Lotus Land turned to La La land
John Horgan is involved in a political game that could be called, “Look at This, Not at That!” No one can argue with the need for energy users to use…
Norman Farrell
Northeast BC — a sacrifice zone
While John Horgan’s government has been using billions of public dollars to improve profitability of private producers of fossil fuels, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) professor Élyse Caron-Beaudoin has been…
Enough said
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten.” That was the advice of Jessie Potter, the featured speaker at the opening of the…
Bonhoeffer on Stupidity
In 2021, we see strange people in BC — humans I suspect Dietrich Bonhoeffer would categorize as stupid — mobbing to prey on politicians, healthcare workers, hospital patients and now…
Taking care of business…
Husband, dad and small business owner Sean Wood posted an item on Facebook that is worth our attention. With permission, it is repeated…
A spendthrift public utility
There is much written here about BC Hydro and 17 years of flat demand for electricity by the utility’s residential, commercial and industrial customers. Despite that, in the first quarter…
Unnecessary risk to people and property in BC
The NDP government is blundering on with construction of the Site C hydro dam on unstable ground, despite availability of much lower-cost energy sources. It is the same government that…
This abominable scam of a climate election
Concern is skin deep: all of the parties climate platform policies are grossly insufficient, the climate villains are still in firm control, and any informed outsider would see a nation…
What we can’t see will hurt us
Fossil fuel producers — and governments captured by the industry — know full well that fugitive methane is a serious contributor to climate change. Invisible and odorless, the super powerful…
Canadian leaders ignore deadly risks
The science is clear. We must act today to address climate change. Goals for reduced emissions in 2030, 2040 or 2050 are simply inadequate. Yet politicians sitting on both sides…
Mistruths, half-truths and outright lies
In less than 6 years, Canada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner dealt three times with our ethics shy PM: Trudeau Report (Aga Khan) Trudeau II Report (SNC-Lavalin) Trudeau III…
Stuck in the 20th century
Climate science demands immediate reduction of greenhouse gases. Electricity can replace fossil fuels for many uses, but how that energy is generated and distributed is vitally important. As a monopoly…
2030 is the new 2050
British Columbia is not just North America’s largest coal shipper, it plans to be a major LNG exporter. Destructive public policies demonstrate the hold on Canadian politicians enjoyed by private…
Memorabilia rediscovered
Long-time friends recently moved and mementos stored long ago were rediscovered. One photo was from our days at UBC. It showed a young but future Prime Minister of Canada.
Money for nothing…
IPPs). The utility paid $1,403,000,000 for that power, an average of $95,899 per gigawatt. Meanwhile, BC Hydro sold electricity on trade markets. It realized $42,520 per gigawatt on those sales,…
Inept or worse?
At the legislated deadline, and just before the last holiday weekend of summer 2021, BC Hydro released its financial results for the period April 2020 to March 2021. The utility’s…
Truth in labeling?
It is interesting that Jonathan Wilkinson’s federal department is called the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and George Heyman’s BC job is Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.…
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It was what it was; it is what it is
When John Horgan’s government refuses to deal appropriately with climate change in 2021, it is because they made cold-blooded decisions based on the business of politics. If people of BC…
Drill, baby, drill = Burn, baby, burn
News media in North America has been paying considerable attention to the state’s wildfires, particularly the one known as Dixie that has consumed over 700,000 acres and is still only…