I don’t have much to say about the death of Peter Jennings, but plenty of other people and news sources do. The best and perhaps most in depth one I’ve seen so far has been by John Simpson of the BBC. Peter did what he could to halt the downward spiral of television news in …
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Texas buys up Canadian Oil/Gas pipelines
Canada is fast becoming the economic battleground between China and the US. Yesterdy, Kinder Morgan announced a $7 billion takeover bid of Terasen Gas of British Columbia. Terasen is a major pipeline operator into the oil and gas fields of Northern BC and Alberta and is active in the Oil Sands. (Audio Podcast Available) It …
Exploring Energy Alternatives
Over the past few weeks, as we have moved in and settled into our new house in Port Alberni, I’ve been exploring ways to conserve energy. I intend to be in the house for the Long Haul… and since we will, over the next few weeks and months, be painting, roofing and doing yard work …