Presentation to City Council of Port Alberni on Peak Oil

I presented the linked PowerPoint to Council on June 9. It went quite well, the response was good. There were some common misconceptions that the Councillors brought up around refining capacity and the role of Venezuelan leader Chavez, which are both common distractions, but not the root of the problem. If you’d like to see …

Calculating Commuting Costs on Vancouver Island

This will be the first post in a series as I work through this data. First, full disclosure, I work at Malaspina (Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo and live 80KM away in Port Alberni. It’s a 1 hour drive morning and night, so yes, I have a vested interest in this topic. I am also …