CIBC World Markets: Conventional Oil peaked in 2004

Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets is reported by the CBC as saying “conventional oil production around the world apparently peaked in 2004.” If anyone can find Jeff Rubins actual words, I’d greatly appreciate it… barring that, here’s what the CBC paraphrased. Rubin does expect a net gain in oil production in coming …

Bloggers Block… items of 2006

Call it fatigue.. call it New Years blaahhhgs.. call it laziness. The meat of the matter is that I just haven’t felt compelled to blog recently. Th news lately has been particularly uninspiring. The Ukraine and Russia… in a tiff over gas delivery at market prices… threatened to destabilize gas supplies for a large part …

Manitoba Selkirk riding… Vote for this man

Ed Schreyer, former premier of Manitoba and Governor General of Canada impressed me today. I was on one of my favourite sites… The Oil Drum and ran across this article referencing this recent essay written by Ed Shreyer who is now apparently “on the Board of the International Institute for Sustainable Development”. It is quite …