Energy
Windmills: Beauties or Beasts?
There is a raging debate regarding large windmills; are they a blight on the landscape or a benign benefit that provides clean energy? It may simply be a case of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” On a recent evening ride from the Toronto airport into downtown, I passed a large wind farm…
Read MoreAn Energy Desert in a Sea of Oil
In the center of a country that is awash with oil – and oil money – virtually all of Nigeria is in the grip of a perpetual power shortage. Recent statistics indicate that the nation’s energy generation capacity is at most 25 percent of the current demand. Although that is a horrible situation, the actual…
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