Category Archives: Energy

(August 21, 2003) Fifty million North Americans suffered inconvenience and expense in the Great Blackout of 2003. Not one will receive any compensation. Millions of companies also suffered inconvenience and expense, and lost business that they will never make up. Amid the ruins, however, lie a lucky handful of companies who will have their losses covered. The lucky are among the electricity monopolies that brought us the Great Blackout of 2003. Continue reading →

(August 16, 2003) The food in your freezer has spoiled. The clocks in your home need to be reset. Your schedule has been thrown out the window. Shouldn’t someone – apart from you – have to pay for the disruption that power shortages cause in your life? Wouldn’t power companies smarten up if they were actually held to account for the disruptions they foist on customers and if they didn’t operate in a 100%-monopoly system, in which their customers aren’t free to take their business elsewhere if they choose? Continue reading →

(March 1, 2003) To the chagrin of many conservatives, environmentalists as a group have more credibility than business executives, government officials, politicians, journalists and — apart from scientists — just about everyone else that public opinion pollsters compare them to. This great confidence that the public shows in environmentalists, a confidence that spans more than a decade and covers all manner of environmental issues, stems overwhelmingly from one factor. Continue reading →

(February 17, 2003) Re: Lawrence Solomon’s article, “Environmentalists Rule,” Feb. 5, 2003, National Post Continue reading →