The cost per megawatt of nuclear energy does in fact make it the only realistic choice for the future. At most, what happened in Japan proves that plants should not be located near the coast and near fault lines, unless they have more stringent safeguards in place.

Albertan oil companies are more environmentally conscious than what they are given credit for. If you ever get a chance, visit the oil sands and check out the reclaimed sites. The last time I was there was probably 8 years ago, but even that time they were putting millions of dollars into reclamation efforts. They work [...]

I’m surprised how well Canada performed at math. I remember that I learned basically the same thing from grade 1-9, then got bombarded with new information from 10-12, and then got absolutely buried by new information in my first two years of university. I think that if Canadian school accelerated the first 9 years of [...]

Losing money on oil is not as hard as you make it sound, by the way. All it takes is a dip in the price of oil, right at a time when you’re trying to expand operations to cause a cash flow crisis and force you into receivership. Also, most oil companies that people can [...]

With EPS of 15.15 compared to Microsoft’s 3.69, and a P/E of 21.11 to Microsoft’s 11.52, and with cash reserves of $50bn, I’m not all that surprised that Apple has such a high stock price. I think that a better comparison than Microsoft would be Google who has a share price at close of 591.50, [...]

Happy (belated) birthday, Terry! Hope all is well in Japan!

mmm….beef! I don’t know how countries can resist Alberta beef! I definitely feel bad for every country that has closed its border to my favourite Canadian export.