Current Issues
Canada’s Unlimited Farmland
In some circles Canada is portrayed as underpopulated because it covers a huge area and has low population density. Growth promoters suggest that a large proportion of Canada could be converted to farmland to feed both a much larger population and much of the world.
The EROI of Fusion
EROI is a critical social metric* that reflects the ease with which energy can be produced. It is a ratio between the energy produced and the energy used in the production process.
Urban Sprawl And Density Nightmare
Canada’s Pack ‘em and Stack ‘em Mass Immigration policy
How we will live with tripling our population? (100+ million by 2100)
No problem for the developer elites, just pack ‘em and stack ‘em. Will human silos solve the urban sprawl problem?
Bill Rees Footprint and Farmland Loss
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: The average area of productive land or water required to produce the goods consumed and to assimilate the wastes generated.
William Rees, Prof. Emeritus UBC, developed this metric over many years for countries at all levels of development.
CBC Stonewalls on Growth
Canada’s remarkably incurious “National Broadcaster”
The CBC is out of ideas for progress
How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction
Jean Laherr`ere, Charles A.S. Hall, Roger Bentley
Summary by John Meyer
This paper assesses how much oil remains to be produced, and whether this poses a significant constraint to global development. It describes the different categories of oil and related liquid fuels, and shows that estimates from the EIA (US Energy Information Administration) and BP Statistical Review are very misleading.
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- Hello World of 8 Billion!
- Pivoting From Growth to Progress: The Many Steps Necessary to Transform Our Institutions and Energy System into Socially Cohesive Sustainable Society
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- George Monbiot is an Environmental Disaster
- Small Can Still Be Beautiful
- One Concerned Citizen’s Submission to their Municipality’s Growth Review Process.
- A Bud of Truth Peeps through a Crack in the Corporate Media Stonewall
- Why Food Prices are High - Inflation II
- Why Gas Prices are High - Inflation I
- Canadian Population Milestone
- Canada’s 2030 Climate Strategy: The Farce Continues
- Our wellbeing, or a healthy GDP?
- Support Putin, Drive a Gas Hog!
- Five must-haves for an effective zero emission vehicle standard
- The Growth Myth Perpetual Motion Machine
- What is Happening in Small Town Canada?
- The Case Against Urban Sprawl - Part 2
- The Case Against Urban Sprawl - Part 1
- The “Silent Lie” in Coverage of Madagascar’s Famine
- Sustainability vs. Population: The Constant Battle
- A Sustainable Population for Simcoe County
- What is a Sustainable Population for Simcoe County?
- Growth Busters
- Sustainability 101
