Links of the Week - Coal shortages, oil sands toxins and the end of growth
Some personal notes
I've been caught up in the Edmonton City Centre Airport debate for awhile and I plan on mobilizing some pro-closure people soon. I want to dip my toe into the advocacy field and getting like-minded people together is probably the best way to go about it.
I'm meeting with councillor Ben Henderson soon. He's the city representative for my area. I've heard good things and I'm considering volunteering for his campaign.
The Fringe Festival is getting started and it's my very first experience with it. I'm really enjoying it and I like that this is how Edmonton defines itself as opposed to cowboy hats and public drunkeness.
Enough about me, onto the links.
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+ What if there's less coal than we think? http://ht.ly/2rzTB #ableg
+ Where is Canada on the geothermal energy scene? (hint: we're behind Nicaragua) http://ht.ly/2rjXN
+ Alberta based company securing 100,000 hectares of African land for "diesel tree" cultivation - http://ht.ly/2r6Nl
+ Humble Energy boasts about being able to melt 80 tons of glacier a second in 1962 - http://ht.ly/2qgZU
+ “Minimum parking requirements act like a fertility drug for cars.” Donald Shoup - http://nyti.ms/dsUoYi
+ I might, might, be okay with the #bill50 power lines if they looked like this - http://ht.ly/2pGVc
+ In a move that should be followed by everyone, Europe mandates energy grades for houses - http://ht.ly/2pvI9
+ A must read Nikiforuk article on the #oilsands, Norwegian wisdom and the Dutch Disease - http://ht.ly/2porg
+ Understanding embodied energy. An alternative approach to understanding urban energy use - http://ht.ly/2oMTx
+ "Growth as we have known it can no longer be our goal. That party is over." - http://ht.ly/2om5E - #MUSTREAD
+ What is biochar? http://ht.ly/2obi0
+ Environmentalism can never address climate change - http://ht.ly/2nzX9
+ The Department of Energy ponies up $43 million for 20 megawatts of flywheels, an ancient energy storage technology - http://ht.ly/2nF07
+ What does 322 tonnes of arsenic look like? Environment Canada has numbers out on oil sands toxins - http://ht.ly/2nC5l
+ There is an oversupply of location-inefficient properties - http://ht.ly/2nNKu
+ Alberta's Interface Carpet? Read about the innovative, sustainable plastics manufacturer Flexahopper - http://ht.ly/2n4q1
+ Permaculture. Far more than organic gardening - http://ht.ly/2lx0f
