Gas-burning drivers urged to rethink how they get around

The fuel shortage gripping Toronto has environmental and oil industry experts grumbling about the relationship Torontonians have with gas.

Motorists take gas for granted, said Michael Ervin, president of MJ Ervin & Associates, a Calgary-based petroleum and refining consultant firm. Drivers are showing no signs of curbing consumption,he said.


Instead of desperately searching for an open gas station or idling in line-ups at the pump, people should be using this shortage as a wake-up call.

“We should be thinking about … going back to something more environmentally friendly the next time we buy a family car, or we should use more fuel-efficient cars or drive less,” Ervin said yesterday. “We need to stop being hypocritical as a society and stop complaining about high gas prices on one hand and being irresponsible as gas consumers on the other hand.”

Toronto Star