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Albertans Or Industry Alberta Government Must Choose
In September of '06 I wrote a submission to the Oilsands Consultation Committee and posted it on my blog. Now the committee has released their final report. You can download it as a 2.5 MB PDF file here.Make your way to section 3, starting on page 33, for a list of non-consensus actions that were recommended but will very likely not be implemented. Observe how the industry and government representatives often side against the majority of the other panel members.The general feeling is that we need to slow down.
Darth Butler
Day 6 of the Public Inquiry, and Darth Vader is in our midst. Yes, it's Brian Butler - Vice-Chairman of the Longdendale Siege Committee.But hang on, this is the Vice-Chairman appearing? And why has the Chairman - Mike Flynn - come over all shy? Is it anything to do with the fact that Roy Oldham is part of his family? Or perhaps that in the 1970s, he was against a bypass (when the proposed route went through his backyard - such a NIMBY!)? We may never know, because it seems he doesn't want to answer awkward questions...Anyway, Brian was there, and he and John Watson traded pleasantries, mainly about the size of Brian's petition.
New Zealand Looks to Add Prostitution Degree
If you’re looking to get into the world’s oldest profession but wish you could take courses on it in school first, New Zealand may soon have an answer for you. While it sounds like there’s a lot of political hoops to jump through, it’s definitely interesting to see that prostitution courses are seriously being [...]
Q. How many neocons does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. That's an interesting question, one that I'm sure future historians will investigate in detail. Look, let me address this issue up front: I don't know who's been installing light bulbs or who hasn't. That's none of my business. There's a lot of different views, there's a range of views, and a lot of concerns, and we are working to accommodate those concerns. We know at this point that we still have some work to do and we are working very hard to address these issues. We're not making estimates.
Nuclear Energy Not Needed Not Wanted
I thought I was done for now with posts on nuclear energy, but before I move on to other subjects on my blog, here are a few more recent news stories and some more thoughts on the subject. I don't have much to add here. I think these stories and the information at the links below speak for themselves.Japanese nuclear leak bigger than first reportedcbc news July 18, 2007A leak of radioactive water from a Japanese nuclear power plant was 50 per cent larger than first reported......The tremor initially triggered a small fire at an electrical transformer in the sprawling plant.
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