Cuba's experience with a dramatic decrease in energy supplies since the fall of the Soviet Union affords the rest of the world a glimpse of what the end of cheap oil might look like.
Consumer electronics, with their ubiquity, rapid technological advances, ever-lower prices, and fashion trends, have never been easier to buy -- or throw away.
With its numerous abandoned buildings, stark divisions between wealth and poverty, and high (for Canada) crime rate, should Winnipeg re-evaluate its emphasis on downtown revitalization?
