Friends of Science Speaking Event and Book Launch

Common Sense on Climate and Energy
Let's Nix Net Zero - Together

Presented by Ron Davison, P. Eng. & Paul MacRae

Ticket sales are ongoing until March 11th, while supplies last - No tickets will be sold at the door

Join us for an in-person, live event which combines our formal Book Launch with a speaking event by two of the key authors of “Energy & Climate at a Glance.” Published by Canadians for Sensible Climate Policy (CSCP) and The Heartland Institute, this is the handy guide-book that Friends of Science Society has been promoting over the past few weeks.

Many Canadians have been baffled by the lack of common sense of recent climate and energy policies. Now Canada is compromised by its own contrived ‘climate leadership’ versus the Trump administration’s tariff threats and departure from the Paris Agreement. Canada has a legislated requirement to meet Net Zero targets, even though the Paris Agreement was voluntary.

“Energy & Climate at a Glance” is a handy, plain language guide to the key 22 facts you need to know to rationally evaluate policies like Net Zero. This booklet gives you the tools to ‘say no’ and to ‘nix net zero’ – to argue the evidence on the unrealistic, unaffordable and unnecessary Net Zero climate targets.

Lead author Ron Davison, P. Eng. and contributing author Paul MacRae will be presenting a synopsis of their work in person so that you can ask questions and be fully informed.

Net Zero – Climate Policy is All Pain, for Minimal Gain!  - RON DAVISON

Ron Davison will open your eyes on the Paris Agreement, Net Zero and ‘the science’ of climate change.

Find out what Canada actually agreed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

Find out the facts on climate change – is carbon dioxide from human industrial emissions the main driver of climate change? Does the empirical data support that thesis?

Is it “futile folly” for Canadians to make a tremendous sacrifices to ‘save the planet’ with Net Zero targets, when China is given free rein to ignore the Paris Agreement guidelines?

Is there a climate emergency? If not, why and how have we been misled?

Ron Davison, P. Eng.:

Ron's career focused on the oil and gas industry as a successful reservoir/petroleum engineer (including data management and computer modeling). Semi-retirement in 2015 opened up time to research the issue of "Global Warming".

His interest began back in the early 1990's when he was the lead engineer on an acid gas (80% CO2, 20% H2S) disposal project in Northern Alberta (essentially CO2 sequestration).

That interest led him to the Friends of Science Society where he eventually became a director and more recently took on the President's role. Ron has written extensively on climate science (all available at https://climatechangeandmusic.com).

His most recent collaboration was on the recently published book "Energy & Climate at a Glance - Canadian Edition 2024. Ron is a signatory to CLINTEL's World Climate Declaration: There is NO Climate Emergency.

Why We Can’t Abandon Fossil Fuels, and Why We Shouldn’t Try - PAUL MACRAE

This talk presents Sections 4 and 5 of Energy & Climate at a Glance. Section 4 notes that fossil fuels are essential for thousands of indispensable products (e.g., bandages), but are also a key component of chemical fertilizers without which half the planet’s population would starve. Section 5 looks at the economic absurdity of Net Zero policies, which are ridiculously expensive for very little gain in reduced temperatures and should be abandoned in favour of adapting to climate change.

Paul MacRae, Author:

For almost 40 years, Paul MacRae was as an editor and writer at The Globe and Mail, Bangkok Post, and most recently the Victoria Times Colonist, where he was an editorial writer and columnist. In 2002 he began an MA in English at the University of Victoria. After graduating in 2005 he taught writing at UVic, University Canada West, Athabasca University and Royal Roads University, retiring in 2020.

Criticism of his TC columns that were skeptical about “global warming” encouraged him to research, write and self-publish False Alarm: Global Warming Facts Versus Fears (2010). In 2023, a second book, Through the Looking Glass: A Citizen’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Climate Science, analyzed the disastrous economic and social impacts of Net Zero policies. Most recently, he helped write and edit Energy & Climate at a Glance. https://paulmacrae.com

Paul is active in Climate Realists of B.C. as a writer and webmaster (https://climaterealists.ca).

BOOK LAUNCH:  "Energy & Climate at a Glance"

Authored by H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., Ron Davison, P. Eng.,
Contributing Authors Tom Harris, Robert Lyman, Paul MacRae, Andrew Bonvicini, and John Zacharias.

Book sales on site - $15
Authors will be available for questions.

Join us for an informative evening on March 11, 2025 at the Best Western Village Park Inn, 1804 Crowchild Trail NW, (Across from McMahon Stadium) Calgary, AB, 7:00-8:30pm for an informative event.  Free parking on site or take the LRT.  Coffee, tea and water will be provided.

This presentation is designed for the general public. No special climate policy or science knowledge required.

Doors open at 6:30pm. Event starts at 7:00pm with opening messages then our speaker presentations begin, split by a coffee break, followed by Q&A, wrapping up around 8:30pm.  Feel free to stay and mingle after.  This event is open seating - there will be no assigned seating.

Tickets are $20 for Friends of Science members and $25 for non-members.   To purchase a membership go to our Membership page.
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Climate Science books will be available for purchase at this event - Cash payment preferred

Free Parking is available at the Best Western hotel at their surface lot and underground.

Best Western Village Park Inn - 1804 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary

Or - take the LRT to Banff Trail Station.

If you have any questions, please email: [email protected] or call 1-888-789-9597 Ext 2.