End of the road for the family sedan?, May 3

Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector are the second-largest source of emissions in Canada, after the fossil-fuel industry.

Emissions from the transportation sector have been growing at an average annual rate of 1.1 per cent since the 1990s. The latest consumer trend of buying larger SUVs, vans and particularly light trucks will only push emissions up, leading us to more irreversible climate change.

Are we already experiencing what is described as our future in the documentary film The Age of Stupid?

Rene Ebacher, Toronto

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