Was inspired to add a new blog entry by a Conservative troll, just like the old days. Prove it. — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === https://t.co/cc91yKhRDy #onpoli — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === “The Amazon” — lambanmartyr (@iRamona) April 4, 2024 === You know,
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Politics and its Discontents: For Your Consideration
In a time when reflexive rather than reflective responses are elicited by some of our politicians, a little food for thought from Patrick Corrigan. Axe the tax, spike the hike, bring it home and other such mindless slogans may never be quite the same again. Recommend this Post
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Pass the Sustainable Jobs Act—now!
A critical part of transitioning to a sustainable future is ensuring workers are prepared and jobs are available in the new economy. A strong job action plan is required. This was included in the Supply and Confidence Agreement between the Liberals and the NDP. The answer was Bill C-50, the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Liberals Are Right About Conservative Intentions
But the Liberals are wrong about the solution. Their betrayal on electoral reform has given the CPC’s PP power over them. They could be working collaboratively to implement things the NDP also want, instead there’s a sword hanging over their heads according to polling. Stability in our economy as it
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – William Ripple et al. offer a new and alarming state of the climate report. And Damian Carrington delves into their findings as to the precarious state of the Earth’s living environment, while Becky Ferreira highlights their warning of societal collapse within the next century
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskPower On The Future of Net Zero
Balance he says. pic.twitter.com/elGKwknjSg — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) October 17, 2023 SaskPower gave a lecture at the university about transmission and generation planning.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Freedman examines how the climate breakdown is generating consequences far beyond those foreseen by previous projections. Seth Borenstein reports on the immense loss of Antarctic ice – and the danger it poses to coastal areas in particular. And Michael Mann points to the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pause Conservative Governments Until We Can Figure Out What’s Going On
Smith on net-zero from 1½ years ago: Innovators can do net-zero!Politicians are too polarizing!Kenney spent too much time fighting the carbon tax! They don't understand how much the industry is prepared to innovate and how quickly they're prepared to get there!#ableg #abpoli pic.twitter.com/XjBzgcsY7F — disordered (@disorderedyyc) May 5, 2023 “Back
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Good News, and Bad News
First, the bad news. A study suggests that the process of cold water currents in the Atlantic Ocean are at risk of changing rapidly this century, earlier than predicted from past models. 2025 could bring the tipping point, or 2050, we don’t know yet. This is being driven by climate
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Nuke Happy And Spendy
I don't buy it, literally.Saskatchewan has an extremely pro SMR nuclear government, and produces a lot of the world's uranium. @SaskPower has no plan to finalize SMR plans until 2029, and won't have one in operation until 2035. In contrast, 1/2 — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) July 25, 2023 bonus:By 2029,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: 2035 Is Too Hard: NDP and Sask Party and now UCP
A month ago the Sask Party and the SK NDP both said for different reasons, that getting our energy system to net-zero emissions was too hard. The NDP said this was because the Sask Party did nothing so far to improve emissions, while the Sask Party prefers to believe the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Fires? What Fires?
It’s funny. Also sad, because it’s so believable. thebeaverton.com/2023/05/ucp-promises-to-build-giant-gas-powered-fans-to-clear-alberta-skies/ Smoke over Calgary and Regina. pic.twitter.com/a0lFKFh3Vs — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 22, 2023
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Debunking A MAGA Video Against EVs
I got a mass email two days ago with a video attached of the Republican McClintock spouting lies and misdirection about EVs, oil, climate change, and his place in history. The sender apparently didn’t realize how they were being manipulated into sending misinformation to their contacts. “Harry sent this to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Frustrated Farmer Faults Feckless Finance Phony for Folly
Forgive me for being frank. Scott Moe’s government is going to do Eff all. Bottom line is our GHG emissions are rising at a time we desperately need to be curbing them. One of Regina’s best economists is noting how we’re not doing enough, too. It’s the carbon budget that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Mark Jacobson writes that we already have the technology needed to make a full transition to a clean energy economy – as long as we don’t allow fossil fuel interests to keep delaying the necessary and inevitable. James Price and Steve Pye discuss
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskPower Plots To End Drinking Water Availability
Not maintaining availability and quality of drinking water is an option? Cool. Cool, cool, cool. NOT COOL, @SaskPower. What happens if the slavering hordes decide in the poll that we don't need drinking water?! CC @CorbLund @JeffWaltersSask @emi_eaton — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) February 10, 2023 Corb Lund is among
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Fusion on Earth is Working, but Decades From Daily Use
There’s a big problem, however. Despite being able to do fusion, it’s not commercially viable, possibly for decades. This isn’t going to save us from fossil fuels in time like renewable power can this decade. Fusing Hydrogen into Helium takes a lot of energy, a lot of technology, and the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Juliana Kim reports on the growing wave of public health advice recommending masking in order to limit the harm from a “tripledemic” of infectious diseases. Blair Crawford reports on PSAC’s rightful concern that a return-to-the-office order will avoidably expose workers and their
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Costs Of Climate Change
If you’re looking for a case study into the costs of climate change, consider what happened to British Columbia in 2021. Marc Lee and Ben Parfitt write: When Don and Mary Nowoselski moved from Dawson Creek in northeast British Columbia to the Creston Valley 30 years ago, they were looking
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Why Drive A Gas Car When There Are EVs?
The following was given as a presentation to the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina. I enjoyed my time this morning after being invited to speak about Electric Vehicles. == Most adults in Regina have driven a car before, but fewer than 1 in 100 have an electric vehicle. As a driver,
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