Monthly Archives: May 2017

Net zero building booming

We attended an open house in Mulmur, Ontario this weekend for Bone Structure.  A couple thousand people showed up over 3 days to hear from green tech engineers and the company founder about net zero and off the grid buildings.  … Continue reading

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Mounting pension deficits threaten solvency of cities and states

According to a new study by Stanford Research no US city or state is running a balanced budget for their pension schemes and the collective funding deficit–of just US public pensions–grew to $4 trillion in fiscal 2016.  The cause of … Continue reading

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Death of a cartel: cuts = higher prices= more production= lower prices

Extending the OPEC plus Russia cuts should help bring commercial petroleum inventories down and boost crude prices by a few dollars a barrel in the short-term. But in the bigger picture:  OPEC (Canada and other dependent exporters) are likely to … Continue reading

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