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Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes reminded Edmontonian's about their dependence on fossil fuels in this article about creating a greener future.

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If everyone on Earth lived like Edmontonians, we would need about 3.2 planets.
 
This startling statistic fairly jumps off the page in a report prepared by Mark Anielski, an ecological economist based in Edmonton. Anielski's report is one of 22 written to stimulate discussion among Edmontonians about creating a green plan that will guide future development of the city...
 
This fits in with recommendations made by David Hughes, a geoscientist who has studied Canada's energy resources for nearly four decades. Hughes contributed a discussion paper called Peak Energy and Its Implications for the City of Edmonton. "The City of Edmonton is, at present, nearly completely dependent on cheap fossil fuels," he wrote. "Without them in its current configuration the city would be dysfunctional."...