Re: “U of T must be car-free,” Letters, Oct. 18.
Nicolau claims “our health suffers from an increasingly toxic culture.” Just beside that, an editorial mentions that life expectancies are the highest they’ve ever been, indicating our health isn’t doing that badly after all. Of all the reasons that may negatively affect our health, Nicolau sure chose an insignificant one. If you want a real culprit, try obesity, alcohol abuse, cigarette smoke, even stress!
“Increasingly toxic culture?” Says who? Cars now are much cleaner than they’ve ever been, and with new technologies such as hydrogen and hybrid powertrains, in the future they’ll be even cleaner.
But that’s neglecting the fact that modern cars, even plain gas ones, are very clean and efficient.
If you’re after toxic emissions, why not go after lawn mowers or chainsaws, which have zero emission controls and pollute more than a fleet of cars. Or, if you’re really on the witch hunt, why not go after your lovely buses?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for public transit and cleaner power sources. But to provide the necessary resources for all the people in this country, you need an efficient and reliable power source, and the internal combustion engine is it. Stop your witch hunt against cars.
Traian Popescu
Please, the grass hurts
Re: Varsity stadium mess
To U of T’s voting committee that denied this university the chance to do something special in getting a new stadium: I encourage all your members to put on a pair of cleats and take a brisk jog on the field that remains where the stadium used to be.
What they would find is pain in their feet because of the hard ground.
Also, there is a promising young Varsity football team that tries its best at practice and games but to no avail, as injuries from taking a hit on the hard surface of the field gets in the way of success.
Worst of all is mid-October, when the rain falls on the field during a football match and where the soccer team has to play the next day on grass that is barely there afterwards.
I can’t understand the reason why the committee turned down a deal of a lifetime. Money could not be the main issue here as U of T is one of the richest universities in Canada.
Anonymous
