My essays and thoughts

• An Open Letter to APEGA members
  Oct 31, 2025

  Fellow Engineers, 

• APEGA and Bill 40
  Oct 23, 2025

  Our ability to act independently, govern our selves, and make decisions based on technical information is being removed by the UCP Government. They are consolidating 22 professional associations under one...

• AI data centres are a dead end
  Aug 29, 2025

  The hardcore science fiction junkies recognize today, Aug 29th, as Judgment Day. This is the day in the Terminator franchise where the Skynet AI becomes self-aware and launches a nuclear...

• Grassy Mountain Coal Mine
  Jul 19, 2025

  As a professional engineer with 20 years of experience, I’ve always believed in the power of expertise and competence. I take my professional oaths seriously, and respect others who do...

• Dealing with Isolation
  Apr 20, 2020

  During the winter of 2018, I spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah as a citizen astronaut. The MDRS is an analog mission site, meaning...