Skip navigation

 Login or Register | Member Centre

A greener getaway takes root

MARK HUME

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 10:13 AM EDT 31/03/07

Michael Uehara will cut deeply into his company's bottom line this year as he starts reducing by half the carbon footprint of King Pacific Lodge. Why? Why not, he asks. ...Read the full article

This conversation is closed

  1. Yves Farges from Vancouver, Canada writes: Over the years, government initiatives did nothing. If the government is serious about reducing carbon emmission, it has to create a strong incentive to get people and businesses moving to reduce their carbon emmission contribution. Start by giving a tax break if a person owns a hybrid car, give a tax break per vehicle constructed or modified to reduce emmissions, make engine tune ups tax deductible per taxpayer, impose a carbon tax per kilometer for flights in and out of B.C., across the board, tax carbon emmissions per ton across the board, make any business investment that moves from carbon emmission power to alternate energy the government pays half the interest cost (capped at 10%) for ten years, build three hydro-electic dams (serious dams) right now (pass a law to deep six the environmental impact). With serious action BC can lead Canada with solutions that work. If the government is still only interested in doing things that "look good", they can continue on the same track but voters are a lot more perceptive than in the past, and ignoring carbon emmission problems is now firmly seen as bad government. Kudos for the King Pacific Lodge for their initiative and commitment.
  2. colonel braddock from vancouver island, Canada writes: its not called the greatbear rainforest unless you are a treehugger. get the real name correct!
  3. snow lander from Edmonton, Canada writes: i dunno-seems like lots of folks other than "treehuggers" call the place greatbear rainforest.

    also hugging tree isn't such a bad thing. it feels good and the trees don't ask for anything in return.

    I am not a serial hugger- I have only hugged a few trees in my life. mosly because i am too preoccupied with walking under them.
  4. Donald S. Holmes from Atwood ON, Canada writes: I am patiently waiting for someone to explain how the Kyoto Plan and carbon credits are going to improve the environment.

    It seems that one might as well go outside and tell one's God of preference rain is not needed until the first Tuesday after the next full moon and expect that to happen.

    Instead of talking airy-fairy nonsense it is time to build nuclear incinerators to provide power, incinerate much of our garbage and reduce the amount and speed of our traffic both on the highways and the airways.

    These are positive changes which would make a meaningful difference to our atmosphere and are well within the reach of our governments.

Comments are closed

Thanks for your interest in commenting on this article, however we are no longer accepting submissions. If you would like, you may send a letter to the editor.

Report an abusive comment to our editorial staff

close

Alert us about this comment

Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem.

Do not use this to complain about comments that don’t break the rules, for example those comments that you disagree with or contain spelling errors or multiple postings.

Top Stories by Section