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The to-may-to, to-mah-to of economic statistics
(written June 28, uploaded July 16) There was an alarming report out a couple weeks ago alleging that China was vastly underreporting its emissions, because the coal consumption reported by the Chinese...
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Plug-in Prius payback period…
I’ll start with a preamble, expressing hope that the tragedies and suffering from Hurricane Sandy can be limited to a minimum. And, recognizing that there are undoubtedly other tragedies I’m unaware...
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Green byelection blues
Alas, the Green Party didn’t pick any seats up in the Nov 26 Canadian federal by-elections. While their strong showings probably count as a real moral victory, I imagine at this stage they’d prefer...
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The US once was, but will never again be, the Saudi Arabia of oil
[Update: slight revisions to the "...join us next time" paragraphs at the very end. :) ] The idea that the US might one day produce more oil than Saudi Arabia, popularized by an International Energy...
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3D electricity (“Great Upload of 2013″)
(written April 13, 2012. Part of the Great Upload of 2013…) As a guy whose birthday falls on the 13th, it always bugged me that my 13th birthday was a Saturday… those darned leap years! ——— EROEI One...
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Alberta oil selling at 50% discount to world price…
…which explains why the Canadian government is Hell-and-High-Water-bent on building a pipeline, any pipeline, anywhere. First, the stats Over the past few months, new stories have noted that Canada’s...
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Pondering a palatable pipeline…
I guest-hosted TWiE podcast episode 137 a few days ago, an episode devoted to the Alberta oil sands / tar sands. If you ask me (and I realize none of you have :) ) it’s well worth a listen! The week’s...
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