Alberta
I spent the last week touring around Alberta. Gull Lake Campground, Dinosaur Provincial Park then Drumheller. Stettler, Camrose, Wetaskawin’s Reynolds Museum, and WEM.
John Klein
On Time and On Budget
There’s a cliche around the City of Regina the last while. Politicians will say a project is “on time and on budget”, but fail to point out that the initial…
#PremierPipeline: Good Work Premier Brad Wall
“People are advised not to consume fish caught in the river, and to avoid water activities that may result in river water being ingested,” said a news release put out…
#PremierPipeline’s Slick Advice in Wake of Husky Oil Spill: Don’t Turn to Trains
Yah, who cares about contaminated water supplies for Sask citizens, as long as the oil industry is okay. https://t.co/RPoe5incfR #skpoli — Larry Hubich (@LHubich) July 23, 2016 @MeridianBooster here is…
Leader Post: Publishing Anti-Facts
In response to Herb Pinder’s July 16th op-ed “Climate change alarmists ignore nature’s role”, I wonder if the Leader-Post has decided to publish conspiracy theories as reasonable opinions. I think…
Merchant Credit Card Fees – Walmart Edition
Originally posted on yxesimonsays: A recent news item has popped up on one of my favorite topics, merchant credit card fees. Walmart Canada has announced that they will stop accepting…
Electric Cars cleaner than Gas Cars!
Here’s a blog post worth reading about the relative pollution from electric vehicles compared with the more common gas burners. “For the longest time, I wanted to write about the…
B-17 Flying Fortress over Regina
Regina was lucky to get a visit from the famous World War II bomber plane. I spent a few days running outside in the morning when I heard it roaring…
Clinton Lied But No Consequence. It’s Like It’s the 1990s Still
“Here, for the record, is Clinton saying, on March 10, 2015, “I did not email any classified material to anyone on my email.”” I’m particularly offended by this oligarchy-outcome because…
Sask Party Not Getting the Best Rate For You
“Our principle here … is that we do no further harm to an economy that already has its hands full.” – Brad Wall “We’ve always been in competition,” said Boyd…
Leave Or Remain In? The Former UK Chooses Out And About Does Itself In
Brexit: It’s a term I first heard months ago on Twitter in relation to people mostly angry with immigration in the UK. It means “British Exit from the European Union”.…
Misinformation Not Helping Conversion
“I don’t think the technology is quite there yet so we can rely in wind solely.” That’s never been a serious suggestion of anyone, however. SaskPower makes that same absurd…
SaskPower Correcting the Record Feels Like Lying
Semantics! Q remains: USGov says coal+CCS twice price of wind & gas; why did @SaskPower select most expensive first? https://t.co/4pGTaVhOmx — SaskWind (@SaskWind) June 24, 2016 Letter: carbon capture project…
Bogus Brokerage Bull, and Other Online Obstructions
“by keeping that purchase threshold at $20 instead of giving Canadian shoppers a break and raising it to $80, Ottawa spends about $166 million to collect $39 million in additional…
Leader Post Sees Coal Future As Reality
The Leader Post published my letter, and a couple weeks later Murray Mandryk cites the same inexplicable 30-40 years canard. He also makes the same conclusion as Johnstone, which is…
If Earth Was A Restaurant From The 1990s
One of the big problems with climate change, is even if Europe and Asia manage to create low carbon infrastructure and societies, it’s like a non-smoking section of a restaurant.…
Take Your Mind Off Things
Sometimes The Beaverton really understands me. This morning on CBC Morning Edition, Sheila Coles had Mark Jacobson as a guest. He’s a Stanford professor who I mentioned in my letter…
Gas Production, not Power Byproduct
This clip makes it seem as if CCS is more about producing gas to enhance oil recovery, and not so much about trapping a dangerous byproduct of dirty electricity production.…
Oil’s Four Letter Word Defender
Brad Wall seems to only ever be speaking to oil executives about oil and gas. Does he understand anything else? Are there any examples of our Premier meeting recently with…