Paul Renaud
@paulrenaud.bsky.social
Strategy expert on disruptive tech & avoiding business extinction, climate-friendly maple syrup producer, sustainable agriculture based on natural solutions, allergic to fact-adverse thinking / virtual nonsense.
(lanigangroup.ca , spiritintheforest.ca)
(lanigangroup.ca , spiritintheforest.ca)
The funny part is that the US gov is exempt from its own tariffs.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The funny part is that the US gov is exempt from its own tariffs.
Won't happen because the MOU depends on TIER which doesn't even measure gas facilities.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Won't happen because the MOU depends on TIER which doesn't even measure gas facilities.
Precisely why any emphasis on doubling pipeline capacity is time, money and energy misspent.
Carney campaigned on building a national power grid and has not made it a priority. It should be a centerpiece, not a footnote in any federal-provincial deal.
Carney campaigned on building a national power grid and has not made it a priority. It should be a centerpiece, not a footnote in any federal-provincial deal.
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Precisely why any emphasis on doubling pipeline capacity is time, money and energy misspent.
Carney campaigned on building a national power grid and has not made it a priority. It should be a centerpiece, not a footnote in any federal-provincial deal.
Carney campaigned on building a national power grid and has not made it a priority. It should be a centerpiece, not a footnote in any federal-provincial deal.
That does not require exempting Alberta from clean energy regulation. The MOU also gives them an extra year to foot drag on nuclear, the design for which has not even been started.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That does not require exempting Alberta from clean energy regulation. The MOU also gives them an extra year to foot drag on nuclear, the design for which has not even been started.
LNG carbon capture is fiction in Alberta.
Faring exceeded the provincial limit by 36% in 2014
Faring exceeded the provincial limit by 36% in 2014
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
LNG carbon capture is fiction in Alberta.
Faring exceeded the provincial limit by 36% in 2014
Faring exceeded the provincial limit by 36% in 2014
It's difficult to imagine how any intelligent person believes that the death penalty without due process can ever be a good thing.
Evidently intelligence is not Hegseth's strength.
Evidently intelligence is not Hegseth's strength.
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's difficult to imagine how any intelligent person believes that the death penalty without due process can ever be a good thing.
Evidently intelligence is not Hegseth's strength.
Evidently intelligence is not Hegseth's strength.
Correction, best in class is 50% capture for CCS in operation, so the most we get from Carney's math is less than 20% reduction in emissions.
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Correction, best in class is 50% capture for CCS in operation, so the most we get from Carney's math is less than 20% reduction in emissions.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I don't see how interconnecting the grids to lower the carbon intensity of heavy oil extraction makes Canada anything more than an oil superpower
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I don't see how interconnecting the grids to lower the carbon intensity of heavy oil extraction makes Canada anything more than an oil superpower
Energy is the euphemism for oil & gas. What other energy do you think we are exporting to Asia?
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Energy is the euphemism for oil & gas. What other energy do you think we are exporting to Asia?
TMX subsidy 30+ yrs, oil and gas tax write-offs extend for decades, funding CCS when CDN oil majors make over $B /yr in profit is another 20+ yr subsidy to corporate welfare bums.
These are non-transition subsidies, why should transition subsidies be short-lived?
Demand real change.
#cdnpoli
These are non-transition subsidies, why should transition subsidies be short-lived?
Demand real change.
#cdnpoli
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
TMX subsidy 30+ yrs, oil and gas tax write-offs extend for decades, funding CCS when CDN oil majors make over $B /yr in profit is another 20+ yr subsidy to corporate welfare bums.
These are non-transition subsidies, why should transition subsidies be short-lived?
Demand real change.
#cdnpoli
These are non-transition subsidies, why should transition subsidies be short-lived?
Demand real change.
#cdnpoli
There is no scenario where oil becomes clean energy in this deal. Industrial carbon tax covers less than 20% of oil and gas emissions.
Removing the cap and relying on CCS means that emissions intensity can go down while total emissions continue to rise.
The narrative is greenwashing at its best.
Removing the cap and relying on CCS means that emissions intensity can go down while total emissions continue to rise.
The narrative is greenwashing at its best.
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There is no scenario where oil becomes clean energy in this deal. Industrial carbon tax covers less than 20% of oil and gas emissions.
Removing the cap and relying on CCS means that emissions intensity can go down while total emissions continue to rise.
The narrative is greenwashing at its best.
Removing the cap and relying on CCS means that emissions intensity can go down while total emissions continue to rise.
The narrative is greenwashing at its best.
10 years, if there is a plan we would know it by now. There is no reason to keep it secret.
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
10 years, if there is a plan we would know it by now. There is no reason to keep it secret.
And a sale of the TMX means that taxpayers never recoup the lost $25B. What we need is a federal levy on the oil industry to pay it back.
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And a sale of the TMX means that taxpayers never recoup the lost $25B. What we need is a federal levy on the oil industry to pay it back.
Not seeing much difference. So far.
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Not seeing much difference. So far.
It is not unreasonable to expect some kind of plan or strategy. The Liberals have been in power for nearly a decade there is no excuse for not having a green strategy.
Where is the commitment from Alberta to cut emissions when there is no cap on them?
It's all greeenwashing.
Where is the commitment from Alberta to cut emissions when there is no cap on them?
It's all greeenwashing.
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It is not unreasonable to expect some kind of plan or strategy. The Liberals have been in power for nearly a decade there is no excuse for not having a green strategy.
Where is the commitment from Alberta to cut emissions when there is no cap on them?
It's all greeenwashing.
Where is the commitment from Alberta to cut emissions when there is no cap on them?
It's all greeenwashing.
You mean like the commitment to spend $Billions on defence?
None of this is even on his radar yet.
None of this is even on his radar yet.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You mean like the commitment to spend $Billions on defence?
None of this is even on his radar yet.
None of this is even on his radar yet.
Reminds me of when Harper was first elected, taking less than a week to reneg on his promise not to tax the income trusts.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reminds me of when Harper was first elected, taking less than a week to reneg on his promise not to tax the income trusts.
I'm still trying to figure out how a cap and trade system without any cap can ever work.
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm still trying to figure out how a cap and trade system without any cap can ever work.
Carney has betrayed Canadians, promising a green alternative economy in the election, and delivering on dirty resource extraction afterwards.
Where is the national electricity grid he talked about? EV charging networks? Subsidies for EVs and fossil transition?
#cdnpoli
Where is the national electricity grid he talked about? EV charging networks? Subsidies for EVs and fossil transition?
#cdnpoli
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Carney has betrayed Canadians, promising a green alternative economy in the election, and delivering on dirty resource extraction afterwards.
Where is the national electricity grid he talked about? EV charging networks? Subsidies for EVs and fossil transition?
#cdnpoli
Where is the national electricity grid he talked about? EV charging networks? Subsidies for EVs and fossil transition?
#cdnpoli
To who? The reason why it was sold to the gov in the first place was because the toll discounts were stupid and uneconomic.
Only gov action can increase them via additional levies.
Only gov action can increase them via additional levies.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
To who? The reason why it was sold to the gov in the first place was because the toll discounts were stupid and uneconomic.
Only gov action can increase them via additional levies.
Only gov action can increase them via additional levies.