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As viewed by Post Carbon London
26th May 2008
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1. We do not need additional sources of CO2
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2. We need ‘community’ not drive thru
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3. Peak Oil is an sustainability issue
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The city needs a position on Climate Change
How do we agree as a community to reduce
CO2 emissions- we need a position....
No further possible sources should be
encouraged until there is a decision on the
bigger picture.
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What is
a cup of
coffee
worth?
At $140/ barrel @ 159 Litres (L) per barrel
= 0.88 cent/L; but at $200/barrel = $1.25
... @ $200/ barrel, add on the costs of refining
and distributing as well as taxes, and pump
prices could rise to $2.50/ L.
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Whether it is the car parking or the drive thru,
there are excessive CO2 emissions associated
with a drive-thru cup of coffee.
What the report focuses on is quantity, but
the concern is really quality. What the
report examines is just one case study, it
avoids extrapolation of 100 drive-thrus. It is
scale that impacts on quality and the report’s
finding are too small in scale.
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We have lost our ability to see the
aggregate impact of our individual
decisions on the sustainable development
of our land, air and water, and more
importantly, we have lost 'shared meaning'
about the things that are important for our
communities and ultimately our humanity.
Ann Dale, Trudeau Fellow, Canada Research Chair, Professor,
School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University
http://www.crcresearch.org/node/159
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Post-Carbon recommends:
1. Moratorium on drive-thrus
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2. Formation of official city position with
respect to Climate change and Peak Oil