It’s no secret house prices in Canada are going berserk, again. These days, everything from a shack to a shoebox-sized condo can sell for over a million bucks. In the past few months alone, some hot areas have witnessed price inflation over 20%. I’m far from a real estate expert, so it’s not for me […]
“How fast can it go from 60 to 0, and back to 60?” is something you’d expect a car buff to ask about braking and acceleration. But what if we’re talking about oil? Remarkably, the price of a barrel clocked that in just over one year: US$60 per barrel in January 2020, $0 by April, […]
Like many in the energy business, I marvel at how fast the cost of producing renewable power, LED light bulbs and lithium-ion batteries has fallen over the past decade. Depending on what’s being measured, some costs are down by more than 90%. Should we assume these downward-trending cost curves are sustainable? And will this type […]
Last year at this time I made some predictions for the coming year. Like many crystal ball gazers, I was made to look like a fool. Then again, who could have predicted the pandemic, save Dr. Fauci? I’ll give it another try this year, offering my energy-related thoughts for 2021. But this time, I’ll make […]