Blowback is the rage that happens when you trick someone and then they discover they have been tricked.   PM Harper has led everyone down the garden path.   First he bails out his struggling minority in the polls by stealing the agenda of the progressive political parties as his own.   Now Harper has done a complete turn around.   We have been taken for a ride again.  Not only is his new plan another hot air plan, the Tories are backing out on Kyoto and taking the stance again that it will cost too much. 

 ACC - Jim Wight - From the opening speeches by Gordon Campbell and John Baird to the closing ceremonies it was clear that the only solution under consideration is the hydrogen fuel cell solution.

There were many ideas, companies and technology presentations all very interesting.  The general approach is to collaborate between governments, industry and the consumers in order to fast track development as fast as possible.  

 While, at first glance depopulation programs may seem like a good idea to promote the reduction of mouths-to-feed worldwide, what they ignore are the root causes of overpopulation.  High birth rates are the direct result of poor living standards of he areas, and in countries where malnutrition has been reduced and the incidence of child-death lowered, birth rates have also lessened.

 While trolling newspapers I landed  Fort McMurray Today.   Low and behold I find that activism is not dead in the wild west oil town.   Here are two small articles showing how the Oil companies rule the land.   If anyone has illusions that the Canadian or Albertan governments care a damn about the land, global warming or you...think again.