Sustainable Charlbury

Thursday 29th November, 8pm, Ramsden Village Hall

Whychwood Lecture Series: ‘Transport and the Hydrogen Economy - part of the solution to global warming’

There are no magic bullets to solve our global crises; the solutions are to be found through synergies between multiple technologies and policies. If we want to achieve, sustainably, the degree of mobility that the ‘20th century personal freedom machine’ has granted us, energy efficiency will be orders of magnitude more important than any other metric. The future will involve a greater variety of vehicle technologies and fuels than that with which we have become accustomed. There will be niches for biofuels from waste streams and battery electric vehicles but for vehicles comparable in range,
performance and versatility to a conventional family car - intercity capability - the only viable technology on the horizon is hydrogen fuel cells.

By Hugo Spowers.
Followed by discussion and refreshments.
Free entry, no advance booking required.

Please contact us for more information:
sdyson@wychwoodnetwork.org.uk

Tim is writing this.

This is a list of ideas that came out of the meeting on 6th November 2006.

• Name & Shame 4×4 drivers.
• Car survey promoting range
• Insulate roof
• Wider selection of low-energy lightbulbs available locally. Stocked at Coop?
• Commit to reducing flying (for pleasure)
• More regular farmers’ markets
• Move market to Market St (pres = Church St)
• Community car hire
• Local jobs – range of skills
• Carbon budgets, make commitments to reduce CO2
• Home energy audit
• Wind farm
• Insulation advice
• Car-pool. Website or bulletin board for (car) sharing
• Schools organic garden
• Reduce plastic bags
• Infra red map of Charlbury
• Organic waste paper
• Recycling survey- action
• Community heating
• Gifford Trust building to be carbon neutral
• More trees
• Turn down heat
• Cut car use: buses and railway
• Accurate information/guidance: energy consultant
• Reusing appliances
• Experiments to demonstrate 90% reduction
• Community composting network.
• Buddying up/trials/info exchange
• Green energy suppliers
• Reduced commuters/traffic
• Wear a vest
• Variety
• Better health – walking bus
• Cheaper
• Self sufficiency
• Slower
• Value local
• Community Action Group
• Re-usable bags
• School veg growing scheme
• Roadside give-away day/Freecycle
• Cost of flying too cheap
• Renewable source of log fuel locally.
• Use cold water more often
• Shopping locally: butcher