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David Hughes is a geoscientist who has studied the energy resources of Canada for nearly four decades, including 32 years with the Geological Survey of Canada as a scientist and research manager. He developed the National Coal Inventory to determine the availability and environmental constraints associated with Canada’s coal resources. As Team Leader for Unconventional Gas on the Canadian Gas Potential Committee, he coordinated the recent publication of a comprehensive assessment of Canada’s unconventional natural gas potential. Over the past decade, he has researched, published and lectured widely on global energy and sustainability issues in North America and internationally. He is a board member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas – Canada and is a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. He recently contributed to Carbon Shift, an anthology edited by Thomas Homer-Dixon on the twin issues of peak energy and climate change, and his work has been featured in Canadian Business, Walrus and other magazines, as well as through the popular press, radio, television and the internet. He is currently president of a consultancy dedicated to research on energy and sustainability issues.
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Presented by Mayor Darrell Mussatto and the City of North Vancouver, in partnership with the GVRD and Capilano College, David Hughes discusses how quickly the world's remaining energy reserves are declining, steps that must be taken to ensure a sustainable energy future and what this means for the residents of the City of North Vancouver.
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes presents at the first ever 3 day conference on Degrowth to be held in North America. In this talk David sets out reality of resource depletion.
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This is a review of Chapter 8 of Open Canada's Report: A Global Positioning Strategy for a Networked Age A SUPERPOWER IN NEED OF SUPER POWERS First off, Canada is not now, nor is it ever likely to be, an “Energy … >>
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes advocates 'radical conservation' as the number one energy solution in a recent list Debunking 10 Energy Myths published in Popular Mechanics. From the article: Myth No. 10 We Have to … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben and Executive Director Asher Miller discuss Bill's new book Eaarth, and the 350.org campaign.
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what is pci?Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 29 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.
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