Turning Water into Oil

This Dilbert comic exaggerates the absurdity of some people when it comes to obtaining sources of energy. Dilbert’s boss couldn’t be serious about wanting to turn water into oil. As Dilbert points out, it would turn the world into an uninhabitable wasteland in the long run. However, the idea of sacrificing [...]

A mistake by oil producers may be what SD needs

My firm belief is that the oil producers have made a serious business mistake in setting their prices so high. Their mistake is exactly what the Sustainable Development movement needs.
There are articles all over the world indicating a sudden shift in spending patterns. People are now buying smaller cars and resorting to public transit. Suddenly, [...]

no oil new money?

Last summer, I was reading the book The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel by Stephen Leeb, Ph.D. and it really got me thinking of the way we live and use petroleum to function as a society. I enjoyed this reading because of the possible implication for creating [...]

Alternative Fuel used in Canada: Ethanol

As introduced today by the Canada team, our country is amazingly rich in natural resources. One of its principal is the oil sands and heavy oil resources (petroleum) present in the Province of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
In order to use that resource smartly, Canada has developing a program to encourage the use of Ethanol in the [...]

Bush’s “State of the Union”

In his State of the Union George W. Bush stopped ignoring climate change and global warming. Did the fact that he could ride his bike in december make him change his mind or is it rather a rhetoric strategy? Given that the democrats have gained more political influence Bush is trying to harmonise his strategy [...]