Markham Hislop
markhamhislop.bsky.social
Markham Hislop
@markhamhislop.bsky.social
Professional: energy transition journalist, expert. Publisher at Energi Media.

Personal: husband, father, grandfather. Dog daddy. Hockey and baseball fan. E-bike rider. Western Canadian (who loves the rest of the country, too).
Reposted by Markham Hislop
📺 Ember’s @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social spoke with @markhamhislop.bsky.social for Energi Media about accelerating solar and wind growth in the first 3 quarters of 2025.

Watch it here ⬇️

https://loom.ly/2UdmFqw
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Danielle Smith's stenographer speaks!

If you want a more data and evidence-based view of Alberta's pipeline fever dreams, Energi Media is providing it at:

1. www.youtube.com/channel/UCHZ...

2. markhamhislop.substack.com/publish/home

Repeat after me: there is no business case for the pipeline.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you think the Watergate burglars were dumb, you haven't met Rob Anderson, Vitor Marciano, and Brian Jean, and the rest of the inept political bunglers running Alberta's oil and gas strategy.

Do not discount the influence of stupidity.

Ideology, not expertise, rules in ABGov.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How Your Kitchen Scraps Are Turned Into Energy

Huh. Didn't know that rotten veggies are treated, then processed in an anaerobic digester and turned into biogas.

Vertogen Technologies of BC leads innovation in the field.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/cOIXZYFZVKE
How Your Kitchen Scraps Are Turned Into Energy
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
China's Robo-Taxi Tech Exported Around the World

With John Li, technology analyst, @IDTechX.
youtu.be/FnajxCXJNrI
China's Robo-Taxi Tech Exported Around the World
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Alberta–Ottawa Pipeline MoU: Big Politics, Weak Business Case?

Last Week, This Morning...LIVE for the first time!
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #bcpoli
youtube.com/live/94cGSjl...
Alberta–Ottawa Pipeline MoU: Big Politics, Weak Business Case?
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Canada’s Energy Third Way: Not Carney, Not Poilievre

Optimize, add value, electrify, build.

Above all else, be smart and strategic, not overly optimistic or captured by incumbents.
#ableg
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/canadas-en...
Canada’s Energy Third Way: Not Carney, Not Poilievre
Optimize, add value, electrify, build. Above all else, be smart and strategic, not overly optimistic or captured by incumbents
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How Should Policy Respond as Oil Patch Workers Face Structural Decline?

Interview with Trey Cowan of @ieefa_institute about falling long-term employment in the US oil patch.

Same trend as Canada for the same reasons.
#ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/cVLkqi61VXc
How Should Policy Respond as Oil Patch Workers Face Structural Decline?
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Evangelical Christianity a Big Driver of Alberta's Authoritarian Libertarianism?

Yup, IMO.

~25% of Alberta identify as evangelical Christians.

Explains a lot, doesn't it?
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
youtu.be/5iV9_2t9buo
Evangelical Christianity a Big Driver of Alberta's Authoritarian Libertarianism?
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
If they wanted to be an energy superpower in nuclear they could actually do that. But right now they are not on track to leveraging their $100B in nuclear investments to accomplish that.
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower

Canada can produce a lot more oil, LNG, and electricity.

That won't make us an energy superpower.

Ever.
@MarkJCarney @timhodgsonmt @ABDanielleSmith @BrianJeanAB
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower
Canada can produce more oil, more LNG, and more electricity—but production alone will never make us an energy superpower
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
Danielle is a fascist and she’s bending our institutions accordingly.
Markham is right: she might dress things up so we can pretend that it’s just business as usual.
But the longer she’s in power, the more ordinary Albertans will have to pay.
My first published story was in The Western Producer in 1985.

It took 40 years, but this is my best sentence:

"Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup"
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
I share @markhamhislop.bsky.social frustration with Canadian energy propaganda. Never mind that US politics would never let an energy superpower grow in Canada. How naive.

“producing electricity—even vast amounts of it—does not make a country a superpower.”

open.substack.com/pub/markhamh...
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower
Canada can produce more oil, more LNG, and more electricity—but production alone will never make us an energy superpower
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Regardless of Trump, American EV Supply Chains Can't Be Stopped

@JigarShahDC lead the Dept of Energy's push to build those supply chains.

As the world transitions to electric transportation, that work becomes invaluable.
youtu.be/-cNbBwbP8T4
Regardless of Trump, American EV Supply Chains Can't Be Stopped
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower

Canada can produce a lot more oil, LNG, and electricity.

That won't make us an energy superpower.

Ever.
@MarkJCarney @timhodgsonmt @ABDanielleSmith @BrianJeanAB
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
Mark Carney Is Wrong: Canada Cannot Become an Energy Superpower
Canada can produce more oil, more LNG, and more electricity—but production alone will never make us an energy superpower
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2025 Becomes the Clean Electricity Tipping Point as Fossils Fall

Interview with Nicolas Fulghum of Ember Energy.
youtu.be/Rz-oTe9Xa2E
2025 Becomes the Clean Electricity Tipping Point as Fossils Fall
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
Great article by a Canadian who sees what's happened in America & is happening in Alberta & is issuing a call to action.
My first published story was in The Western Producer in 1985.

It took 40 years, but this is my best sentence:

"Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup"
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My first published story was in The Western Producer in 1985.

It took 40 years, but this is my best sentence:

"Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup"
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada

Time to plant my flag.

Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Global Auto Sector Dwarfs Oil, Steel. Why Canada Must Keep Its Car Manufacturing

New @IEA report, "What Next for the Global Car Industry?"

First in a series investigating how important auto manufacturing is for Canada.
#cdnpoli
youtu.be/HXW6px4AFY8
Global Auto Sector Dwarfs Oil, Steel. Why Canada Must Keep Its Car Manufacturing
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Cost and Carbon Competitiveness" was an Alberta rallying cry for years. What happened?

New @Pembina Institute report calls for provinces, esp. Alberta, to up its game on methane emissions reductions.
#ableg #abpoli
energi.media/markham-on-e...
"Cost and Carbon Competitiveness" was an Alberta rallying cry for years. What happened? - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
Reducing methane emissions to zero is important for Canada’s competitiveness as global markets increasingly price carbon For all the noise surrounding climate policy, this is the rare file where ideol...
energi.media
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada

Time to plant my flag.

Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy.
#ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...
Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada
Democracy dies with a shrug, not a coup
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Markham Hislop
The Hidden Dangers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Ambitions

Oil demand scenario hewest closest to the evidence thus far?

IEA's APS: consumption drops ~50% by 2050.

What a disaster for Canada that would be.

Interview w/@bataille_chris.
youtu.be/alY1NHDYa5M
The Hidden Dangers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Ambitions
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Hidden Dangers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Ambitions

Oil demand scenario hewest closest to the evidence thus far?

IEA's APS: consumption drops ~50% by 2050.

What a disaster for Canada that would be.

Interview w/@bataille_chris.
youtu.be/alY1NHDYa5M
The Hidden Dangers in Canada’s Oil and Gas Ambitions
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Where's the Beef, Danielle?

Danielle Smith: recall "was not intended to have unions weaponize it to bus people in and put GoFundMes online in order to be able to topple the sitting government"

Where's the proof?
#ABleg #abpoli
energi.media/markham-on-e...
Where's the Beef, Danielle? - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
Recall “was not intended to have unions weaponize it to bus people in and put GoFundMes online in order to be able to topple the sitting government” Today in the Legislature, Danielle Smith launched y...
energi.media
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Global Energy Efficiency Accelerating, But Well Below COP28 Goals

energi.media/news/global-...
Energy Efficiency - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
Energy efficiency is a vital lever: it lowers consumption, reduces emissions, and improves energy affordability.
energi.media
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM