Will
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Global ICE vehicle sales are down 1/3 from their peak. The peak was 8 years ago. 3/4 of countries are net oil importers who want to improve their energy costs and trade balance and independence, and now have the means to do it. It's not hard to see where this is all headed.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Global ICE vehicle sales are down 1/3 from their peak. The peak was 8 years ago. 3/4 of countries are net oil importers who want to improve their energy costs and trade balance and independence, and now have the means to do it. It's not hard to see where this is all headed.
Wise words, hopefully the feds take note. It won't be long until Saskatchewan asks for similar exemptions, or uses it in court challenges.
Also worth repeating that AB and SK have the highest electricity emissions and rates of all provinces. Not a coincidence; CER will lower both.
Also worth repeating that AB and SK have the highest electricity emissions and rates of all provinces. Not a coincidence; CER will lower both.
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Wise words, hopefully the feds take note. It won't be long until Saskatchewan asks for similar exemptions, or uses it in court challenges.
Also worth repeating that AB and SK have the highest electricity emissions and rates of all provinces. Not a coincidence; CER will lower both.
Also worth repeating that AB and SK have the highest electricity emissions and rates of all provinces. Not a coincidence; CER will lower both.
Lest we forget, the original Trans Mountain pipe was a hair's width away from getting ripped open in 14 locations during the 2021 flood disasters and dumping bitumen into the Coldwater, Nicola, Thompson & Fraser Rivers.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
21-day Trans Mountain shutdown shows vulnerability of B.C. fuel supply, chief pipeline engineer says | CBC News
After the longest shutdown in its 70-year history, the Trans Mountain pipeline restarted Sunday, but won't be at full capacity or pressure until January, according to engineers.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Lest we forget, the original Trans Mountain pipe was a hair's width away from getting ripped open in 14 locations during the 2021 flood disasters and dumping bitumen into the Coldwater, Nicola, Thompson & Fraser Rivers.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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if we compromise and meet in the middle, surely the radical opposition party won't tear up the agreement and undo the meager progress the second they regain power
if we compromise and meet in the middle, surely the radical opposition party won't tear up the agreement and undo the meager progress the second they regain power
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Also:
if we compromise and meet in the middle, surely the radical opposition party won't tear up the agreement and undo the meager progress the second they regain power
if we compromise and meet in the middle, surely the radical opposition party won't tear up the agreement and undo the meager progress the second they regain power
Giving Atlantic Canada a carbon tax exemption was the first nail in the coffin of the Liberals' climate policy. Seems like that was the template for this move.
I think Carney and Hodgson are well aware that the CER will suffer a similar fate now.
I think Carney and Hodgson are well aware that the CER will suffer a similar fate now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Giving Atlantic Canada a carbon tax exemption was the first nail in the coffin of the Liberals' climate policy. Seems like that was the template for this move.
I think Carney and Hodgson are well aware that the CER will suffer a similar fate now.
I think Carney and Hodgson are well aware that the CER will suffer a similar fate now.
Who says private capital is necessary? If this tenuous minority government falls, Poilievre and Smith would happily spend $40B of public money to build a pipeline on the red carpet the Liberals have rolled out for them. Just like TMX.
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Who says private capital is necessary? If this tenuous minority government falls, Poilievre and Smith would happily spend $40B of public money to build a pipeline on the red carpet the Liberals have rolled out for them. Just like TMX.
Sounds more like a former oil & gas exec dreaming nostalgically about his past
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Sounds more like a former oil & gas exec dreaming nostalgically about his past
It's spelled Trudeau - the last PM who promised a pipeline in exchange for meager climate commitments that were abandoned right after the pipeline was finished.
You have to wear sheep's clothing if you want to pantomime a grand bargain, Harper was wearing wolfskin so he could never pull it off.
You have to wear sheep's clothing if you want to pantomime a grand bargain, Harper was wearing wolfskin so he could never pull it off.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's spelled Trudeau - the last PM who promised a pipeline in exchange for meager climate commitments that were abandoned right after the pipeline was finished.
You have to wear sheep's clothing if you want to pantomime a grand bargain, Harper was wearing wolfskin so he could never pull it off.
You have to wear sheep's clothing if you want to pantomime a grand bargain, Harper was wearing wolfskin so he could never pull it off.
2050 in government comms is "we have no intention of actually doing this"-coded
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
2050 in government comms is "we have no intention of actually doing this"-coded
"affordable" is just cynical, misleading branding.
It's a pretty safe bet my energy bills are way lower than yours in my all-electric home. Way less than the increase in home insurance bills, which climate change will keep pushing up until the system breaks and insurance becomes a luxury
It's a pretty safe bet my energy bills are way lower than yours in my all-electric home. Way less than the increase in home insurance bills, which climate change will keep pushing up until the system breaks and insurance becomes a luxury
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"affordable" is just cynical, misleading branding.
It's a pretty safe bet my energy bills are way lower than yours in my all-electric home. Way less than the increase in home insurance bills, which climate change will keep pushing up until the system breaks and insurance becomes a luxury
It's a pretty safe bet my energy bills are way lower than yours in my all-electric home. Way less than the increase in home insurance bills, which climate change will keep pushing up until the system breaks and insurance becomes a luxury
I don't see a single community group in that list, it's mostly businesses or groups with pipeline/pipefitting/gas appliance contracts, and one union that doesn't actually exist. Complete astroturf.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I don't see a single community group in that list, it's mostly businesses or groups with pipeline/pipefitting/gas appliance contracts, and one union that doesn't actually exist. Complete astroturf.
BC fossil fuel lobbyist says what he's paid to say
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
BC fossil fuel lobbyist says what he's paid to say
You can get a lot more throughput on underground transmission lines if you liquid cool them.
Just use an inner duct to divide the cross-section in two equal parts for supply/return water, and convert each pump station into a cooling/recirc station. I bet it would work pretty well...
Just use an inner duct to divide the cross-section in two equal parts for supply/return water, and convert each pump station into a cooling/recirc station. I bet it would work pretty well...
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
You can get a lot more throughput on underground transmission lines if you liquid cool them.
Just use an inner duct to divide the cross-section in two equal parts for supply/return water, and convert each pump station into a cooling/recirc station. I bet it would work pretty well...
Just use an inner duct to divide the cross-section in two equal parts for supply/return water, and convert each pump station into a cooling/recirc station. I bet it would work pretty well...
Yes, or describing moderates in favour of sustainable development, universal healthcare and human rights as 'far left'
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Yes, or describing moderates in favour of sustainable development, universal healthcare and human rights as 'far left'
It's not the electrons, it's the electronvolts they're after.
You want electrons, just look around you. They're literally everywhere. That bag of garbage? Full of electrons.
You want electrons, just look around you. They're literally everywhere. That bag of garbage? Full of electrons.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It's not the electrons, it's the electronvolts they're after.
You want electrons, just look around you. They're literally everywhere. That bag of garbage? Full of electrons.
You want electrons, just look around you. They're literally everywhere. That bag of garbage? Full of electrons.
This is going to happen all over the place soon.
Cheap power stations with a bit of battery power and high efficiency GaN inverters/rectifiers that can draw the balance of power from the grid will make it possible to shift a lot of load to solar, no permits needed.
Cheap power stations with a bit of battery power and high efficiency GaN inverters/rectifiers that can draw the balance of power from the grid will make it possible to shift a lot of load to solar, no permits needed.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is going to happen all over the place soon.
Cheap power stations with a bit of battery power and high efficiency GaN inverters/rectifiers that can draw the balance of power from the grid will make it possible to shift a lot of load to solar, no permits needed.
Cheap power stations with a bit of battery power and high efficiency GaN inverters/rectifiers that can draw the balance of power from the grid will make it possible to shift a lot of load to solar, no permits needed.
Yes, I generally agree except perhaps on the good intentions of the prov governments/crown corps.
It's also not hard at all to cite numbers and sources on GHG emissions, that's a low bar to clear and should be the bare minimum for ads with low GHG claims
It's also not hard at all to cite numbers and sources on GHG emissions, that's a low bar to clear and should be the bare minimum for ads with low GHG claims
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yes, I generally agree except perhaps on the good intentions of the prov governments/crown corps.
It's also not hard at all to cite numbers and sources on GHG emissions, that's a low bar to clear and should be the bare minimum for ads with low GHG claims
It's also not hard at all to cite numbers and sources on GHG emissions, that's a low bar to clear and should be the bare minimum for ads with low GHG claims
The irony here is that BC is using these Hydro low-GHG claims to greenwash new LNG, without confirming the actual emissions.
C-59 was a small step towards challenging those claims, but it's hard to get the truth across when so much effort is spent on branding hydro (and 'natural' gas) as 'clean'.
C-59 was a small step towards challenging those claims, but it's hard to get the truth across when so much effort is spent on branding hydro (and 'natural' gas) as 'clean'.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The irony here is that BC is using these Hydro low-GHG claims to greenwash new LNG, without confirming the actual emissions.
C-59 was a small step towards challenging those claims, but it's hard to get the truth across when so much effort is spent on branding hydro (and 'natural' gas) as 'clean'.
C-59 was a small step towards challenging those claims, but it's hard to get the truth across when so much effort is spent on branding hydro (and 'natural' gas) as 'clean'.
Here's the table if anyone wants the original source (IPCC AR5 Annex III).
The upper bounds for hydro is higher than any other source, even though the median is very low. It really needs to be evaluated case-by-case, with an eye on methane/short-term impacts, which the Crown utils likely don't do
The upper bounds for hydro is higher than any other source, even though the median is very low. It really needs to be evaluated case-by-case, with an eye on methane/short-term impacts, which the Crown utils likely don't do
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's the table if anyone wants the original source (IPCC AR5 Annex III).
The upper bounds for hydro is higher than any other source, even though the median is very low. It really needs to be evaluated case-by-case, with an eye on methane/short-term impacts, which the Crown utils likely don't do
The upper bounds for hydro is higher than any other source, even though the median is very low. It really needs to be evaluated case-by-case, with an eye on methane/short-term impacts, which the Crown utils likely don't do
That's potentially a good thing, because many of these claims were false or misleading!
The emissions factors from Hydro have huge error bars. If you look at IPCC reports on electricity emission factors, reservoir hydro can range from something like 20-2200g/kWh CO2e (more than coal).
The emissions factors from Hydro have huge error bars. If you look at IPCC reports on electricity emission factors, reservoir hydro can range from something like 20-2200g/kWh CO2e (more than coal).
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
That's potentially a good thing, because many of these claims were false or misleading!
The emissions factors from Hydro have huge error bars. If you look at IPCC reports on electricity emission factors, reservoir hydro can range from something like 20-2200g/kWh CO2e (more than coal).
The emissions factors from Hydro have huge error bars. If you look at IPCC reports on electricity emission factors, reservoir hydro can range from something like 20-2200g/kWh CO2e (more than coal).
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You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt