Do you use the TTC and if so for how long? It use to be a really good transit system now its quickly turning into rubbish. All the TTC is good for is claiming it needs more funding and raising fares - Go Transit isn't that much better. And I'm sorry that Philly is a violent city with s**tty public transit but I think Toronto needs to aim higher if it really wants to be the "wolrd class" city it keeps claiming to be. As a Torontonian living in Melbourne Australia for the year, I have really come to realize how lacking Toronto is in certain regards such as cleanliness and transit. You know it's bad when you're in another city and the lack of reports about gun crimes gets your attention.
Ok, so let's see ... instead of using disposable paper cups, you've chosen to consume a whole collection of different mugs (plural) ... let's say you have 4 or 5 at least, only one of which is probably used on any given day. The more non-disposable mugs you consume, the longer it takes for you to break even in terms of energy use compared to the disposable alternative. So 20 years divided by 5 mugs equals about 4 years of use per mug on average. So after 15-20 years of round robin use of your mug collection, you're just now breaking even in terms of environmental impact with someone who uses a disposable paper cup every day. So give yourself a big green pat on the back.
butlermonkeySep 18, 2008
Do you use the TTC and if so for how long? It use to be a really good transit system now its quickly turning into rubbish. All the TTC is good for is claiming it needs more funding and raising fares - Go Transit isn't that much better. And I'm sorry that Philly is a violent city with s**tty public transit but I think Toronto needs to aim higher if it really wants to be the "wolrd class" city it keeps claiming to be. As a Torontonian living in Melbourne Australia for the year, I have really come to realize how lacking Toronto is in certain regards such as cleanliness and transit. You know it's bad when you're in another city and the lack of reports about gun crimes gets your attention.
buzzbuzzSep 18, 2008
Burried for crappy spelling
jqp123Sep 19, 2008
Ok, so let's see ... instead of using disposable paper cups, you've chosen to consume a whole collection of different mugs (plural) ... let's say you have 4 or 5 at least, only one of which is probably used on any given day. The more non-disposable mugs you consume, the longer it takes for you to break even in terms of energy use compared to the disposable alternative. So 20 years divided by 5 mugs equals about 4 years of use per mug on average. So after 15-20 years of round robin use of your mug collection, you're just now breaking even in terms of environmental impact with someone who uses a disposable paper cup every day. So give yourself a big green pat on the back.
mweatherSep 19, 2008
But reducing the number of bottles needed is even better than reusing them.If I had to rank the importance I would say:Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
sabinSep 21, 2008
Have you ever been to Toronto? We are all slaves to the liquid crack known as Tim Hortons coffee.
sabinSep 21, 2008
Most people in Toronto get their coffee to go. Paying to replace mugs that people just walk out with would be prohibitively expensive.