Energy Security

Transition March Meet-Up Wednesday March 16th 2011

Mar 10th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Energy Security, Local events

ENERGY SHOCK Concerned about rising energy costs?  Concerned about uncertain energy supplies? We will be discussing what you can do as an individual, what we can do as a community and what our city is already doing (and planning to do). Huronia Room, Barrie City Hall 2nd Floor  7 pm to9 pm Everyone welcome.



Peak Oil on the Agenda

Feb 16th, 2010 | By Iain Robertson | Category: Energy Security

Peak oil is finally appearing on the agendas of governments and industry.  Sir Richard Branson (Virgin brands mogul) is even sounding the alarm.  The following article is an article from the Wall Street Journal, and includes a quote from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia commenting on a new oil find: “Leave it in the ground…our [...]



Truth about Fossil Fuel Emissions

Nov 25th, 2009 | By Iain Robertson | Category: Energy Security

The documentary/movie “The Inconvenient Truth” enlightened everyone who watched about the condition of the planet and what we have done to it. Much of what the movie was based on was the increase in CO2 in our atmosphere. The numbers have been updated through 2008 and affirm the facts presented in “An Inconvenient Truth”, in [...]



Integrated Community Energy Solutions

Nov 1st, 2009 | By Iain Robertson | Category: Energy Security

Energy needs everyone’s input and ideas to reduce AND generate, “resources” fosters a thinking basis for the blog. Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ICES) is a program recently released by the Feds. All levels of government have provided input. Generally speaking, it is a proactive plan to meet energy requirements in the future. It is implied by 2010 that we start [...]