On Feb. 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. On Feb. 25, I had a conversation with Tim McMillan, outgoing CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers about Canada’s response. I asked, “If things get worse, do you think that the Canadian government should move to...
It’s tough to find time to make a video during harvest, but Quick Dick McDick succeeded. And he opens up by unloading on Canada’s total disaster of LNG development to help out Europe it its time of need, or lack thereof. Also, California bans gas cars,...
When you’re being sacrificed, someone might get yelled at (Root Cause Analysis: a method for understanding the underlying cause of an observed or experienced incident.) A big part of my job throughout my career has been safety. Please don’t hold that against me....
Politics. Not really a career in my mind. It’s not even a job really. The political area is more like a blood sport. (“May the odds be ever in your favour.”) Like most Canadians, (Western Canadians anyway) I don’t have much use for politicians. I know a few, and they...
In a seemingly never-ending series of stories and columns I’ve written this year, the total failure of wind power is becoming more and more evident. I keep writing them because it keeps happening. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m., Alberta’s wind power was putting out...
Obviously, people’s notions of risk and safety with respect to climate change plays an important role in shaping the energy policies of western democratic societies. Unfortunately, irrational fears and epidemic paranoia about our impending doom as a result of runaway...
