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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
Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. Gray Davis companyderegulateenergy share on social
I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable. Noam Chomsky allowbritaininconceivable Change image and share on social
I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year. Jacqueline Novogratz bartendereconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
