Canada now calls itself an 'emerging energy superpower.' In reality, it is nothing more than a Third World energy supermarket. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes call canada emerge
Canadians need to start thinking of themselves as a petrostate, and they need to start thinking of the kinds of controls needed to protect the country from the excesses of oil. Andrew Nikiforuk canadiancontrolcountry Change image and share on social
The tar sands boom has become the world's largest energy project, the world's largest construction project, and the world's largest capital project. Andrew Nikiforuk boomcapitalconstruction Change image and share on social
The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work. Andrew Nikiforuk assumebusinesscap share on social
I'm all in favor of looking deeply into as much as we possibly can. I'm not afraid of knowledge... With all new technology, weapons inevitably emerge... Evil comes out of the human heart. It doesn't come out of nature. Richard Preston afraiddeeplyemerge share on social
Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. Anita Roddick agendumbackbusiness share on social
Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry. Arthur Hays Sulzberger allybillioncanada share on social