Comments on: Electrifying Everything http://www.zerocarboncanada.ca/2010/02/05/electrifying-the-world/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:49:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tzeporah Berman http://www.zerocarboncanada.ca/2010/02/05/electrifying-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Tzeporah Berman Fri, 07 May 2010 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.zerocarboncanada.ca/?p=1829#comment-663 Frankly I'd prefer humans do survive. And making the perfect the enemy of the good in the midst of a crisis is one of the quickest ways to ensure we don't. Frankly I’d prefer humans do survive.

And making the perfect the enemy of the good in the midst of a crisis is one of the quickest ways to ensure we don’t.

]]> By: nadine beckham http://www.zerocarboncanada.ca/2010/02/05/electrifying-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-636 nadine beckham Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:40:46 +0000 http://www.zerocarboncanada.ca/?p=1829#comment-636 I think it's important to remind you that electric vehicles are not emission free. They need to be built and the electricity to power them comes from somewhere. You also need to understand that you may very well be the first and only torch bearer to consciously choose to negatively affect the environment. When you had the choice to walk or run with the torch you sat your bum down on a product that consumes. I guess that's what you mean when you say Power Up!  Now I know you have done much for the environment as a whole and for all your hard work I thank you and hope you will continue, but we all need you to get your message back on track. This idea you have that we will electrify everything and then we'll be okay is bull. I've read that you think we are resistant to change, that if we don't support the whole sale diversions of our rivers it must be because we want to support the oil and gas industry. Well that would be giving us all far to much credit for thinking about it. We don't care what powers our cars or our house our factory, we just want to be able to do what ever we want when we want and use as much as we want if we can afford it. It has taken humanity thousands of years to arrive at this moment and we got here because we did nothing along the way to stop it. So why do you and many alike you think we are a sacred species that must survive. I've seen no evidence that the human is remotely interested in it's future on earth as most of us are simply waiting for the day we can be cleansed of our sins and hang out with which ever god we hope will do this for us. So short of having someone run for government on a platform of, this is all you get use it wisely cause when you've consumed it you don't get any more, and having a population that would even consider voting for them then you're idea only serves to delay the inevitable.  Now there are many people in British Columbia that do think about their actions and are fighting hard for preservation of the environment and want desperately to lower emission and support small scale hydro development, but they will not support your whole scale permanent impact on the population-less wilderness river valleys they hold sacred for the sake of the greedy hordes and nor do I and more importantly nor should you. I find your complete lack of respect for these British Columbians and these rivers disturbing. So when your message talks about public power developed only in areas of population for the use of the locals with incentives for conservation you will have mine and probably their support. But until then keep your low opinion of the logged valleys and their inhabitants to yourself and know that I would rather go down in flames with every other species on earth then have you pronounce which ones I should be willing to live without. I think it’s important to remind you that electric vehicles are not emission free. They need to be built and the electricity to power them comes from somewhere. You also need to understand that you may very well be the first and only torch bearer to consciously choose to negatively affect the environment. When you had the choice to walk or run with the torch you sat your bum down on a product that consumes. I guess that’s what you mean when you say Power Up!  Now I know you have done much for the environment as a whole and for all your hard work I thank you and hope you will continue, but we all need you to get your message back on track. This idea you have that we will electrify everything and then we’ll be okay is bull.
I’ve read that you think we are resistant to change, that if we don’t support the whole sale diversions of our rivers it must be because we want to support the oil and gas industry. Well that would be giving us all far to much credit for thinking about it. We don’t care what powers our cars or our house our factory, we just want to be able to do what ever we want when we want and use as much as we want if we can afford it.
It has taken humanity thousands of years to arrive at this moment and we got here because we did nothing along the way to stop it. So why do you and many alike you think we are a sacred species that must survive. I’ve seen no evidence that the human is remotely interested in it’s future on earth as most of us are simply waiting for the day we can be cleansed of our sins and hang out with which ever god we hope will do this for us.
So short of having someone run for government on a platform of, this is all you get use it wisely cause when you’ve consumed it you don’t get any more, and having a population that would even consider voting for them then you’re idea only serves to delay the inevitable. 
Now there are many people in British Columbia that do think about their actions and are fighting hard for preservation of the environment and want desperately to lower emission and support small scale hydro development, but they will not support your whole scale permanent impact on the population-less wilderness river valleys they hold sacred for the sake of the greedy hordes and nor do I and more importantly nor should you.
I find your complete lack of respect for these British Columbians and these rivers disturbing.
So when your message talks about public power developed only in areas of population for the use of the locals with incentives for conservation you will have mine and probably their support. But until then keep your low opinion of the logged valleys and their inhabitants to yourself and know that I would rather go down in flames with every other species on earth then have you pronounce which ones I should be willing to live without.

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