I published a paper in a scientific journal. It’s not so much an Esquire ‘‘75 things to do before your die’’ sort of thing, like saving a life. But I’m still pretty proud of it. It’s peer reviewed. It’s in the March 2012 issue of Marine and Petroleum Geology, an eminent international scientific journal for… Continue reading »
May
14
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07
Even I believed it?
Over the past few weeks incredible reports have emerged from the United States. I say incredible because these reports are like saying the Exxon Valdez never contaminated Alaskan shores. Or that the water in Love Canal was never polluted. Or Chernobyl released only harmless gases. The EPA reported not once, not twice but three times… Continue reading »
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19
Be a solutionist!
On April 22nd activists plan an Arab spring for Québec. They will demonstrate to bring key issues surrounding natural resources management and energy strategy in Québec to anyone who missed the news. Mining, forestry, nuclear, natural gas, everything will be covered. They deserve credit for and will celebrate on April 22nd their successes in saying… Continue reading »
Apr
16
Follow the buckhorn handled knife
Harry S Truman, famously had a sign on his desk in the oval office saying “the buck stops here”. According to Wikipedia this saying originated in frontier poker games where the marker to identify the dealer was a buckhorn handled knife. Passing the responsibility to deal to the next player was known as passing the… Continue reading »
Apr
10
Quebecers to see Alberta beef
I have always said Alberta beef is special. Grass fed and barley finished it is light and sweet tasting. Many, including me, say it’s the best in the world. Take that Argentina. I just learned something new special about Alberta beef. According to recent press reports in Quebec livestock in Pennsylvania suffer birth defects due… Continue reading »
Mar
30
Welcome back SOQUIP
The Quebec Government presented its budget last week. The most significant change is a plan to revive SOQUIP and back it up with part of a $1.2 billion dollar investment fund. SOQUIP was created in the 1960’s to find oil and gas in Quebec. After a large investment without commercial success it was wound down… Continue reading »
Mar
22
Reefer Madness the Sequel
Sorry to disappoint you. This is not a blog about a sequel to the movie Reefer Madness and pot crazed youth in America. Rather it is a sequel to my blog ‘Gasland as Reefer Madness’. Maybe you didn’t catch the original. One reader personally emailed me about the blog with the following comment: “In my… Continue reading »
Mar
12
Gasland as Reefer Madness
It seems Josh Fox’s film Gasland is somewhat fittingly, a recycled idea. Louis J. Gasnier beat Josh Fox to exploiting people’s fears in the 1930’s. Referred to as an exploitation film, Louis J Gasnier’s ‘Reefer Madness’ starts out with the foreward: “The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you. It would not… Continue reading »
Mar
05
Quebec higher than Alberta?
My interpretation of a recent Environics Research Poll is that support for modern natural gas development may be higher in Quebec than Alberta. This is incredible if true. Opposition to a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing polled higher in Quebec than anywhere in the country according to a Post Media report also in the Gazette in… Continue reading »
Feb
23
Flat earth society
I shocked some people last summer with one of my blogs. I said people who believed hydraulic fracturing itself contaminated groundwater were like the people who believe the moon landings were staged, Elvis is alive or Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. The temperature for me was rising after that. Thankfully within weeks of my… Continue reading »