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Dear editor,
Time is running out, but you can still make comments to the Town and to the Region— re: local growth— and you should.
The provincial Places to Grow Act is forcing our municipal government to double our population, planning to 2031. It is appalling that neither planners, politicians, nor developers have taken the world’s dwindling supplies of oil into consideration.
Former chief economist for CIBC, Jeff Rubin, is quoted as predicting $225 US/barrel oil by 2012. A book by Forbes reporter, Christopher Steiner, $20 Per Gallon, is set for July release.
Even if Rubin is out by 10 years, we are not ready with an alternative. Peak oil will happen during this planning period.
A word search of the 15 documents tells us only in Report 3.11— Connecting Sustainability in Halton Region Not Over-Using Natural Resources…
“Supplies (of oil and natural gas) may be at their peak and it is important not to overuse them. Adopting a conservative approach to their use and seeking out alternative and renewable sources of energy is necessary.
No mention of then we must grow food close to home.
Full understanding of the ramifications of this calamity, would produce, compact housing models with condos and community gardens within the existing urban boundary.
Developers recently lined up to tell Halton Hills council how they will sprawl over the farmland that must feed us.
As many citizens as possible must say something before we all skip over the cliff.
Barbara Halsall, Georgetown
