As we, the entitled, sit on our big fat asses in the drive-thru …

As a Canadian, I am absolutely ecstatic when the warm weather FINALLY arrives.  The past month has been beautiful with sun & perfect temperatures of 15-20 degrees Celsius.  It is not totally bizarre that already at least half of the drivers have their windows closed tight with the air conditioning on?  The drive-thru line ups [...]

Exerpt from Peak-Oil Prophet James Howard Kunstler on Car Dependancy & the Obvious Link to Obesity in North America

KT: A study has just come out showing that although the French spend two hours eating each day — roughly twice as long as we do — they’re among the slimmest of the 18 nations in the study. Americans were the fattest, with more than 1 in 3 Americans qualifying as obese. How would you [...]

Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress | Free Download

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Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress
By Robert Costanza, Maureen Hart, Stephen Posner, and John Talberth
Abstract
This paper is a call for better indicators of human well-being in nations around the world. We critique the inappropriate use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of [...]

N. Idaho city looking at banning drive-throughs

Last updated April 12, 2009 11:30 a.m. PT
N. Idaho city looking at banning drive-throughs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANDPOINT, Idaho — Residents in this northern Idaho city might have to start waving bye bye to drive-through businesses.
A proposal to prohibit drive-through services recently passed the city’s planning and zoning commission and goes before the city council in May.
If [...]

Hamilton looks into limited drive-thru bans

City looks into limited drive-thru bans

April 08, 2009

The Hamilton Spectator

(Apr 8, 2009)
Hamilton’s planning staff continue to oppose a city-wide ban on drive-thrus, but are investigating restrictions for select neighbourhoods.
A full ban would likely be appealed and lose at the Ontario Municipal Board, staff told councillors on the planning committee yesterday. However, as [...]

Drive-Thrus: Convenience With a Side of Pollution Arlington focuses on drive-through windows to fight pollution

Seeking to improve air quality, an Arlington citizens’ group will study ways to reduce emissions from cars idling in drive-through restaurants.
“We’re just trying to put our heads together and see if there’s any way we can improve the situation,” City Councilwoman Sheri Capehart said Wednesday.  “And there may not be.”
She chairs a City Council committee that [...]

Outsourcing | EDITORIAL: Drive-through science: in search of efficiency

Dec 01, 2008 (The Decatur Daily – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Running a drive-through at a fast-food restaurant is a science — employing computers to speed up service, fill orders accurately, and track sales patterns.
McDonald’s is doing early tests of call centers to take drive-through orders, according to chicago
tribune.com. When you [...]

Canada is one huge drive-thru for Tim Hortons

‘One huge drive-thru’
Posted 5 days ago
Aside from its signature coffee, the only Tim Hortons’ product more delightful than a Boston cream donut is two Boston cream donuts.
At least that’s the word from CBC-TV commentator and radio host Rex Murphy, who sang the praises of the Canadian coffee chain last week during his weekly [...]

EDITORIAL | The road to hell is paved with good intentions – and drive-thrus | Grand Falls-Windsor

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We are all at fault
The road to hell is paved with good intentions – and drive-thrus.
In St. John’s, the city council has placed a moratorium on new drive-thru applications.
In this case, the unfortunate business sparking the moratorium was – three guesses and the first two don’t count [...]

Drive-thrus are bad for you, city argues

Vaughan

November 06, 2008 08:26 PM
Bank drive-thru approved, but sparks debate about merits
By: Caroline Grech

If you like to get your coffee or do your banking at a drive-thru, you might have to change your ways if some Vaughan councillors get their way.
An application by York Major Holdings [...]