[muglo] Re: Parking

Alex wrote:

> I agree Eric! (except the gender diff's btwn SUV drivers). I'd like to see an
> all out ban on SUV's. I am one of the few people who is happy when gas prices
> go up. It would all be fair if gas went to $20 a litre, with $19 of it in tax,
> to be used to clean up all the damge
> cars do (of course it can;t all be cleaned up, but gas at those prices would
> certainly cut down on use!). Not to mention people might actually stop using
> gas motors for lawn mowing and such, which_severely_ contributes to city smog
> in the summer... one hour of running one of those, and you might as well have
> driven around in an SUV for 4 hours. What's wrong with electric mowers, and
> they're quieter, too. I would so love it if small engines were banned. But
> there again, a huge gas tax would clean up the problem better than any ban.

Hi Alex,
    I agree with your sentiments. I am and always will be an electric appliance
user. I have an electric (rechargeable) mower; my next door neighbour was so
impressed with the low noise & high efficiency of my previous corded mower, he
just bought it off me. I have electric hedge clippers, chain saw, whipper
snipper, leaf blower/vacuum, & an electric heat pump coupled with an electric
furnace. I'm allergic to natural & coal gas & dislike the danger of storing gas
for mowers etc.
    As to gas gusslers, SUV drivers are definitely the worst, although Caddy
drivers come a close second. Of course if we had a reasonably efficient,
inexpensive Bus service we would all be better off.

> A few weeks ago I was almost run over on my bicycle (which is hooked up with
> an electric motor assist)... a camero with 2 guys in it actually swerved over
> half a lane (on a very wide road) into me (mising me by inches) while the
> passenger yelled "fall off!"... so intentional targeting of cyclists by some
> drivers is here in london too. I must admit I really hate car culture. I think
> car culture is much more prevalent here in suburban london, than in toronto...
> one way toronto is better !

    Toronto also has a Bus/Subway system that works! Bikes are great, but riders
also need to follow the rules of the road. How many times have you seen bikes on
the sidewalk, going the wrong way on a one way street, having no lights, or even
reflectors etc. I've never seen a cop pull a bicycle rider over for an
infraction, even when it happened in front of them!

> If everyone had a nice electric assisted bicycle, we could have roads the size
> of sidewalks and turn all the old roads into tomato gardens... tomatoes for
> all! ;-)
>
> ~Alex

    My choice would be a perennial garden, but I agree with the sentiments.
    I also do my bit by recycling old Apple computers, Apple // to Macs &
software. I ship all over the world with many requests for parts/software no
longer made.
TTFN,
TeeC



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