1. What will be some specific challenges for your community as energy from fossil fuels becomes more scarce and expensive?
- Lifestyle has to change. Most Canadians heat with natural gas and we will soon be running out of it.
- Pay a carbon tax
- who benefits from the high price of oil? primarily the share holders.
- IPCC global summit - probable outcome will be a recommendation for carbon tax. Capture excessive profit and put the money into renewable energies.
2. Assuming that the energy transition is going to involve fundamental change to living standards in wealthy countries, how can democracy help or hider the process?
- Democracy is flawed because of the need to fundraise for political campaigns. Public finance for public governance. We need proportional representation.
- Try to solve problems expected 30 years down the road. How do you sell that to the public and be re-elected?
- Global warming effects can be seen here in Edmonton. Look at the river valley.
- City design: small communities to hold together the larger community, less transportation. Need higher density housing. Need to educate people on high density living! (start with the children) Learning is part of life.
3. Where do you think will be the safest place to live during the energy transition? What would be the best place to live if you wanted to have a positive impact on the process?
- The safest place would be medium density community.
- Best place to live is a green community or to live close to the legislature to protest and inform. We need the public and politicians to get together for a freen, efficient future and must be global. We need educationfor the citizens as an antidote to apathy.
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Re: Electric Cars -
"They make too much money on their technological stagnation" - Ralph Nader talking about car maker's reasons for not producing electric cars. He is referring to the maintenance costs - and profits - of gasoline powered vehicles. This is a quote from the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car".
Global warming, dependence on war-based mid-eastern oil, and pollution that causes cancer asthma strokes and heart disease are some of the reasons why the electric car is in high demand. The cost per kilometer driven is much less for electric cars as compared to buying gasoline. However, consumers continue to purchase new vehicles with gasoline engines. Instead, if they could just hold off just a few years and get by with their old car or a used car until automakers offer us a responsible car, an electric car, things would change. We are either angry or stupid, and stupid keeps angry people angry.
The better battery technology is here now, electric cars are completely viable, and some independent corporations like Tesla are producing as many electric cars as they can, and they have a waiting list for them. The cost of producing an electric car would be the same as an electric car if only the established automakers would use their facilities to produce them. They do not want to, because the maintenance profits on gasoline powered cars, and the profits from importing crude oil, are so huge. Other corporations make money hosting oil wars on foreign soils. Together, they have managed to keep the electric cars from us.
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