Australia has become one of the most affluent countries in the world. It’s economic miracle is anchored to a much larger economic miracle to the north, in China. Australia has been reaping a vast fortune selling coal to China. How much coal? Enough to deposit about a million tons of
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The Common Sense Canadian: Port’s secret donation to coal conference raises questions of bias
Read this Oct. 31 story from 24 hrs revealing that Port Metro Vancouver donated $5,000 to a coal conference – then asked for its logo to be removed – while it reviews a proposal to expand the Surrey Fraser coal terminal. Newly released documents suggest Port Metro Vancouver, the federal regulator
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: We Have The Technology to Stop Air Pollution
Listen to a scientist say very clearly that we have the science and technology to create 100% renewable power in the United States within my lifetime (2050). We’re only held back by politicians who fail to implement an urgent plan to save us, as they were required to when implementing
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Coal Hard Facts #cdnpoli
It’s super embarrassing to have these sorts of puppet, lying people in office, when it’s so critically important for Canada to be making REAL, FACTUAL efforts against climate change. .@leonaaglukkaq You must seriously not understand the words coming out of your fingers. It's embarrassing. #coal #cdnpoli #FromTheFuture?— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina)
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Climate Change According to Sask Party Government
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since the industrial age the burning of fossil fuels has resulted in increased concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in our
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: The End of Coal?
China is coal’s last great hope – but even that may be changing by Jonathan Fahey NEW YORK – The future of coal is getting darker. Economic forces, pollution concerns and competition from cleaner fuels are slowly nudging nations around the globe away from the fuel that made the industrial
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Wiki-immortality!
My August Canadian EV car sales stats update went up recently. Which was cool. Cooler still, I had a chance to wax poetic about sustainability, and my new-found optimism that we’ll avoid the worst of our dystopian horrors. I was invited to be a guest lecturer for an engineering course
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: An Irrational Mixup at SaskPower
Ten years ago, SaskPower was spending money to promote education about Climate Change. The poster contest is an important component of our efforts to educate the public about the climate change issue. There are increasing concerns that human activity – such as the burning of coal and other fossil fuels
Continue readingThings Are Good: German Coal and Gas Power Plants Closing Due to Cheap Renewable Energy
Germany has been so effective in tranisitioning from unsustianble (econmically and environemntally) energy sources to renewable ones that it is uncompetitive to burn fossil fuels for power! “Due to the continuing boom in solar energy, many power stations throughout the sector and across Europe are no longer profitable to operate,”
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: What Conservatives Should Ask About The Economy
If civilization’s value could be summed up in Trillions of dollars, how many would it be? Is $60 Trillion everything we know? Let’s assume it’s $100 Trillion for fun. If $60T damage is inflicted on everything which is $100T, can the remaining $40T of production recover? How long would it
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Global Warming and Coal: The Man who might save the Earth
Jim Yong Kim and Obama In a stunning move, the newly-elected President of the World Bank has launched one of the most significant steps in human history to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Supported by President Obama, Jim Yong Kim has persuaded the World Bank to move away from funding one
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Coal Hard Truth #skpoli
“We depend too much on coal” — @MayorMandel #p2syyc; glad someone said that too— Chris Turner (@theturner) May 29, 2013 .@MMandryk IEA says we have ~3 years left (worldwide) to stop building coal power to avoid 450ppm. SaskParty renewables investment is poor.— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) May 29, 2013 The Leader-Post
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oil Spills Create Jobs
I’m severely disappointed in the lack of vision that conservatives have regarding our economy. Faced with information that burning a lot of fossil fuel is not able to be sustained without Catastrophic, Repulsive, Atmospheric Pollution (CRAP), their response tends toward ignoring evidence of damage to their environment in favour of
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wall’s Leaky Logic
Brad Wall went to Washington in order to pitch the Keystone XL pipeline project. In doing so, he made some really absurd claims, that CTV failed to juxtapose against the scientifically accurate situation that Wall mischaracterized. Joe Oliver of the Conservatives has also been making totally absurd claims about Canada’s
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oiled Up
There’s a suspicious situation uncovered at the UofR, by CBC. IPAC, the CO(2) CCS project was audited, and there were apparent conflicts of interest in how some of the money was spent. The report stopped short of saying there was crime, but implied there was the possibility of it. Only
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: NOT a “threat to national security”
The Conservative government is out of control. The Guardian UK newspaper confirms what environmentalists have already suspected (since the Conservatives have openly accused them previously): This Conservative government regards environmentalists as a threat to national security. It’s offensive, absurd, and an extreme step into authoritarian police-state behaviour. -(UofR image, to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #ForwardOnClimate Support in Regina: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Stephen McDavid interviewed by CBC/SRC about climate change action: Stephen explains that the pipeline is a line in the sand. Using it, is crossing that line. I’ll explain why there is a line, further on in this post. I was also interviewed. The CBC reporter was pleased to learn from
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Our Renewable Future part 1: clearing “myth”conceptions
With Obama talking the talk on climate action in his State of the Union address yesterday, now seems a good time to start compiling a planned set of blog entries about renewable energy. Many many others have done so online already (as evidenced by the fact I’m linking to them!)
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: More Power Blows
There are recent solar electricity records set in Germany, and Spain has recently seen a huge increase in wind power production. Meanwhile, SaskPower has solar power research from 13 years ago on its website, claims solar isn’t viable in the northern hemisphere, and is eyeing up more coal fired generation.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Vancouver’s Dirty, Filthy Secret
Most people don’t know that Metro Vancouver, thanks to its Fraser Port Authority, is poised to become the biggest coal exporter in North America. The Port Authority is now approving a large expansion of tenants, Neptune Terminals’ and Fraser Surrey Docks’ coal installations. It has ignored the appeals of local
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