tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post887695152390596898..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Pseudo-Science vs. Real Science at the MPO: Greenhouse Gas WorkshopSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-55291155974422264622016-11-29T00:45:22.664-08:002016-11-29T00:45:22.664-08:00Not sure if anybody's aware but coming home Su...Not sure if anybody's aware but coming home Sunday afternoon we saw a man got hit by a car on mission at the Roberson / Costco intersection. He was hit hard and police was immediately there as there was heavy traffic. Can't find anything in the news about it at all even though there were dozens of witnesses. Just another pedestrian victim on Mission street....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-80021956181585813322016-11-27T10:58:59.109-08:002016-11-27T10:58:59.109-08:00I know that this blog is about cycling and reducin...I know that this blog is about cycling and reducing dependence on cars, but when you mentioned green house gases, I thought it ironic that Commissioner Brentano is on SKATS. He and his other county commissioners are talking about limiting emissions from cars (or at least listening to presentation on the topic) while at the same time they support and are promoting the creation of more GHG with the incinerator at Brooks.<br /><br />This was stated in an article in the Salem Weekly about why Physicians for Social Responsibility warn against the incinerator and their proposed expansion of the burner and the importation of waste from Metro.<br /><br />"Among other points, OPSR cited data that waste-to-energy incinerators produce more pollution and global warming emissions per unit of electricity that coal fired power plants. It provided statistics from the Energy Justice Network that “to make the same amount of energy as a coal-powered plant, trash incinerators release 28 times as much dioxin than coal, 2.5 times as much carbon dioxide, twice as much carbon monoxide, three times as much nitrogen oxides, 6-14 times as much mercury, nearly six times as much lead and 70% more sulfur dioxides.” http://salemweeklynews.com/2016/11/oregon-physicians-oppose-marion-county-burning/<br /><br />I worry that all the efforts to reduce pollution by cars is lost when we incinerate waste...especially medical waste. At least cars do not make dioxin like the burner does.<br /><br />I think we have to hold our elected officials to a standard that says they must think holistically about issues and not just things in isolation. After all the world is an ecosystem, not just a set of individual objects occupying their own space.Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com