Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Science is a plodding, evolving discipline that thrives on critical examination and questioning of discoveries and theories. The most arrogant and inane statement the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) has ever uttered is that “the (climate) science is settled”. Science is never ‘settled’. It sits awaiting the next discovery and incremental improvement.

The theory that variations in the minuscule amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere drives climate change is the equivalent of accepting that a vial of iodine can contaminate an entire lake.

Electrical vehicles cannot exist without hydrocarbons used in lubricants, fashioning the framework and cladding, glass, batteries, computer controls, and on endlessly. Then there is the problem of recycling the whole mess at the end of its life cycle.

Technology for solar and wind power is still in infancy; that is the beauty of science. The underlying science is incrementally improving and moving towards an elusive goal of maximum eff…

I had an interesting conversation with a couple of friends about the threat of digital intrusions. How far will you let the perception of convenience justify your personal vulnerability? Is it too much work to care about how corporations are using the data we trade for access to their latest time saving / consuming application or service?
Does it require to much of our bandwidth to actually go back and limit personal access?
Maybe it's easier to believe that there isn’t possibly anything in your life that they will find interesting.
Are they looking for interesting? Are they seeking anything in particular? What if they are only harvesting data points to sell or lease them? Or they could be building a digital avatar of you that gains definition with every input.
These are all important questions that I fear too few of us are asking.

Checking the box Another aspect, of the business of data, is that what they are harvesting now could be used for something different later. That is the pro…

On Sunday May19th, CFJC Today ran an op / ed piece from Katie Neustaeter entitled, “Bikinis, bistros and the business of exploiting women”.  Below is a snapshot of that commentary:

One of the great challenges of raising a daughter is teaching her how to clothe her body ... to respect her individuality and empower her own sense of style without allowing current fashion and the pressures of an over sexualized culture to dictate her choices.

Debates ... continue all the time as we try to teach young women that their worth is more than skin deep and that their bodies are the visible, physical representations of their personal standards ... Unfortunately, the wider world, which does not care one iota about their future, individuality or decency, is constantly giving girls mixed messages about what’s acceptable, expected and attractive — not to mention all the conflicting ideas about what kind of attention she should be seeking ...

... girls, don’t let anyone sell you on a cheap version of emp…