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Be Thankful

February 6, 2012 Mike Thomas

Over Christmas my family and I traveled back to Australia for the first time in five years. There had been several reasons…

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Posted in: Australia, Blogging, History, Sustainability Filed under: Australia, oil, patience, thankful, Transportation, travel, waiting

First Impressions – The Ripple Effect

June 23, 2011 Mike Thomas

Sometimes I read for pleasure, but often my reading takes me on a journey ranging from pain, frustration, through to…

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Posted in: Blogging, Book Review, History, Water Filed under: Energy, History, oil, politics, pollution, The Ripple Effect, Water, water pollution

Signs of the Times

March 8, 2011 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

As we wait to see what will happen in countries like Lybia, where gunfire is being called “Celebratory Fireworks” by…

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Posted in: Energy, Sustainability Filed under: economy, gas, Housing, oil

The five P’s

June 2, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Or “Why I don’t trust BP to clean up anything” I haven’t dedicated much space here to the ongoing saga…

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Posted in: Business, Energy, Environmental, Technology Filed under: boom, BP, clean up, contamination, Emergency Engineering, emergency management, environment, oil, oil boom, oil spill, planning

Tar Sands – Progress or Stupidity?

December 18, 2009 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

“With just 5% of the world’s population, the United States now burns up to 20.6 million barrels of oil a…

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Posted in: Energy, Environmental, Sustainability Filed under: Age of Stupid, Alberta, Canada, climate change, Energy, environment, Fort McMurray, Fossil fuel, Natural gas, oil, Oil Sands, Tar Sands, United States

Petro-gate – Starring Canada

December 7, 2009 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Canada has a lot to lose from the possible global decisions being made in Copenhagen over the next few weeks – and most of it revolves around oil and natural gas reserves that are being exploited in Northern Alberta.

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Posted in: Energy, Sustainability Filed under: Athabasca, Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada, climate-gate, Energy, energy descent, energy policy, oil, Oil Sands, peak oil, policy, Tar Sands

Peak Oil Decision Making

November 27, 2009 Mike Thomas 4 Comments

“Every decision made in any level of government should aim to reduce the use of fossil fuels and energy in…

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Posted in: Development, Energy, Regulation, Sustainability Filed under: Cities, engineering, infrastructure, infrastructure deficit, municipalities, oil, peak oil

Oil Speculation

July 8, 2009 Mike Thomas

In an amazing change of direction, the US is considering market intervention for speculative buying of energy futures. Hang on, I thought the act of participating in the market was speculative to start with?

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Posted in: Energy, Regulation Filed under: Business, Commodity, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Futures exchange, Hedge fund, oil, Oil and Gas, Oil Prices, peak oil, Speculation, U.S

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