Energy

25/11/21
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
We have entered a new era requiring new rules. Floodwaters in Abbotsford, Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Dale Klippenstein, Canadian Armed Forces.

Nov. 25, 2021

“Push a complex system too far, and it will not come back.” — Joe Norman, founder and chief scientist at Applied Complexity Science

Last week, Mother Nature taught British Columbia another ugly lesson about the consequences of blah, blah, blah on climate change, unchecked energy use and globalization.

But denial is our society’s most politically powerful drug after fentanyl and Netflix.

12/11/21
Author: 
Animated Stats
Nov 2, 2021
Moving graphs of different nations' annual statistics on carbon production, solar energy, and wind energy - Gene McGuckin
 
A lot of energy history in a few minutes:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOTL-zR6C8 
 
but….a bright idea…SOLAR
 
03/11/21
Author: 
Alice Friedemann,
NET Power Plant.jpg

October 28, 2021

Preface.  Several papers are summarized below. The most important is by Sekera and Lichtenberger (2020). This is the most complete, up-to-date review of where carbon capture stands today. They show that the two most popular carbon dioxide removal methods likely to be funded, with taxpayer money, generate more CO2 than they capture. No private investor would spend a penny on this.

28/10/21
Author: 
Ross Belot
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet included green equalization in his party's platform. And under that scenario, Alberta would pay and Quebec would receive, writes Ross Belot. File photo by Andrew Meade

October 28th 2021

Equalization payment policy always produces an energized discussion in Canada, particularly between Quebec and Alberta. During a recent election, a province’s quasi-referendum on changing the concept of equalization was supported by a substantial 41 per cent. Not the one held in Alberta this month, I’m talking about Quebec.

28/10/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Aerial photo of the Athabasca oilsands in Alberta. Photo by Andy S. Wright

October 28th 2021

 

This is the second story in a series analyzing the federal emissions data from Canada's 100 heaviest emitters. The first story looks at the provinces and includes a map of where these facilities are.

15/10/21
Author: 
Sean Sweeney
Photo credit: aqua.mech, Creative Commons

August, 2021

In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be Jedi Knights. Valiantly struggling to save the planet, wind and solar interests are thought to be locked in mortal combat with large fossil fuel corporations that continue to mine, drill, and blast through the earth’s fragile ecosystems, dragging us all into a grim and sweaty dystopia.

15/10/21
Author: 
Blake Shaffer , Maximilian Auffhammer & Constantine Samaras

Electric vehicles are here, and they are essential for decarbonizing transport. The United Kingdom, California, the European Union, Canada and others plan to phase out the sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles as early as 2030 — Norway plans to do it sooner. Consumers are interested. In May, the Ford Motor Company unveiled an all-electric version of its best-selling pick-up truck, the F-150 Lightning.

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