Reflections on a rail/road trip

Recently my wife Fran and I made a trip out west to see our family – Dan and his family in Edmonton, Alberta and Suzanne and her family in Comox, BC. We went by train from Ottawa to Edmonton and then by car (yes, one of those fossil fuel dinosaurs) and a ferry to Comox.

The two sites visited could not have been more different. In Alberta we were in the fossil-fuelled heartland of Canada. In Comox BC we were in the agricultural, free-wheeling experimental zone of Canada. During our visit a growing climate crisis was raging in North America. Five hundred wildfires were burning in Canada sending waves of smoke everywhere, including down to the USA. A heat dome of up to 48 degrees Centigrade was occurring in Texas. The fossil fuel industry was charging ahead by plastifying everything they could.

World Water Day, March 22, 2021

Here is a talk given by the Rebellious Seeker on World Water Day, March 22, 2021

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In the Q+A session after the talk some other points were made:

There are some occasions where plastic water bottles could be justified. For example if there has been an accident or a breakdown in the water supply system, or if there is no reliable water distribution system, plastic water bottles may be temporarily required.

Hard plastics have some useful qualities – they don’t rust or corrode, and they last a long time. There are some good applications for hard plastics. We are not talking about long lasting hard plastic here, we are talking about single-use throw away plastics.

The whole World Water Day celebration that is referred to can be seen on the blog:

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