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The eyes of the world’s environmentalists are increasingly turning towards the vast and relatively untapped oil resources of the Canadian state of Alberta, about which a policy debate is unfolding in multiple jurisdictions that could be a definitive moment in understanding mankind’s relationship with natural resources. The reason that the usually little considered topic of Albertan development . . . → Read More: Facts and fictions If you are in a group of people, and you ask one of them their birthday, you can be relatively confident that they will not have been born on the same date as you. With 365 days in the year (not counting leap years), even if you were born at a popular time of year, the . . . → Read More: For every coincidence, how many near misses? The UK is currently in the grip of a ‘deficit crisis’. It is told that if it does not decrease public spending, then its economy will falter and, worst of all, it might have its credit rating reduced. These conclusions, promulgated by a Conservative Government that some might suspect of having an ulterior interest in downsizing . . . → Read More: The inconsistent tyranny of numbers |
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