Policy Position: On Peak Oil

A question for the Leaders of our Political Partys (this includes the Greens once the election gets rolling) Over the past year, the imminent decline of global oil resources, or “peak oil” as it is commonly known, has come to the forefront of public discourse. This inevitable occurence is only 2 or 3 electoral “terms” …

Guest speaker: Thoughts on the Riots in Paris

If you’ve been following the news lately you would have seen reports of rioting outside Paris. Unfortunately due to the language barrier it’s harder to get a feel for what the *French* actually think about these events. So I wanted to find someone who could give a better perspective on how the events are being …

China makes another grab at US Oil giant

It’s happening all over the Americas. Once the captive audience of the American dynamo… the Americas, and their included oil and gas conglomerates are being courted and outright stalked by Chinese interests. We all know what happened with Unocal earlier this year.. a government backed Chinese company tried a last minute takeover to buy up …