“Last winter’s heating bills were unsustainable” – buddy, do I have bad news for you Wow, what time is it? Is it May? There are a million funny things to talk about, a million laughs to be had, a lot of phenomenal progress being made on numerous fronts, things that do...
Energy
Etam: Disinformation as an Art Form and Gov’t Department – What Could Go Wrong?
I’m not a fan of making predictions of any specificity, because there are usually way too many variables at play for anything of consequence. Trying to guess the price of oil at YE 2022 leaves me speechless despite the pathetically large number of hours I spend trying...
Policy on the Frontier | An Industry Insider on the Real State of Canadian Energy
Frontier Centre · Policy on the Frontier with Terry Etam An Industry Insider on the Real State of Canadian Energy Affordable, dependable, reliable and secure energy has always, been foundational to Canada’s economic competitiveness and high standard of living. Yet...
A Stake Through the Heartland
Inflation and supply chain issues are greatly stressing the country’s producing class The other week, I visited my mom in Saskatchewan, in a little town up in what is called the province’s northeast but really isn’t. It is the parkland border between farms and...
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Carbon Border Taxes: A Counterproductive Idea Which Will Lead to Penalized Customers
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
Reverse Orwell to Give Our Leaders New Titles
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
Nebraskan Route For XL?
Today comes news that the Governor of Nebraska, Dave Heineman, has approved an alternate route for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Albertan Oil Prices
$27 billion a year is a BIG problem that has to be addressed.
Fiddling on the roof: Can $10 million in prize money spark a solar revolution?
Want to know the real reason that rooftop solar panels haven’t spread across the United States yet? Slap a few panels on your roof some night and wait for the local code enforcer to notice them. Then count the citations as they roll in.
Oil Price Predictions
Just imagine the significant benefits we’d see economy wide with oil at $50 again.
Tim Sale on Manitoba Hydro
It is time for an independent assessment of Hydro’s current strategy by a competent third party
Muskrat Falls: Why We Need a Regulatory Review – Part One
Ron Penney and David Vardy examine the risks associated with the planned Muskrat Falls hydroelectric mega-project in Atlantic Canada.
Muskrat Falls: Why We Need a Regulatory Review – Part Two
Ron Penney and David Vardy examine the risks associated with the planned Muskrat Falls hydroelectric mega-project in Atlantic Canada.
Conference Board Not Endorsing Manitoba Dam Strategy
So it was a bit of a surprise when the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Conference Board, one of Canada’s most respected think tanks, was endorsing the Province’s plan of hugely rolling the dice and building huge new power capacity for export.
Obama’s Walt Disney energy policies: Wishes upon stars won’t make energy dreams come true – but will bring nightmares
President Obama and the radical environmentalists who helped him win a second term seem to believe that, if only they wish hard enough, they can make the sun, wind, waves, algae and fields of corn replace fossil fuels as the world’s primary energy sources.