While our Premier of Ontario tries to bribe us with our own tax money to buy hybrids, clearly she has no clue about simple math.
When would be the best time to buy a plug-in hybrid? When gas prices reach $5 a litre
Source: How much does gas need to cost for hybrids to pay off?
Jay does a great job breaking down the culture creators influence in this huge movie series that captured or youth’s imaginations.
Michael Moore wants Gov. Snyder’s head.
@MMFlint: I’m gonna give you the truth about Flint Somebody has to say this. I won’t let u down now. So, get ready… http://michaelmoore.com/DontSendBottledWater
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I don’t hold animals on the same level as humans, but I worry that eating flesh can lead to many otherwise avoidable diseases. A compelling listen.
Break away from the illusion and get real. Fantastic video.
What is it about Ontario that makes it such a mark for the nuclear swindle? Are we the easiest target in the world to steal electricity money from? How did this happen?
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/01/05/is-toronto-ready-for-a-radiation-emergency.html
Darlington’s midlife makeover
In October 2016, work will begin to refurbish the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington. The project will extend the 25-year-old nuclear power plant’s life until at least 2055. Preparations are already underway.
4
Nuclear reactors located at Darlington
20%
Percentage of Ontario’s energy produced at Darlington
10
Years needed to refurbish the plant
35
About how many years the plant’s life will be extended by the refurbishment project
$12.8B
Budget for the refurbishment project
96%
Percentage of expenditures for the project that will occur in Ontario
8,800
New jobs created over life of the project
$35M
Cost to build a nuclear reactor mockup to train workers for refurbishment
Good podcast featuring an anti-establishment cancer researcher.
Ty Bollinger is known for his legendary research into the real story of cancer.  Here we discuss his bestselling book, Cancer: Step Outside the Box (250,000 copies sold!), and his more recent 9-part video series, The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest. Since his own parents died from the cancer treatments they received, Ty has not stopped investigating and meeting with those who have treated this “mystery disease” with much more success than the modern conventions of chemotherapy and radiation prescribed by oncology (cancer) specialists today.  Cancer is a hugely profitable business for the pharmaceutical and medical industry, whose experts are actually aware of the probably outcome (death!) and would not elect to undergo such “treatments” themselves, Ty has found.  In actuality, he explains, cancer is a disease of toxicity and deficiency.  His enormous website TheTruthAboutCancer.com is an expanding storehouse of information on the mission he has now undertaken as his life’s work: the demystification of cancer.
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Uber continues to innovate while the old models continue to strangulate.
Here’s a good comment on how to move forward (as if the city could get its act together)
It is very simple.
UBER is not a new phenomenon – this type of transit is popular in eastern europe, particularly former soviet republics. Its called a “marshrutka” there.
Basically its a private transit that fills the gaps left by official city transport. Not as cheap as city transit, not as expensive as taxis. And it works.
Toronto needs to adopt this model rather then fight it.
1) Deregulate taxi industry. Remove fees, surcharges, most rules, plate limits – everything. Being a taxi driver should be very very simple: clean driving record, a car, insurance – and thats it. No need for special cars or rules. This will allow cabbies to compete – some companies will fail, others will spring up.
2) Work with insurance industry to launch a special type of car insurance for these drivers. its not rocket science – just basic liability with premium adjusted for higher time spent on the road. Thats it. Nothing special.
3) Deregulate TTC, let them launch their own variant of UBER. I see NO reason why TTC cant attract private drivers to drive on ad-hoc routes on a subcontractor basis. Copy uber’s app, call it something snappy, give drivers a framework, and let the market set price and schedules and routes. TTC takes a smaller cut then UBER of course. Let TTC compete with taxis. And everybody wins. Pressure is taken off crumbling street cars and overcrowded subways, public is given flexibility they need.
4) if roads and traffic jams are the problem – BUILD. NORMAL. ROADS. Key word – BUILD. Politicians waste time, while population and density keeps on growing. If council cant agree – sweep them away, put normal people in there that CAN make normal decisions.
Pools of SUVs, minivans and other high-occupancy vehicles waited at locations in Liberty Village, the Distillery District, Fort York and CityPlace.
Source: Downtown commuters test the waters on UberHop | Toronto Star
Another good article on how the cab industry is full of parasites who hurt drivers first and then fares.
