like system that can speedily take me from the Fraser Valley to the Pacific Ocean at any time.
(That is on the governments)
Carpooling is not a reasonable option as employment is too spread out. Besides that still pollutes.
A problem is that western governments, oil companies and vehicle manufactures have not made electric vehicles a reasonable, affordable option for most persons.
And yet our Prime Minister and many Premiers wish to punish drivers trying to get to work and related and support the economy.
A carbon tax takes advantage of residents and citizens as do the high fuel prices.
This serves as political correctness and political expediency.
