FireRetardant @ FireRetardant @lemmy.world

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I feel like smith is less about electoral reform and more about "Alberta has the right to extract as much oil as it wants, in whatever method it wants and is exempt from any and all regulations"

I'm not exactly anti EV. If a car must exist it might as well be electric, but just converting every car into an EV is not enough. Plus there are other massive benefits to transit like increasing density and diversity in zoning, which could increase housing supply and make small businesses more versatile and resilent.

Transit is also much cheaper than car ownership which lifts low income people up by reducing their transportation costs. Its also more fair, a 14 year old, a blind person, or someone with a suspended lisence could all take transit when none of them should be driving.

EVs are a halfway solution anyway. We need to be investing in mass transit. If every car turned into an EV, we would still have politicians like Doug Ford trying to tunnel under a highway to end gridlock, we would still have motorists claiming bikes cause congestion, we would still be creating tonnes of tire waste and microplastics pollution, people will continue to die on roads while accidents could get worse due to extra weight, and our roads will wear down faster and cost more to maintain due to the extra weight.

In the grand scheme of things, EVs solve almost none of the major problems presented by cars.

Ill take getting hit by the deforming guardrail and being pushed away over being pinned between the car and the guardrail. They could also design a guardrail that is more rigid. We protect drivers enough already, we shouldn't comepletely throw away pedestrian safey because some driver cant keep their car on the pavement.

I've also seen many bent guardrails from traffic accident and unless hitting it at one of the ends, the deformation is 2-3 feet max for most cars unless going excessive speeds. There would still be room for a pedestrian to be safe if we provided that space between the guard and the sidewalk.

They could just send a crew out with a regular mower. Im also nearly certain ive seen a mower on a tractor reaching over guardrails on a highway before.

That guard rail is there because the book told the designers to put it there and thinkkng outside the book hasn't been allowed for decades in road planning, its all cut and paste.

I'm just trying to look on the bright side and glad the cbc still exists, albeit with less funding. I've grown numb to politicians, liberals included, not following through with promises. We never got electoral reform and how many times have liberals ran on that promise?

The conservatives wanted to fully defund the CBC and unfortnately most of Canada has fallen into the two party trap. I'm not thrilled about the cuts but hopefully letting the corp decide what has to be cut is less harmful than it could be otherwise.

North american traffic engineers don't give a shit about how many deaths their design causes so long as the road is up to spec according to outdated books that prioritize speed and throughput.

If that barrier was more for peolle falling down the hill it would be taller in size. If I crashed my bike into that barrier i would just end tumbling over the barrier and down the hill.

Even a sober driver obeying the limit could collide with a pedestrian on the sidewalk. The driver could have a medical emergency and lose control, the vehicle could break down and lose control.

They could definitely design a mower that is able to reach over the guard rail. We could also just send a different mower to do the gaurd rail sections.

Agreed, and with the design of some of our roads, maybe its a good thing to discourage certain pedestrian crossings. It isn't fair pedestrians may have to walk a significant extra distance to cross, but there are also some sections of road like curves and merge lanes that are more dangerous to cross illegally.

Only in the short term. In our current timeline we destroy our cities to pave new highways. By rebuilding our cities we can reduce sprawl, increase density and make the whole city more effecient while reducing the new land that gets developed.

Some smaller gasoline cars actually beat out the total impact (production, use, disposal) of oversized electric trucks or SUVs

Honestly it should first and we should be trying to maximize and prioritize active transport trips.

Do you have any proof that the cameras are communicating with cell phones? Do you have any proof that Canada is using these cameras to track plates?

Toronto can't seem to catch any of the vandals that are cutting down the cameras and i doubt the suspects leave their phones at home as photos of their destruction often make it onto social media.

It could also lead to abusive situations where a child is restricted from certain freedoms or punished for voting for the wrong candidate. Children could be coerced into voting for whatever candidate their parents want. Maybe dad thinks the cons are gonna give him a big tax break but the kid thinks the NDP will bring rent prices down by the time they want to move out for college.

The USA already buys a lot of electricity off of Canada so if we massively invest in green energy we could export the electricity to the USA. Given their current trade attitude the better plan would be invest in manufacturing our own green infrastructure and then export that stuff like windmill blades.

Also if Canada is serious about replacing all our cars with EVs but still won't build any transit, we are going to need A LOT more electricty for ourselves.

Walking and cycling should probably be right after buses and trams.

Sure we need bike lanes too, but we still need transit as an option for longer distances/faster travel, for when the weather is awful, and for people unable to bike. You could even bring your bike on the transit, maybe visiting another city and bringing your bike with you on that transit.

Been averaging 25-32 C the past couple weeks. I'm the top of 3 floors in a building with 8 units and I swear I'm the only one who even opens windows at night.