RE: Investors, Truth and Environent What is the truth chris?
Do you think that rail is more economical and beneficial for CEC and that it won’t take away business from other rail lines chris.
Is rail more convenient for CEC or is more for your own personal convenience?
I’m not sure that you being a one-sided, extremist who does not want Raven to go ahead, will enable CEC or the BC Government to reach a compromise
It’s like the guy who never wants to marry, but he may consider it if she were a bombshell blonde, with blue eyes, and will never say no.
He may find that blonde, but if his intentions are to never marry, odds are he won’t. What he will do is find faults with that perfect blonde.
You’re not that different. I looked at your link to your blog about vi freight by rail. It should read, I need to decrease my commute to work and back by rail because I am chrisale, lol. https://www.vifreightbyrail.ca/2012/07/15/to-minister-blair-lekstrom-on-improved-highway-access-to-port-alberni/
You may want rail, but you don’t want it for the Raven Coal Mine. You said it yourself. That’s why I consider you the utmost extremist, and a hypocrite to boot. This is all about YOU. You chris, belong to the ME Generation. Those days are numbered. JMO
https://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=c72117d8-e594-4f6f-aad3-98e9e703c70c
Chris Alemany
Mon, Jul 9, 12 at 02:29 PM
Weird... my first comment doesn't' seem to have gotten through, so now my "1:59PM" comment doesn't make sense. Here it is again, hopefully it comes through: Mr. Sewel, To answer your question. No. Back before marriage and family, I did actually live in Nanaimo for 6 years and biked to work from the Rock City/Country Club area regularly. Once wife and kids came though the only homes we could afford were in the Alberni Valley or points farther north. (Gold River, etc.) I grew up in Alberni so have family there as well... so between the free childcare, far cheaper cost of living, wife with work here, and other small town benefits living in Alberni is a pretty easy choice. The parking pass and bus pass costs the same no matter where I live so the only difference is the cost and time in driving. We already have two cars and we would inevitably drive more with my wife in Nanaimo than the '2 stoplights' that we have here in Alberni. Part of the reason I was happy to leave Nanaimo behind was its geography and endless traffic lights. Drove me crazy when I lived there. Thanks to the bus, my carbon footprint is the same as someone commuting from Parksville or Duncan... if all goes to plan in a couple years I will convert my car to an EV and my carbon footprint will essentially be zero (provided BC doesn't start building coal plants) and the only detriment will be in time travelled, but again, the time on transit is pretty leisurely. I'd never last if I had to drive the solid 100km a day. And who knows... maybe one day I'll be able to take a train from Alberni to downtown Nanaimo. Now that would be civilized. the mockup schedules mentioned in the article are at: www.vifreightbyrail.ca/north-island-intercity-rail-service/ I'm very active trying to get freight back on the rail line in particular if the coal mine is built (hopefully it is not!) in Comox.