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Presentation: Peak Oil: Challenges for Local Governments

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Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, delivers the Spirit of Red Hill Valley annual lecture in Hamilton, Ontario (Sponsored by Friends of Red Hill Valley, Hamiltonians for Progressive Development and others). Lerch discusses some of the short and long term challenges that peak oil will cause for local governments, and how prompt planning can take the edge off of some of the negative effects.

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