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Originally Posted by Copes
Tell me, what sounds better in the context of Halifax? Building a short-term park (or even long-term) on the Convention Centre site as the author of the article suggests, which makes Halifax "greener", despite already being quite green and having Citadel Hill / the public gardens within blocks of the site
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building the convention centre, which will help to stimulate the economy, provide long-term economic stimulation through investment/taxes/enticing business, and using this new money/investment to improve the transit system in a city that is dealing with continuously increasing sprawl and traffic.
The argument could be made, I suppose, to forego the convention centre and invest the municipality's convention centre-money into the transit system directly, however I would argue that the 2nd option I proposed is a much happier medium.
I'm all for the environment. I recognize the problems with climate change. But I want to address the issue in a reasonable, compromising manner instead of simply spouting off "trees trees trees, doomsday is coming" as I see so many uninformed "environmentalists" doing oh so often around my campus and elsewhere.
Anyway, this seems to be getting off-topic, and I'm not looking to (nor am I informed enough) to get into an in-depth environmental debate. I just wanted to clarify my point and voice what I consider to be the largest flaw with the environmental movement.
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I was only interested in the greenbelt.
Just as some environmentalists may be uninformed as to the economic dealings in how to most quickly transition into a green economy, and are simply demanding everything green happen now, NOW-NOW-NOW...I think it's fair to say that many who are just somewhat concerned about the environment are also somewhat uninformed as to how far along this instance of climate warming as gone and how much longer the climate will continue to warm even AFTER we've miraculously transitioned into a green economy and have stopped releasing emissions.
This apathy amongst the uninformed general public, who are often busy scratching their heads about why the weather has been so weird over the past several years, is why leaders such as Harper can scrap Kyoto, set his own targets for emissions reductions, and not even come close to successfully meeting those fucking targets.
I support the Nova Centre, and look forward to the continued growth of downtown Halifax/Dartmouth, as well as the eventual slowdown of HRM's sprawl.