13:51:02 From  John Hollins  to  Everyone:
	Peter, how do you rate Ottawa as a ?smart? city?

13:51:58 From  William Rees  to  Everyone:
	Cities are products of abundant cheap energy; the continuing provisioning of cities depends on abundant cheap energy, abundant food and other essentials, no significant climate impacts on agriculture or geopolitics,  the maintenance of global supply chains etc., Can there even be mega-cities or large cities if these preconditions thing break down?

13:53:09 From  Richard van der Jagt  to  Everyone:
	Peter, there is a huge development proposed for Manor Park, with a huge increase in density of housing and population with no integration of SMART city characteristics. This is going to council tomorrow, How do we address this?

13:54:03 From  Raymond Leury  to  Everyone:
	All cities are unique, but they do share the same kind of pressures which should lead to shareable solutions to these common problems.  How do you see sharing this knowledge between the individual smart cities so that good solutions can be implemented faster?

13:54:16 From  Peter Bulkowski  to  Everyone:
	Is not the largest challenge facing Canadian cities the unaffordability of housing for working class & middle class people, especially younger people?   How will "smart" actually lower housing costs?

13:56:03 From  paulhenrybeckwith@gmail.com  to  Everyone:
	Smart Cities should be readily defensible against convoys.

13:56:46 From  Phil Reilly  to  Everyone:
	How will Smart Cities provide food for its residents? Many cities are constantly expanding onto nearby food production lands!

13:57:36 From  Peter Bulkowski  to  Everyone:
	If defensible against convoys, what about defensible against bombs, missiles, and invading armies?

14:01:20 From  William Rees  to  Everyone:
	Typical high income cities draw on a productive/assimilative land-base several hundred times larger than the city proper -- the is the city's true 'ecological footprint'.  A city cut off from it's footprint area would starve and wither.  This is already beginning.   How "smart" of it for city planners to continue assuming the status quo?

14:08:51 From  Bill Pugsley  to  Everyone:
	Question- how vulnerable to interruption are smart cities that depend on internet and communications to operate? i.e. to what extent do we need manual backups to ensure continuous operations?

14:16:15 From  paulhenrybeckwith@gmail.com  to  Everyone:
	Smart Cities need to monitor indoor air quality; specifically CO2 levels indoors as a proxy for ventilation levels and thus virus risk in this pandemic and all future pandemics.

14:17:54 From  Bill Pugsley  to  Everyone:
	good point Paul but we also need real time monitoring of roadside air pollution tied to a system to regulate traffic emissions etc

14:21:52 From  Phil Reilly  to  Everyone:
	Lack of ecological “smartness”
	
	We are a product of the interconnectedness of species pyramids!
	
	How will cities provide required food? They are encroaching on agricultural lands!
	
	Members of “Smart” high tech cities are not geared to provide the physical labour needed to operate agricultural industries. They want beauty and happiness rather than sweat and tears!
	
	“Smart Cities” depend on supply chains … how will they survive if the electronic communications systems break down?

14:22:55 From  Richard van der Jagt  to  Everyone:
	this presentation needs to be given to City Council. Would he agree to do this?

14:23:06 From  zack jacobson  to  Everyone:
	Can cities [and mayors] impact the supply end of hydrocarbon production?

14:37:40 From  paulhenrybeckwith@gmail.com  to  Everyone:
	Peter, can you run for mayor?

14:38:32 From  zack jacobson  to  Everyone:
	I'll sec0nd that!

14:42:27 From  Meg Sears  to  Everyone:
	People interested in improving planning in Ottawa should check out https://www.ottawaclimatesolutions.net/

14:47:31 From  Richard van der Jagt  to  Everyone:
	I think Peter should run for mayor!!

14:51:22 From  Mike Nickerson  to  Everyone:
	Not wanting a political position should be the first qualification for the office.

14:55:15 From  Richard van der Jagt  to  Everyone:
	 I agree that a utube version of this talk should be sent to I all city councillors as long as Peter agrees. The right form of introductory letter needs to be sent with it
	
15:28:40 From  Mike Nickerson  to  Everyone:
	Embrace biology.