Weekend Watch: Why Venezuela is Preparing to Conquer Guyana

This video from YouTube channel RealLifeLore is the best explanation yet for why Venezuela is preparing to Conquer Guyana. What’s really interesting are the North Dakota and Alberta/Canadian connections. As Venezuelan heavy crude production soared, US Gulf Coast...

Weekend Watch: Tesla won the plug war, and that’s good news

You have to be a uber-nerd to get the most out of the Technology Connections YouTube channel. And that would be a good description of the editor of this website. In August they produced a lengthy and in-depth discussion on how the electric vehicle charging format war...

Weekend Watch: Hard workin’ music edition

Here’s some of the workin’ man and woman’s anthems of the oilpatch, for your weekend pleasure, as curated by myself and my daughter Katrina, whose living the dream as a heavy duty mechanic apprentice in Weyburn. Are there any we’ve missed?...

Weekend Watch: Al Gore rails against oil and gas

Former Vice President Al Gore gets pretty vocal in his TED Talk entitled “What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know.” Because of course he does. This video was posted on YouTube on Aug. 7, 2023. It’s well worth the watch. Pay...