As Chinese and Indian Economy grows… Canada follows

Lots of economic numbers out there today. The most important for me being from the Chinese, Indian, and of course Canadian spheres. First, Canada. The CBC is reporting the Bank of Canada’s new growth projection of 3.1% for 2006.. this is up from the projection in October. The bank continues to judge that the Canadian …

A thousand words.. down to one image and word PEAK

The only other words that matter are, “the logistic peak is May 2007 ± 4.5 years*” … ….from quite possibly the most gigantic, in depth, analysis ever written. It appeared today at the Oil Drum. I’d recommend putting your thinking cap on. *4.5 years… that means low end for peak oil was mid-2002 high end …

Feeling the Freeze in Europe? Blame Canada!

At this moment in my hometown of Port Alberni, it is 10.6 degrees Celsius (51F). “Normal” for this time of year is more like 5.6C. By contrast, Moscow, Russia is currently enjoying -15C weather. This is actually an improvement from last week, when the temperature plummeted to -30C, but still far from the 4C average …