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Column: Oil prices will force changes

Jul 4th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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Today’s column in The StarPhoenix Former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin was one of the first to say that oil would hit $100 a barrel, back when it was around $20. Now he is suggesting it could go to $200 in the next short while unless there’s another global recession. While many call for more drilling [...]

Christmas Gift Guide: Gifts for Really Smart People

Dec 7th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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You need a gift for someone smart, someone who wants to know about everything – what happened, how it works, why it all got started. Fortunately, the globally curious have a lot of hobbies which makes them kind of easy to shop for, even if you don’t always remember to sleep and eat.  Below are [...]

The collapse of farming

Mar 3rd, 2009
by Jordon.
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James Howard Kunstler is predicting that farming could be the next industry to go down The net effect of the failures in banking is that a lot of people have less money than they expected they would have a year ago. This is bad enough, given our habits and practices of modern life. But what [...]

More Americans worried about staying warm this winter

Sep 9th, 2008
by Jordon.
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It’s a weird time.  The United States may be the most powerful country ever but here we a story about how Americans are worried about how to stay warm this winter. After she spent the end of last winter shivering in her Belle Vernon, Pa., mobile home, Cindy Cross sought help this summer at a [...]

Shipping costs crimping globalization

Aug 4th, 2008
by Jordon.
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The New York Times has a good article about how shipping costs are changing production patterns.  I think the article misses the point that this could mean that many of the goods that we take for granted as being cheap are going to cost us more and more over time.  It isn’t just the shipping [...]

The Long Emergency: Surviving Catastophies of the 21st Century

Aug 4th, 2008
by Jordon.
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  An hour long video of James Howard Kunstler speaking on The Long Emergency and the impact that peak oil is going to have on western civilization.