The Société des Transports de Montréal offers this kind of service and it works pretty well most of the time.
You can try it on http://www2.stm.info/azimuts/carte.wcs?eff=OD&lng= a
Maybe some other cities do the same thing...
I just took a first look at the store and I noticed there was no French music or music in French from Quebec altought the interface was in French. Does somebody know if they plan to introduce new titles progressively ?
It could be a good idea to consider this option...
The funny thing about this is that French-speakers actually use the word CV (curiculum vitea). The word "résumé" has a totaly different meaning in French...
I've just installed the new version, and it seems like my back button dosen't work on some sites (eBay or chatting forums). I just hit it and nothing happens ! Anyone has this problem ?
Also, I do not have a scrolling bar on the right, but I guess it my be because of the theme I'm using (Noia 2)...
That's what Socrate did. His wife was such a pain in the ass that he said that if he can cope with her, he would cope we everything else in the world...
You're probably right about the countries that have a higher emission per capita than US, but you have to admit that those you cited are mostly very small and low-populated country and that their global emission are still more or less significant. The thing is large countries like USA and Russia currently hold the balance for the application of the Kyoto protocol (it needs a certain percentage of signatures to be officialized).
The USA have most of the political influence now (not to say ALL the political influence) this is why I think they should make a move in favor of energy saving and use their influence and economical power to develop new energy that could benefit growing countries like China and India. If most of their economy is still to build, you can still push for a more sustainable development.
"Or we could simply realize that as the problem gets worse economic pressures will naturally solve the problem."
Wow, economic wishful thinking... unfortunately this is not the way it works. By the time market pressure will be strong enough to push a major change in the motoring industry, a lot of damage will already have been done. It is always more expensive and difficult to de-polluate than to change our consumption habits. You need real political initiative if you want to boost alternative energy.
On the other side, I don't know what's wrong with Americans, but it seems like they always think that Kyoto is an international evil plot to crush their economy. The fact is, even if some of you can doubt the evidences of global warning presented by many indepedent and credible scientists, you still have to admit that reducing air pollution will necessarily benefit Earth's population (reducing asthma and other breathing disease, improving air quality, etc.). The problem is that USA actually has the highest emission rate per capita. Considering that, I think that you are accountable to the rest of the world for polluting the air (there's still no borders for air...). When you talk about pollution, you need to think globally.
The rhetoric used by Bush is also ridiculous (saying that the Kyoto protocol will heavily damage USA's economy). Germany has ecological laws that actually created new jobs and they have already almost reached their Kyoto's objectives. When you develop a new sector, you create new jobs. It's true that you will lose jobs in the "old" sector, but manpower will be reallocated to the new ressources. Every good economist should know that.
It is also true that oil reserve won't be everlasting. Hence, they need to be preserved for more important use than "burning" them. The US government has the moral (toward its population and the rest of the world) and economical (to diversify its economy and reduce its dependence toward oil-producing country) motivation to ratify the Kyoto engagement.
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The Société des Transports de Montréal offers this kind of service and it works pretty well most of the time. You can try it on http://www2.stm.info/azimuts/carte.wcs?eff=OD&lng= a
Maybe some other cities do the same thing...
I just took a first look at the store and I noticed there was no French music or music in French from Quebec altought the interface was in French. Does somebody know if they plan to introduce new titles progressively ? It could be a good idea to consider this option...
The funny thing about this is that French-speakers actually use the word CV (curiculum vitea). The word "résumé" has a totaly different meaning in French...
I've just installed the new version, and it seems like my back button dosen't work on some sites (eBay or chatting forums). I just hit it and nothing happens ! Anyone has this problem ? Also, I do not have a scrolling bar on the right, but I guess it my be because of the theme I'm using (Noia 2)...
That's what Socrate did. His wife was such a pain in the ass that he said that if he can cope with her, he would cope we everything else in the world...
The USA have most of the political influence now (not to say ALL the political influence) this is why I think they should make a move in favor of energy saving and use their influence and economical power to develop new energy that could benefit growing countries like China and India. If most of their economy is still to build, you can still push for a more sustainable development.
Wow, economic wishful thinking... unfortunately this is not the way it works. By the time market pressure will be strong enough to push a major change in the motoring industry, a lot of damage will already have been done. It is always more expensive and difficult to de-polluate than to change our consumption habits. You need real political initiative if you want to boost alternative energy.
On the other side, I don't know what's wrong with Americans, but it seems like they always think that Kyoto is an international evil plot to crush their economy. The fact is, even if some of you can doubt the evidences of global warning presented by many indepedent and credible scientists, you still have to admit that reducing air pollution will necessarily benefit Earth's population (reducing asthma and other breathing disease, improving air quality, etc.). The problem is that USA actually has the highest emission rate per capita. Considering that, I think that you are accountable to the rest of the world for polluting the air (there's still no borders for air...). When you talk about pollution, you need to think globally.
The rhetoric used by Bush is also ridiculous (saying that the Kyoto protocol will heavily damage USA's economy). Germany has ecological laws that actually created new jobs and they have already almost reached their Kyoto's objectives. When you develop a new sector, you create new jobs. It's true that you will lose jobs in the "old" sector, but manpower will be reallocated to the new ressources. Every good economist should know that.
It is also true that oil reserve won't be everlasting. Hence, they need to be preserved for more important use than "burning" them. The US government has the moral (toward its population and the rest of the world) and economical (to diversify its economy and reduce its dependence toward oil-producing country) motivation to ratify the Kyoto engagement.