The Olympic Flame: Where?

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by mr.x2

If the Olympic flame goes out during the Olympics (before the Closing), how does that make us look?

i just don;t think there is any risk for the idea

i really don't care what they do with it

maybe they can light up teh DTES so no one has to see how gross it is

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

i just don;t think there is any risk for the idea

i really don't care what they do with it

maybe they can light up teh DTES so no one has to see how gross it is

It is a huge risk. Not only that but there's cost....the Sydney cauldron, for 17 days, used up nearly half a million dollars worth of natural gas. To provide the same effect in the video, the BC Place "Ring of Fire" cauldron would probably use up tens of millions of dollars worth of natural gas......not to mention, it's not exactly good for the environment.....you can be sure that activists and protesters will be there...

[Rusty Gull]

It's interesting to note that over 10 percent of respondents have voted for Main and Hastings. Is this in jest, or do some SSP members sincerely believe that having the Olympic flame at that intersection would be VANOC's olive branch, if you will, to the disenfranchised members of that community, as well as some of the protester groups associated with the DTES.

[Canadian Mind]

Originally Posted by mr.x2

It is a huge risk. Not only that but there's cost....the Sydney cauldron, for 17 days, used up nearly half a million dollars worth of natural gas. To provide the same effect in the video, the BC Place "Ring of Fire" cauldron would probably use up tens of millions of dollars worth of natural gas......not to mention, it's not exactly good for the environment.....you can be sure that activists and protesters will be there...

have it powered by wood-pellets laced with an accelerant, and have hot water pipes strung through it to give the illusion of environmental freindlyness.

as for grouse mountain... light the forest on fire.

[ckkelley]

I would have voted for Grouse Mountain but depending on the weather there might be long stretches when you won't be able to see it.

So I voted for Robson Square instead. Mostly because I can see Robson Square from my condo.

[Hourglass]

Originally Posted by ckkelley

I would have voted for Grouse Mountain but depending on the weather there might be long stretches when you won't be able to see it.

Umm... yeah. In the highly unlikely event it's foggy or overcast (in Feb??? Never!), you might not see the flame on Grouse Mountain at all for days at a time.

Robson Square makes a lot of sense. Or how about at the top of one of the bridges eg. Burrard or even Lion's Gate?

I also like the idea of a cauldron in False Creek.

[ctown.myth]

Too bad there isn't a choice named 'Calgary' .

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

have it powered by wood-pellets laced with an accelerant, and have hot water pipes strung through it to give the illusion of environmental freindlyness.

as for grouse mountain... light the forest on fire.

hehe.

[biggiebear]

Go grab that floating McDonalds and drag it out to False Creek and light it. The amount of grease in there should keep it burning the entire games. "I'm lovin it"

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by biggiebear

Go grab that floating McDonalds and drag it out to False Creek and light it. The amount of grease in there should keep it burning the entire games. "I'm lovin it"

I've heard rumours that it sank during one of winter storms.

[Nutterbug]

APC headquarters.

A nice big bonfire.

[Nutterbug]

Originally Posted by ckkelley

I would have voted for Grouse Mountain but depending on the weather there might be long stretches when you won't be able to see it.

It should be big and bright enough to glow through the clouds then.

Does it have to be an authentic combustion flame? Would some other less energy consuming optical simulation do?

[deasine]

Hi I'm new:

Wouldn't outside of BC Place around Pacific Blvd. @ Cambie St. be good? I mean, people can see it from the Olympic Village too... (The area where sun runners run off down the ramp down to the finish line).

[clooless]

Originally Posted by Rusty Gull

It's interesting to note that over 10 percent of respondents have voted for Main and Hastings. Is this in jest, or do some SSP members sincerely believe that having the Olympic flame at that intersection would be VANOC's olive branch, if you will, to the disenfranchised members of that community, as well as some of the protester groups associated with the DTES.

Main and Hastings would be hilarious. You'd see all the crack/meth/whatever users struggling to get their pipes over the flame to use the heat. The flame at Main and Hastings? Get serious. You may as well just throw a metal drum down, fill it will wood and light in on fire as put it there.

In my opinion, nothing short of cancelling the Olympics and channeling the money into building mansions for each and every downtown eastside resident complete with a lifetime supply of drugs would appease DERA. Obviously, I am being facetious here but what has the DERA ever really done for the residents of the downtown eastside other than perpetuate lives filled with drug addiction and poverty? They need to get people out of the downtown eastside and away from the culture of drugs and crime and into fulfilling lives.