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While we wait for our leaders to fund public transit, stop urban sprawl and wait for emerging technologies from our scientist’s. We must protect our air, water and land as much as possible. One day Mother Nature is going to rise up and bite us (you know where?)
I want to challenge the candidates running for Mayor of Canada’s biggest city to hold a debate on environmental
issues, were they stand etc. Below are some ideas to save hydro, fuel and cut emissions. These ideas are cost effective, some a handy homeowner or backyard mechanic can do them selves. Slowly and over time as resources permit. Just as long as it gets done and people are talking about it.

1/ Save hydro by converting 1 - 15amp circuit at a time to 12 volts.
Then change to 12 volt lighting used for RV’s.
Every appliance you can think of is available in 12 volts. (truckers use them for one) 12 volt TV’s,
stereos, desk lamps, electric blanket, even a 12 volt microwave.
A desk top computer can be converted to run on 12 volts, they already are. The power supply converts from 110 volts to 12 volts. Idea is to start with 12 volts, because you are converting at least a couple of bedrooms to 12 volts.
We are going here in the opposite direction of conventional solar and/or wind power at greatly reduced prices.
A converter to change from 110 volts to 12 volts costs from $5.00 to $75.00.
As opposed to an inverter from 12 volts to 110 volts, costs many hundreds of dollars, and up.
A costly inverter is always required for conventional solar, wind power.

2/ Purchase green technology through the use of CO-OP’s.
Example: A pallet or container full of solar panels, is going to be far less expensive than
buying one roof full at a time. This would apply to LED lighting as well.
I come from Alberta, they have a CO-OP Credit Union, Gas Station, Supermarket were customers become owners.
Surely Ontario can start a Energy or Green CO-OP? Preferably not for profit. (not difficult to set this up)

3/ Create wind turbine farms on the flat roof of industrial buildings. These turbines are small and cost a few hundred dollars.
They are designed to generate electricity in lower wind speeds. Can easily be assembled locally, using conventional low cost electric motors (generators)
For people on a tight budget, the blades can be made from 6″ PVC sewer pipe. (cut in four pieces and very inexpensive)

4/ For conventional solar / wind systems, high cost deep cycle batteries are required. It maybe possible
to use low cost, heavy duty transport truck batteries instead.

5/ Just saw the plans to make a pop bottle green house. (1500 2 Liter bottles required)
http://www.ehow.com/how_5880791_make-greenhouse-2_liter-bottles.html
Make a green house out of plastic pop bottles and heat with hydrogen, an individual can produce a limited amount of hydrogen themselves using Electrolysis and 12 volts of electricity.

6/ Similar technology is available to supplement your vehicle’s fuel consumption with a little hydrogen added to the air intake. Can’t replace the fuel, only supplement it.

Attention
Sue and Joe public. If you like these ideas and have others please add them in and let all the politicians know how important this issue is. There is no reason why all of these ideas can not be implimented in Toronto. Lets show case Toronto as being the greenest city in the Country and maybe the World!

Mike Hepburn (On new Face Book page) Search name, only one in Toronto.

Some Candidate Links: (Some have Face Book pages as well.)
Rob Ford: http://www.robford.ca/contact.htm
Joe Pantalone Blog: http://www.joepantalone.org/
Sara Thomson Blog: http://sarahthomson.ca/blog
Rocco Rossi Blog: http://roccorossi.com/blog/
George Smitherman: http://www.georgesmitherman.ca
Full list of Candidates: http://app.toronto.ca/vote2010/findByName.do?lastName=all

Please phone, email and blog our candidates until October and beyond.

I read recently that about 25,000 products can be made from Hemp. Including Bio Fuel for your car. It doesn’t require pesticide, much fertilizer, grows fast. My feeling is if we are going to insist on growing food for fuel why not legalize hemp for this purpose. Oh 1 more thing you can’t get high smoking hemp so it really shouldn’t worry anyone. Perhaps Hillary will legalize it since she knows Bill doesn’t even like the good stuff. Did you know Americans are allowed to buy hemp products from Canada but they are not allowed to grow it? As for a food product hemp oil rates right along side Flax Seed oil and Fish oil for the Omega 3’s, 40% protein. But thats OK we only need it to burn in our cars correct? Doesn’t even have to be genetically modified!

Found the Web site for Canada’s First Commercial Hemp Farm.
Note products consistantly test to have no THC content. Safe for American Consumers.
http://www.hempola.com/

Press Release

January 15, 2002
For Immediate Release
Hempola Products are Laboratory Tested and Contain NO THC — Safe and Allowable for U.S. Shelves.
In the wake of an announcement made by a Canadian producer of hemp products yesterday, in which the company stated its intention under the North American Free Trade Agreement, to seek compensation of a least $20 million as a result of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruling to ban hemp foods in the U.S., a statement comes from Hempola Inc., also a Canadian hemp producer. This statement is made by Greg Herriott, President of Hempola, “it is very important to note, the DEA ruling would make hemp products illegal if they contain THC (the psychoactive ingredient found in Cannabis). HEMPOLA products have been openly exported to the U.S. from our operation in Barrie, Ontario since 1996 without any noticeable interruptions. HEMPOLA products consistently show ‘NO DETECTABLE THC’ in third party laboratory test results. Hence, HEMPOLA products, even if this proposed ruling were applied, are safe and allowable in the U.S. These laboratory tests are conducted by an approved laboratory under the stringent Health Canada Regulations for the Production of Industrial Hemp in Canada.”

If I was American I would be tempted to turn this into an election issue. Best time to make a change I would say. Hemp is easier to grow than corn.