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discarded face mask, now synonymous with the covid pandemic

Pandemic Fatigue

by Ross Thrasher Pandemic fatigue is popping up all over the planet, with widespread street protests, violations of closure restrictions, even torching a testing facility in the Netherlands. The economic ...
age and Covid-19 infection rates

Age and Infection Fatality Rates (IFR)

By Ross Thrasher The world is now approaching 100 million COVID-19 cases, and 2.1 million have died from the pandemic. So the global Infection Fatality Rate is just over 2% ...

COVID at the Outset of 2021

By Ross Thrasher 2020 has truly been a year of living dangerously, as the coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a halt and killed millions.  We have seen the ...
/ Covid-19, international news
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CleanBC Go Electric EV Infrastructure Rebates

World-Leading Assistance for Garage Orphans Vancouver, BC December 22, 2020 – for immediate release Time is running out for residential building owners to benefit from world-leading funding for electric vehicle ...
The Next 100 Days by Ross Thrasher

The Next 100 Days – Covid19

By Ross Thrasher The latest COVID19 mortality projections from the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation cover the next 100 days, to April 1, 2021. This will likely be the ...
/ Covid-19, international news
Dr Linda Thyer Speaks To Vancouver City Council

GTEC Board member Speaks to City Hall

GTEC Board member, Dr. Linda Thyer, supports Vancouver's CEAP. The following is the text of Linda’s talk in support at the Vancouver City Council meeting. Good evening Mr. Mayor and ...
GTEC Board Chair Arden Henley speaks to Vancouver City Council

GTEC Board Chair Speaks to Vancouver City Hall

Over the past several months GTEC participated in a community consultation process about the City of Vancouver’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP). The plan originated in the City’s formal recognition ...
Masks graphic for Ross Thrasher blog Nov 1, 2020

Spooky Numbers – Covid19

by Ross Thrasher OMG, global pandemic numbers have topped 500,000 in three of the past four days. This is unprecedented territory. For the month of October the worldwide totals are ...
/ Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, news
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Electric Vehicles: A Good Investment in a Bright Future

The $2-billion deal to kick-start electric vehicle production at Ford Canada plants is long overdue.  Save for a brief run of electric RAV4s at Toyota Canada’s plant, it will be ...
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BC Election 2020 – BC EV Associations recommend policy

Vancouver, BC October 6, 2020 – for immediate release Electric vehicle associations representing 42,000 EV owners across the province have submitted a list of ten recommended policies for parties to include in ...