Glad to hear Owlie that your alma mater may have shut down that business proposal for fracking on your university's farm.

Hope you find your dream electric assisted velomobile, smilingcat. Can't be that far off in the future.

Tar sands oil processing takes alot more energy and equipment to extract and then left with the residual stuff, that's not oil.

Dearie is also critical of oil field gas flaring-- more pollutants in the air.

In our city, the cycling group has received funding from..the occasional oil company here and there. People / hard core cyclists don't want to discuss it alot.

Well, I guess we could rant on about 'green-washing'. If the companies really wanted to be more "ethical", then fund research for alternative energy sources/projects ..which some of them are.

The city here only picks up stuff for recycling from ....single family dwellings. It is a city of 1+ million people and growing rapidly. The city admits it's abit behind and trying to step on this matter. All condo buildings at this time must use private companies for a fee if they want a recycling program. OUr building right now can't afford it..we have other pressing things that must be fixed.