Working Group on Climate Action

Use business licensing of drive throughs and gasoline retailers to require EV charging infrastructure.

Businesses wanting to provide drive through or sell petroleum fuels should provide an EV charger.

Plant more trees (especially along roads) to give shade and help with CO2 emissions.

Zero Emissions Now

To reach zero GHG emissions within 20 years, incremental approaches are insufficient and ineffective. Negative cost solutions abound when life-cycle accounting is applied. All new construction should meet zero emissions standards e.g. https://www.cagbc.org/zerocarbon. Existing facilities should be required to provide retrofit plans integrated with capital and maintenance expenditures to be implanted within 20 years that meet zero emissions. Use Community Improvement provisions of the Planning Act to enforce and incent compliance. "Well defined problems lead to breakthrough solution" Harvard Business Review. Council's priority should be to acquire a deeper understanding of what is required to achieve the IPCC pathway to staying below a 1.5 C rise within 30 years, then develop a strategic plan to achieve the goal. Curtailing methane emissions is a prerequisite and priority. North American natural gas supplies, primarily produced by fracking, accounts for most of recent global methane rate increases. Phase-out of natural gas demand, primarily buildings, electricity, and industrial processes, is by far the most important objective. https://theenergymix.com/2018/11/08/asleep-at-the-switch-canadas-pathway-to-1-5c-means-phasing-out-natural-gas/

Promote planning for extremely high gasoline prices

It is going to happen, sooner or later, that gasoline costs $10 or $20 per litre. For example, if the US starts a hot war in the Persian Gulf. Promote that car users and commuters should plan for how they will cope with this. Figure out 1) who they will car pool with, 2) what bike route to use and how long it would take, 3) what bus route and bus schedule to use. Even making such plans will cause some people to start doing that, even without a gasoline crisis.

anti-drive-thru signage

At the entrance to every drive-thru, put up a sign explaining that idling cars are VERY wasteful of fuel, put deposits in the engine, are health hazards to the workers, and harm the environment. Please park and buy coffee or food inside.