CHARBONNEAU – It’s getting easier for cryptocurrencies to be green
IT’S NOT EASY for cryptocurrencies to be green. They use a colossal amount of energy in writing transactions into digital legers. But one of the cryptocurrencies is [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Fast Radio Bursts: closer to identifying but still mysterious
THEY’RE CALLED Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) simply because they are fast: they last only a few thousandths of a second and because they are radio waves: they are part of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Mentally ill street people need institutional health care
WHILE I DON’T WANT to see a return of the warehousing of mentally ill patients, some institutional care facilities need to be built to care for the mentally ill people [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The glow has gone off of Non Fungible Tokens
DURING THE PANDEMIC, a particular fever called Non Fungible Tokens gripped the crypto world. NFTs raised the level of abstract art to the ultimate level of abstraction. Using [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Export of hydrogen to Germany by 2025 is a pipedream
I ADMIRE GERMANY for doing so much to reduce greenhouse gases. Too bad that the initiative has left them dependent on the import of natural gas — half of it from Russia. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – New Russian movie villains won’t look like the old ones
THE NEW RUSSIAN VILLAINS probably won’t be like the old ones in movies. In the 1950s, Russian villains were seen as alien invaders with superior weapons and mind control in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – BC Housing reboot: there’s a lot of catching up to do
BC HOUSING CORPORATION is suffering growing pains and no wonder. After years of neglect in building affordable housing, there ís a lot of catching up to do. The provincial [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The green-washing of B.C.’s wood pellet industry
OUR WOOD PELLET industry is clear cutting the province under the pretense that pellets are a green source of fuel. Much of the industry is in B.C.’s inland rainforests and [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – A chapter closes in Canada’s worst mass murder
THEY PARKED their SUV at seven in the morning of July 14 in front of his family business and waited for him. When Ripudaman Singh Malik arrived a few hours later, he was shot [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – I want an improved health span, not life span
I PROBABLY WON’T won’t die of “old age.” More likely, I’ll die of some disease associated with growing older. For too many of us, health span is reduced by [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Finally, a challenge to detention of ‘certifiable’ people
UNLIKE OTHER Canadian jurisdictions, those who are deemed to be mentally ill in British Columbia can be held indefinitely. B.C. does not have an automatic review of ongoing [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Sudden interest in the Bank of Canada is puzzling
IN THE PAST, the operation of the Bank of Canada has only been of interest to policy wonks. Now almost everyone has an opinion according to a recent poll by the Angus [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors
I SUGGEST that a new government agency, I’m calling BC Clinics, be established to deal with the crisis in accessibility to health care. The fee-for-service model no longer [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Bitcoin fervour turns evangelical
DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES by investors who see their money evaporate overnight in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, the faithful never give up hope that cryptocurrencies will [Continue]
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