The UK is going to look a lot more like Scandavia by 2030. If you look at the parties in the new Parliament, most of their platforms said the same thing: between now and 2030, the UK should lean hard into developing their wind and solar energy sectors, move more
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52 Ideas: Clothes Dryers are an indication of the world to come
LG is a South Korean technology company that makes amazing things. They’re a manufacturer of appliances, computers, electronics, speakers, mobile products and HVAC (heating and air conditioning) products. For the last few years, though, LG has been developing and building heat pump technology to heat and cool homes. Now, they
Continue reading52 Ideas: Nenshi could win over Alberta….
Over the last two days, my friends have asked me one question: can Nenshi become Premier? While it is true that the former Mayor of Calgary had a successful leadership bid, many of my friends are still wondering if it is possible to turn this into something more. I think
Continue reading52 Ideas: Does the Alberta Legislature know that more than 12% of the buses in London, England are battery-powered?
It is easy to see the countries that have pushed towards electrification of their private car fleet. Norway is an easy stand out. By 2025, Norway will only register new low- or zero- emission (ZEV) cars. This means that, for the most part, only hybrids (HEV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV), hydrogen
Continue reading52 Ideas: Alberta could start small….
What I find remarkable about “small c-” Canadian Conservatives is how reluctant, how reticent, they are to acknowledge the economic change that is going on around them. Unlike Brian Mulroney in the 1980s or even Stephen Harper in 2006, conservatives are failing to recognize that our economic trading partners are
Continue reading52 Ideas: On Barbados, Jamaica and Peter Mansbridge
I love watching “Good Talk” on Fridays. It is a segment of Peter Mansbridge’s Friday SiriusXM show called “The Bridge”. There is something about listening to the wisdom that comes from Peter Mansbridge, Chantal Hébert and Bruce Anderson which uplifts my week. For me, it has become sort of a
Continue reading52 Ideas: Capital Power is not an outlier, it is apart of a trend
So Capital Power just announced that they are cancelling their greenhouse gas/carbon sequestration program just outside of Edmonton. Now, if one was to listen to the United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP), one would think that the recent announcement from Capital Power was an outlier. If one were to listen
Continue reading52 Ideas: If we were going to have a serious conversation about the Canadian Economy…
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to go down rabbit holes. It is a part of my nature to want to know more. Anyone who has spent even a little bit of time with me would not be surprised that an ad spot on a podcast could cause
Continue reading52 Ideas: Canada’s and Alberta’s Economic Future depends on our transition to Green Energy by 2035
“He also shared a few bold predictions. Investors, he said, would have to spend $400 billion to realize the Liberal plan, but there would be a net benefit to Canadians of $29 billion by 2050. He also put out on social media a claim by the Canadian Climate Institute that
Continue reading52 Ideas: Grande Cache and UCP coal extraction policy is going to cause more problems than it will solve
Over the next few decades, as we push towards decarbonizing everything, every new project is going to be asked one question: can this good or service that you are offering be done without fossil fuels? This is a question that has permeated many places, but it has not seemed to
Continue reading52 Ideas: Alberta is missing the transition window
When Alberta’s Premier, the Hon. Danielle Smith, gave her election victory speech; she made it clear that she believed that she could protect Alberta’s Oil and Gas industry from the Global Energy Transition. Or as she put it, “We need to come together no matter how we voted to stand
Continue reading52 Ideas: Alberta’s latest economic threat: Thanks to China, Saudi Arabia and Iran are beginning to normalise relations
It might seem odd for an Albertan to point to Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Middle East and say that it has an effect on us. However, it does. History tells us that Alberta’s oil is most desired when another major oil producing country (usually a member of the Organization
Continue reading52 Ideas: Has the Alberta Legislature noticed what the 5th largest economy is doing?
If Albertans want to understand how economically viable our Natural Gas and Oil sector is, all we need to do is look towards California. California has the largest economy in the US. Its economic size is about twice the size of the next largest rival – Texas – and its
Continue reading52 Ideas: The 2024 Hybrid Corvette: A sign of the coming change
So anyone who knows me knows that I am not a car guy. However, one would have to be an ostrich to not see that there is a big change on the Energy Horizon. The introduction of the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray by GM is just another example, another sign
Continue reading52 Ideas: On the Hon. Premier Smith, the Hon. Adrianna LaGrange and on the responsibility of MUSH Institutions: Did the Education Minister tell the Premier that Calgary Board of Education (CBE) could make changes?
I would love to be a fly on the wall when Alberta’s Minister of Education tells the Premier of Alberta that Alberta School Boards should be allowed to deal with viral outbreaks as they see fit. I would love to see the reaction of Premier Danielle Smith to one of
Continue reading52 Ideas: When I watch the United Conservative Party (UCP) Leadership race, one question always comes to the fore: do the UCP leadership candidates realise that in five to ten year Alberta will have serious problems in retaining our economic position in this world?
In 2008, Tesla rolled out its boutique electric car. It was called the Tesla Roadster. At that time, the Roadster had a big sticker price: $109,000 USD. Based on a Lotus chassis, the Tesla Roadster did have some impressive stats. For example, it could achieve 394 km on a single
Continue reading52 Ideas: Conservatives should search for a better analytical lens
As an Ideology, Conservatism tends to use already developed ideas. Conservatives tend to go back into the past and look for the best ideas to lead us in this time. These might be ideas that have been forgotten, ideas which didn’t work in an earlier time or ideas that were
Continue reading52 Ideas: Jagmeet Singh Big Gamble?
So I have listened to lots of people who have talked about the Liberal-NDP Supply & Confidence Agreement and most of them have said exactly the same thing. From Christie Clark to Tom Mulcair, from Conservative analysts to NDP talking heads, all of them have said that this deal will
Continue reading52 Ideas: What will Jason Kenney Do?: On the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, the Wet’suwet’en and the Freedom Convoy 2022
Way back in 2020, the Kenney Government passed the “Critical Infrastructure Defence Act” (CIDA). Now, to make a long story short, the CIDA was the Kenney’s Administration reaction to a set of Canada-wide, Indigenous-led protests which were sympathetic to the plight of the Wet’suwet’en People. Back before the COVID pandemic
Continue reading52 Ideas: Bentley is aiming to produce a carbon neutral by 2030
“Our ultimate aim is to create a net climate positive manufacturing footprint by 2030. ‘Business-wide we have a clear environmental mission and the latest figures – showing an 81% absolute reduction in CO2 emissions per vehicle, even though we have widened the scope of the measure to capture more of
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