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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
Translink considers lower emissions one of their "real priorities". What would you want to do with the extra money?  |
TransLink has tons of priorities that can use money, funding, etc.
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Originally Posted by CanSpice
I don't know what the absolute dollar figure is, but the June 2023 Mayors Council meeting had a presentation from TransLink staff where they said renewable diesel has a 2-7% cost premium per litre. But it apparently also comes with reduced maintenance, so maybe it's a wash?
TransLink does have a requirement to reduce its emissions, and renewable diesel gets them a big chunk of the way there. 65-85% reduction in GHG emissions is nothing to sneeze at. |
if its a wash, then thats great. if it isnt, then its a waste at this point. im tired of everyone always being "yup, we can totally fix climate change in Vancouver!" we waste our money, we handicap ourselves, all to save a minuscule amount of GHG while
China just goes pedal to the metal on coal fired power plants.
shooting orselves in the foot will totally save the world! lets all just cuddle up and wrap ourselves in the big world blanket!
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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698
This argument is essentially: anything spent on climate change mitigation is a pointless waste of money better spent on other priorities.
But - we've gotta do something to mitigate the problems we're causing with the climate. Yes, it's gonna hurt. But it's got to be done.
We look back at the past with horror at some of the things our ancestors did. What will our descendants think of us?
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see and there is the crux. "we gotta do something." actually, what we have to do is stop allowing the real GHG contributors from screwing the rest of us over. there is absolutely nothing that we can do in Vancouver that will have any impact, whatsoever, at any time now, or in the future, that will do anything to even mitigate climate change for 1 second.
that is a fact. we dont, and never have, polluted enough for us to ever matter. all we do is shoot ourselves in the foot, and put all the burden on us for something that does absolutely nothing for anyone. its idiotic. we need to focus on the real impacts that can actually make a real different.
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Originally Posted by dreambrother808
If someone doesn't care about the environment or reducing emissions, that is their personal problem. Translink is representing popular public opinion by making these decisions. Regardless of that, the cost difference is reasonable.
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yeah, popular public opinion that leads to us just hampering our abilities on other priorities, while not even doing anything to mitigate climate change for 1 second. thats what annoys the crap out of me. is we do all this pointless random crap that does nothing, and will do nothing. and it is detrimental to us.
but nahh, i guess we should all just keep pretending we can do anything to make ourselves feel better; thatll stop it!
until the world actually gets it act together, and goes after the real polluters (which hasnt at all happened) then nothing will change. and its laughable people think it will.
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