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Category Archives: Costs, Benefits and Risks
Questioning climate change claims
(Oct. 22, 2010) November debate between professors will call into question common-held beliefs about climate change. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Ontario power lesson
(Oct. 13, 2010) Notes for a speech that Ontario’s Opposition leader could give, but won’t, on the state of the province’s electricity sector. Continue reading
Ontario hasn’t heard the news
(Jan. 28, 2010) As Napoleon entered Moscow in the fall of 1812, Czar Alexander and his commanders were discussing just when and where they should stand their ground. A pessimistic Russian field marshal noted the splendid successes of the Grand Armeé and speculated that stopping the French might be a difficult thing. Alexander answered, “Napoleon may have Generals MacDonald and Ney, but I have General Winter.” History proved him right, and it can serve us up plenty of other examples when it comes to empires that were cut down to size all because of snow and wind. Continue reading
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Ontario hasn’t heard the news
(January 28, 2010) As Napoleon entered Moscow in the fall of 1812, Czar Alexander and his commanders were discussing just when and where they should stand their ground. A pessimistic Russian field marshal noted the splendid successes of the Grand Armeé and speculated that stopping the French might be a difficult thing. Alexander answered, “Napoleon may have Generals MacDonald and Ney, but I have General Winter.” Continue reading
This is no way to run a planet
(December 18, 2009) The leaders in Copenhagen will reach some agreement. Politically, they have to… Continue reading
Presentation to The Standing Committee on General Government
(Nov. 2, 2009) Presentation to The Standing Committee on General Government
Re: Bill 185, Environmental Protection Amendment Act
(Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading), 2009 Continue reading
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The high risks of climate-change policy
(October 23, 2009) I’m here to tell you that there are no such likelihoods. That there is no consensus on climate change. That the science that the doomsayers describe cannot credibly be seen as having the weight of scientific opinion behind it. Continue reading
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The high risks of climate-change policy
(October 23, 2009) Earlier this week, I addressed a meeting of the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for National Security in Winnipeg. An abbreviated version of my presentation appears below. Continue reading
The Case for Doing Nothing on Global Warming
(October 21, 2009) A Presentation to the Centre for National Security of the Conference Board of Canada Winnipeg, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, 2009. Continue reading
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Bracing for a time of tumult
(September 19, 2009) It was all Sturm and Drang at the Friday morning presentations at the Global Business Forum. Continue reading
Energy Probe 