Oil is an import. Most of it is anyway. And as the dollar is devalued, as the dollar is worth fewer Euros, Canadian dollars and Yen, the things we buy from these countries cost more dollars. These things aren’t worth more. They just cost...
Archive - December 2007
An email that arrived in my inbox this week called my attention and I decided to share it with you. It is about a DVD called The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. According to the...
I’ve been reading a lot of alternative energy news lately. Some of it optimistic and others full of gloom and doom. So I decided to write about one of the humorous stories in the news. In Kilmarnock, people have been given bottles to fill...
It is Christmas and this is the time when kids and grown ups alike get a chance to wander around and spend time trying to find that appealing gift. I was checking out the website Hammacher.com and found a number of toys to demonstrate applications...
I’m no specialist in global politics related to climate change but I can easily conclude that the talks in Bali that are coming to a close on Friday this week are ending on an impasse, with the United States, as usual, flexing its bullish...
