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Will carbon tax get more New Brunswickers off oil?
Do you think this is true? - “The price of oil will go down if we use significantly less of it.” The law of supply and demand indicates that if supply is relatively fixed, then demand will… more »
Realpolitik / Energy Matters
Will carbon tax get more New Brunswickers off oil?
roymacmullin wrote 1 month ago: Do you think this is true? - “The price of oil will go down if we use significantly less of it … more »
A little transparency, please ... on nuclear power
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roymacmullin wrote 3 months ago: Our present board of directors, Shawn Graham, Jack Keir among others, have come up with a creative p … more »
What's on New Brunswick energy horizon
roymacmullin wrote 6 months ago: We hear about people making choices between food and heat and that is not good. NB Power recently ad … more »
Jevons Paradox and the value of conservation
roymacmullin wrote 6 months ago: William Stanley Jevons made an observation about the usage of coal in England in 1865, when the incr … more »
Get your free car - Part 2
roymacmullin wrote 9 months ago: Not long ago, I talked about the Renault Logan, a car with good mileage and a very low sticker price … more »
Hummer versus Prius: Who wins
roymacmullin wrote 9 months ago: There is an old joke about why sharks don’t attack lawyers. Answer - professional courtesy. Sha … more »
Get your free car
roymacmullin wrote 10 months ago: After you’ve made your car mechanic a rich man and terminal rust is devouring the metal frame of y … more »
Capitalism and the Environment
roymacmullin wrote 11 months ago: If you saw the Live Earth concerts recently, you may have an opinion on the value of the effort to s … more »
Things go better with "Coke"?
roymacmullin wrote 1 year ago: Recently NB Power came to Saint John to talk about the use of petroleum coke as a way to reduce the … more »
1 + 1 = 3!
greenenergyguru wrote 7 months ago: No, this is not another example of “new math”. It is to remind us that often when we make plant … more »
BTU Busters
greenenergyguru wrote 7 months ago: Years ago, the movie “Ghost Busters” was all the rage. Funny movie. But the concept is also appl … more »
What’s Your Top Ten?
greenenergyguru wrote 8 months ago: America seems infatuated with “Top 10” lists. From The David Letterman show to pop music charts, … more »
The Most Bang for the Buck
greenenergyguru wrote 8 months ago: You’ve looked at your generation units and found your heat rates are unacceptable. You need to red … more »
Do You Have the Right Stuff?
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greenenergyguru wrote 8 months ago: Though this phrase is normally used on the military or movies, it applies to your generation system … more »
Obsolete or Viable?
greenenergyguru wrote 8 months ago: Is your plant obsolete? Can it compete in today’s competitive power markets? Sometimes it is a tou … more »
Canada: An Energy Superpower?
roymacmullin wrote 1 year ago: What wonderful political spin! You’ve all heard of spin, a modern word for questionable public rel … more »
On Energy, we are what we think
roymacmullin wrote 1 year ago: We’ve all heard that old saying “you are what you eat.” The remarkable transition in o … more »
CFL's could save New Brunswick millions
roymacmullin wrote 1 year ago: How many politicians does it take to change an incandescent to a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL)? Tw … more »
Reclaim waste heat from Power plants
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roymacmullin wrote 1 year ago: Want to take a 1-minute course on power generation? Great! There is a little mathematics mixed in, b … more »
