The real danger of misinformation and disinformation is much less from incorrect information than from the political misuse of these labels by governments and social media organizations to suppress opinions they dislike. […]
The Product is Panic
Canada’s ‘Leave it in the Ground’ Energy Policy Recently, the heads of government of Germany and Japan each came, cap in hand, to beg Prime Minister Trudeau to supply them with Canadian […]
Slowing or Avoiding “The Long Goodbye” of Alzheimer’s
The memory loss and personality changes brought on by Alzheimer’s disease have been described as “the long goodbye” until death. Alzheimer’s is an irreversible disease with no known cure. It slowly steals […]
Electricity Generation with 100% Renewables is a Fantasy
Renewables advocates have been claiming that solar and wind generation are now the least costly form of generation, and therefore, should replace all fossil fuel generation as quickly as possible. Is this […]
Follow the Science or Follow Your Nose?
“Follow the science” has become a mantra for politicians world-wide. Our leaders started to use it to defend their actions in fighting climate change, and when that seemed to stifle critics (denounced […]
The Great U-Turn on the Road to Net Zero
A judge I once knew used to tell the parties to his mediation sessions that they may have to bleed for a while longer, before accepting sensible settlement proposals. We in North […]
The Abortion Debate Needs More Thought and Less Emotion
By now the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, which overruled Roe, is common knowledge. But what these two decisions actually decided is often misunderstood or misrepresented. And the problems they are […]
My New Article in the ERQ
was published today, here: https://energyregulationquarterly.ca/articles/all-that-glitters-isnt-green-or-renewable#sthash.zpg3M3cw.dpbs
Russia’s War Has Started The Great U-Turn
The West’s net zero policies, pursued too rapidly, with the wrong technologies, and without regard to energy security, has financed Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Great U-Turn back to fossil fuels has […]
Russia, Ukraine and NATO: What Now?
If you ask the average person on the street in any Western democracy, chances are they will blame only Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth […]
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