What causes wild fires?
Arsonists, careless campers and lightning strikes.
And trains, when sparks from their brakes ignite brush.
Posted 21 March 2024 - 12:11 PM
What causes wild fires?
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Posted 21 March 2024 - 12:13 PM
The rail line serves freight traffic first and foremost. The passenger rail piggybacks onto the line. Just one freight yard on that track section is bigger than anything we can conceive of locally, like we’re talking half the size of Esquimalt's landmass.Meanwhile in the Lower Mainland.....
BC government study identifies potential West Coast Express extension and regional rail options between Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
https://dailyhive.co...t-coast-express
I guess the commuter train system is a really inefficient and dangerous mode of transportation to warrant this kind of study.
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Posted 25 March 2024 - 04:37 PM
Arsonists, careless campers and lightning strikes.
And trains, when sparks from their brakes ignite brush.
You are partially correct, but the worst culprit is climate change due to CO2 emissions.
Posted 25 March 2024 - 04:41 PM
You gotta love sarcasm.
Posted 25 March 2024 - 05:06 PM
You gotta love sarcasm.
You wish....
Posted 25 March 2024 - 05:46 PM
It was the only response I could post on a family-friendly forum like this.
Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:26 PM
You are partially correct, but the worst culprit is climate change due to CO2 emissions.
The forest fires are causing more forest fires, you mean?
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Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:55 PM
Posted 25 March 2024 - 07:46 PM
S*it forest practices certainly are a contributor to wildfires in BC and on the island. On VI they happen especially with some frequency in the high country north of Sayward. Partially as a consequence of certain grabage provincial government forest polices and partially due to certain garbage forest practices by forest companies.
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Posted 04 April 2024 - 01:31 PM
Nice podcast to listen to while at work:
What we can learn about the future of rail from its past
https://www.cbc.ca/r...anada-1.6681160
From CBC
Posted 04 April 2024 - 02:36 PM
Oh oh, there it is.
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Posted 04 April 2024 - 07:29 PM
It sounds like a portion of the ROW is being returned to First Nations. There is a legal requirement that if rail operations do not resume, that the land be returned.
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