Mid Continental Trade Corridor If your not in the trucking and transportation industry, you may not realize what is going on. How can we live locally, and stop CO2 pollution when there are so many companies out there who think the only answer for for society is to build more roads and increase the number of trucks on the roads. We are making trade deals that are not covered in the news, but deals that do affect our lives. Most people don't even know about the Super Highways that connects three Countries, until their own property is appropriated. The only news I hear comes right from those town hall meetings, being recorded by a citizen and thrown up on youtube or a similar web based radio podcast. But I am finding those reports disappear pretty quickly. How can people fight the climbing air pollution, and increase in climate change when those that want more roads are the closest to the politicians? While people like Dr. Suzuki wrestle with politicians to get the message through their heads that we must stop adding CO2 into the air, there are many other consultants on the lecture circuit to lead the charge for more transportation. People like Dan Goodwill and Associates. Dale Goodwill is just one of those consultants the Trucking industry look to for solutions. Without “constant growth” there doesn't seem to be an ability to “profit” and profit seems to be the only basis for our society. When I started looking for information on the Mid-Penn highway coming to the Hamilton area, I couldn't find much from Main stream news outlets, but by switching viewpoints, I managed to find lots of information on the web, that gives the details of the Mid Continental highways already being built across Canada. It started with NASCO, and the the trade deals that were put together between five Member States to create NASCO. Independent video from town halls were showing that the mega highway began in Texas. From there it joined with Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, and reached as far north as Winnipeg Manitoba, where it is called the Red River Trade Corridor. It includes private businesses, with deals that include the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, the major route for more international truck traffic than any other border crossing in America. Most of the original states were farming communities, but farm land was being appropriated to make room for the TTC, (Texas Trade Corridor). Up to now I hadn't realized how advanced this trade corridor actually was. http://www.nasco-itc.com/ Trying to follow any links from any NASCO site is an exercise in frustration. It is very hard to find out the details of these highways, and I say highways because it isn't just the TTC (Trans Texas Corridor) there are many other names being used, to divert people's attention. But I did come across a new term, Inland Ports. Then I discovered the NAPIPN ( North America Inland Ports Network ) web site. It was there that I saw the same map of North America that is posted on the NASCO site. So what are inland Ports? They are the replacement for Shipping Ports, with the carrier now being transport trucks. These ports are the the agenda of the fuel industry, and by that I include the trucks trains and airplanes that burn fuel in transporting goods into the U.S. and Canada from Asia, and resources out of Canada and Mexico into the U.S. Their aim is to change the physical highway grids to allow the continuation of exploiting raw materials and cheap labor for the International Markets. The mega super highway originally started by travelling North along side of Interstate I-35. And by this time, you can actually see it from Google Earth. One of the first clues that Canadians should have that the Transportation agenda will continue and increase, would be the lack of real concern over the loss of the ice in the Arctic. Instead of showing concern over the fast loss of the Sea Ice, the Canadian government is focused on who controls the water, land and the minerals and Oil rights underneath it. It fits into the plans of more highways to transport more goods and materials as far as Hudson's Bay as the newest port in Canada – Port Churchill. As far as the U.S. Super Highway, it now runs through 11 states. With the fuel now being piped along these transportation corridors – it will assure that dwindling supplies of Oil and Gas will be drained into the new Mega Trade Corridors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br31mdP8-Ug In Canada we see Winnipeg as a major port, with links to the Canadian National Rail line, and the Canadian Pacific Rail line that will become the Mid Continental Transportation corridor from east to west and to the Mid- Penn corridor, which will eventually allow for International Trade Routes to three coasts in Canada, shipping from Port Rupert in B.C. Things are moving so fast that there are now trade deals being made in South America. If you bring Climate change into this picture, you can conclude that if there is sea rise due to the Arctic Ice melting, then there will be a secure International Trade Corridor safely guarded right in the middle of the U.S. This may explain why Steven Harper is more interested in travelling to India and Asia for trade deals that will involve Oil, than going to Copenhagen in December for climate talks. As far as Harper is concerned, it's business as usual with Canada being the new Arabia. He is selling Tar Oil to the world. From the Tar Sands through pipelines to refineries located near Fresh Water, and out through these new mega highways to his International Buyers. While Dr. Suzuki, and Al Gore try to wake politicians up to the danger of increasing the burning of fossil fuel, consultants like Dan Goodwill are travelling the Continents to inspire Trucking companies to embrace these new inland transportation ports for warehousing goods. If you listen to Dan Goodwill talk, you will be able to make the connections to all of these super highways. At one of his sessions to inspire Trucking Companies through the recession, he had this to say. “This system of trade corridors will be able to reach 100 million people. This multimodal Transportation Network will cover more than 2,500 miles. It will speed the flow of containerized goods from the ocean ports through the inland port network.” One of the private companies he talks to, Omni Trax, is currently involved in building more rail lines between the Port of Churchill on Hudsons Bay, to connections in Winnipeg. But it isn't just a truck and train corridor, there are many airports being built as well. As Jerome R Corsi, a columnist for World Net Daily and author of many books on the NAU; states - the transportation industry is one of the major pollutants of CO2 Gas emissions resulting from road transportation and represents approximately 30% of all energy consumed in Canada, making mobility and transportation systems a major climate change issue. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15875 “From 1990 to 2006, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation rose 32% in Canada alone. Over all, transportation was the second largest emission producing category in 2006.” According to Environment Canada, trip volume across the Ottawa River, for example increased over 20% in the past 10 years, and the volume between urban and rural areas increased 90% in the same time. (www.O.DSurvery.ca) How can it be possible to lower our CO2 emissions while these trade deals are being coveted by Mr. Harper and being backed by these super transportation corridors that will include more Trucks, more trains, and more Airports increasing at an incredible rate. Maggie Hughes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxzs46Nxohk