Post Carbon Toronto is hosting a talk by Daniel Lerch about post-carbon cities and the urban planning required to get us there.

Post Carbon Toronto presents Daniel Lerch
Wednesday, 2007 November 14, 7:30 pm
Metro Hall, 55 John St, Rm 304

David Hughes is a senior geoscientist at Natural Resources Canada. He has 35 years experience studying energy resources for the Geological Survey of Canada, the government of Canada and the private sector. He will be talking about the future of energy in Canada.

The Future of Energy
Tuesday, 2007 September 11, 7 pm
City Hall, Council Chambers
at Bay and Queen streets
free     Read more »

Post Carbon Toronto, and specifically, my friend Jeff Berg, has arranged for a special talk by Gordon Laxer, the director of the Parkland Institute, about Canada’s energy security. This promises to be a very informative discussion.

Gordon Laxer talks about Energy Security in Ontario and Canada
Tuesday, 2007 June 19, 8 pm
City Hall, Council Rm 1
100 Queen St W

One of the folks at Post Carbon Toronto sent around this clip about North American oil and gas supplies.  It is an interview with David Hughes, a geologist with Natural Resources Canada.     Read more »

This is the second frightening blog I’m posting in 2 days.  Sorry about that.  I just watched a video clip which I was pointed to by Jeff Berg, who I know from Post Carbon Toronto.  This is perhaps the most frightening clip I’ve ever seen on global warming.  As always, I hope that the worst-case scenarios it portrays are entirely wrong.  But once again, I question, who would want to take that chance?

What the movie explains in excruciating detail, is the effect that pollutants in the atmosphere have of shielding us from the worst effects of global warming.      Read more »