Thursday June 17 was a Global Day of Action in the lead-up to the G8 meetings in Muskoka (June25-26) and the G20 summit in Toronto (June 26-27). Around the world, activists called on world leaders to invest in the future by tackling climate change, fighting poverty and inequality, and rethinking the global economy.
From the tcktcktck website:
Toronto, Canada is the site of the G20 and played host to the main action of the day. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chair of the G8 & G20 Summits, has said that ‘climate is a sideshow’. With that in mind, event organizers decided to make Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper the star of his own sideshow.
In a parade through Toronto’s bustling financial district, “Prime Minister Harper” led a group of his favourite banker buddies in a series of joyful dances as they handed out billions of Canada’s brand-new ‘billion’ dollar bills. In their wake, they left a messy crowd of oil-drenched citizens being cleaned up by taxpayers. This peaceful and vibrant anchor event was designed to send a clear message to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Stop dancing around the issues and put climate change on the agenda of the G8/G20.
Here’s a video of the Toronto event:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16KbNaOSUE]
More links:
Watch an interview with Robert Fox, Director of OxFam Canada, on CTV TV
“Oily Activists Demand Clean Energy” Toronto Sun
G20 Day of Action.tcktcktck.org
What is needed are energy systems that are inexpensive, clean, and self contained, do not rely on fossil fuels and can be developed and maintained locally. You think I am dreaming I can feel that in my bones! Yet over the past (give or take ) hundred years or so, scientists, inventors and various curious people, have developed ideas and innovations, that would help us move totally away from our reliance on the presently accepted norms of oil, coal and gas – aka ‘fossil fuels’. Consider the work of Nikola Telsa and Stanley Meyer for starters!
If our governments are sincere in their attempt to reduce carbon emissions, and also reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, then why have they hidden this information from us? It is known that they have had knowledge of most of these innovations and scientific discoveries for a very long time. How do you define ‘sincerity’? Or better still can you say ‘sincerity’ and ‘government’ in the one breathe? An oxymoron!
http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/define-sincerity.html
And here’s a quote from Thomas Edison that supports your assertion that there are many other sources of clean fuel that we need to be using:
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait ’til coal and oil run out before we tackle that.”