fossil fuels

Mending our Fuelish Ways

15 December, 2009 | Kyrke Gaudreau
 “I really don’t see it as a supply issue; I see it as a destroy-the-planet issue.” Ominous words from Mark Jaccard, an author and renowned energy economist from Simon Fraser University. In the same conversation, Jaccard suggested that the Earth’s atmosphere may one day resemble that of Venus. I’ve always wanted to visit other planets, I think to myself. Perhaps I should settle for having them visit me...
Published in: New Energy 36.1

In Review: Still to Come

18 June, 2009 | Peter Robinson

Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future, Thomas Homer-Dixon, ed., Toronto: Random House Canada, 2009, 224 pages. Reviewed by Peter Robinson.

Slip Sliding Away (34.6)

26 May, 2009 | Andrew Nikiforuk

Most Canadians assume that Alberta is getting filthy rich from its hydrocarbon resources. In comparison with Norway, however, Canada’s wealthiest province is failing to live up to its potential. Both jurisdictions produce about the same amount of fossil fuels and have populations of a similar size, but that’s where the similarities end. “Compared to Norway, Alberta is collecting peanuts,” notes Jim Roy, an Edmonton-based royalties consultant who advises several national governments. This Scandinavian nation knows how to save for the future, banking much more than Canada’s tar sands empire.

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