Hungry, hungry oil sands – production is hitting the limits of water and energy supply

Tim Vanderheide is a student at the University of British Columbia. He writes occasionally for TechnoMine. Here is new piece that I liked and so post. It is fresh, provocative, Canadian, and the voice of the young who will be in charge when we are distant echoes.

Who to choose on the global warming issue

Opposition won’t impress anybody. Only positive suggestions based on reality are of any potential value. This clarion call for leadership is prompted by the news that Caterpillar and the National Mining Association are at odds over global warming. Or at least over the need for a market-based approach to emissions control and hence over amelioration of global warming.

Mine dust in the classroom – ah the good ol’ days

Another good day when I can report that mining is not guilty. Another good day when I can report that motor cars are a vastly bigger source of air pollution than all the county’s mines put together. Now we await the howl of protest from those who own cars. And the howl of protest from those who would like to remove cars from the roads and stop mining the metals needed to make all those cars.