Tag Archives: economics

Heritage Policy is Good Policy

Posted on February 7, 2018 by David Brett

Paper submitted to City Council June 12th, 2017 by Queens Park resident David Brett in support of the Queens Park Heritage Conservation Area in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Quote from the Financial Times, London: “So the message to politicians who see … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged British Columbia, canada, economics, Government Policy, Heritage, Heritage Conservation, New West, New Westminster, Planning, politics, real estate, Royal City, Vancouver | Leave a comment

Banning coal simplistic, unreasonable and unwise

Posted on September 16, 2013 by David Brett

Opinion: Mineral is part of the fabric of our human existence By David Brett, Special to The Vancouver Sun September 4, 2013 http://www.vancouversun.com/business/2035/Banning+coal+simplistic+unreasonable+unwise/8870473/story.html#ixzz2f4RHfEyP Poor coal. Its the mineral not even a mother could love. Its the orphaned rock, dirty to … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged air polution, china, coal, economics, export, gateway pacific terminal, global warming, Poverty, surrey fraser docks, trains | 1 Comment

Web 4.0, Pay Day

Posted on June 26, 2009 by David Brett

The halcyon days of free online information are waning. A great reckoning is coming. In the future, if the information is any good, you and I will have to pay for it. Web 1.0 emerged with the advent of Netscape … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged digital goods, economics, facebool, free information, myspace, new media, online business models, paid content, social networking, the internet, the world wide web, web 1.0, web 2.0, web 3.0, web 4:0 | 10 Comments

Crisis, No Crisis; the Case for Nuclear

Posted on February 25, 2009 by David Brett

As a result of pure chance, I ended up on CBC national television during Canada’s hotly debated Fall 2008 federal election. Producers of a program called the “X-Challenge” were looking for 100 “necessary polluters” to make up a studio audience … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged canadian politics, economics, environment, global warming, mining, nuclear, power, uranium | Leave a comment

Food for Thought

Posted on May 1, 2008 by David Brett

The current food crisis gripping the planet put me in mind of former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers infamous World Bank memo on pollution that cost him his job. In the memo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_Memo), Summers appears quite bluntly to advocate for … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged economics, food, food crisis, global warming, maslow, pollution, poor, rich, summers, the environment | 1 Comment

Environtology: Sacred Earth, Profane People

Posted on October 23, 2007 by David Brett

These days it is not uncommon for environmentalism to be described as a kind of religion. Even without analysing such a statement, it rings true to many people. Why? Some might assume that because the environmental arena is fraught with … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged church and state, economics, environmentalism, global warming, mercea eliade, Michael Chrichton, politics, profane, Religion, sacred | 1 Comment