A new report predicts that increasing consumption and slowing production in developing countries will support steady increase in world oil prices over the next several years.
A new report predicts that increasing consumption and slowing production in developing countries will support steady increase in world oil prices over the next several years.
Here is a rough breakdown of who gets what when you fill up at the gas station:45% due to actual crude oil cost.35% to various governments taxes15% to the refiners5% to the gas station or retailer
Not sure if this is a world "accomplishment" we should be proud of:""Canadians use marijuana at four times the world average, making Canada the leader of the industrialized world in cannabis consumption, a...
highlighted by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 510 views | 0 comments
Thunder Bay Fire Department responds to an early evening fire and does a great job to contain the fire before it gets out of control. No one was home at the time. Smoke and water damage were...
highlighted by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 437 views | 2 comments
"MP Joe Comuzzi says Prime Minister Stephen Harper held out no inducements and promised no side deals to persuade him to sit with the Conservatives in the House of Commons."
This year the World Health Organization's theme for World No Tobacco Day focuses on second-hand smoke and highlights the progress that has been achieved around the world in protecting nonsmokers by making...
created by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 579 views | 1 comment
A new smart system in development automatically detects and fills under-inflated tires with air. But will automobile manufacturers in the U.S. make it available?
highlighted by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 258 views | 0 comments
Ask any middle-aged man and he would probably tell you he spent hours as a boy poring over comic books and imagining himself as a superhero. Boys grow up, yet superheroes rarely seem to age…until now.
Prostate...
created by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1035 views | 2 comments
In order to help Canadians know what they should be paying for gasoline, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has developed an online gas price gouge meter.
Users type in the price they are currently paying and select the closest city from a list on the...
With gas prices reaching new highs, here is a timely article that debunks some of the commonly accepted "tips" to increase your gas mileage. For instance:
"Using a special additive or cutting off your A/C won't really cut your gasoline consumption. But myths like these...
highlighted by compsol | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 173 views | 0 comments
The report is finally out, but will it make a difference?
Canadians are being gouged at the gas pumps, paying in excess of 15 cents a litre more for gasoline than justified by costs and historic petroleum industry profit margins, says a report being released by a think-tank...
Motorists in some Canadian cities are starting to complain as rising gas prices squeeze their pocketbooks.Montrealers saw gas go overnight from $1.02 per litre to $1.13.Vancouverites and Victorians saw prices start to rise over the March break and then stay high. They are...
Ashes of 'Star Trek's' Scotty to be sent into space later this month.
The ashes of James Doohan, the Canadian-born actor who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series,...
Truemors
Video: House Fire