I Was Worried For a Moment
When I saw Google/Pocket recommending this article on batteries for the grid, I was a bit concerned. It was contrary to what I understood to be the truth, so I…
John Klein
COVID-19 COVIDerup In USA
This is a WTF kind of story. How did corruption get this bad in the USA? Emails and interviews show that after the weeks of C.D.C. rejections, researchers in Seattle…
Climate Crisis Expanding
We need urgent action from governments on the climate crisis. The delay we know will cost lives. "We need to see emissions declining fast, by almost half by 2030, in…
COVID-19 Spreading Unchecked
The latest viral plague sweeping the world has a mortality rate in the range of 1 to 3%, from the numbers I’ve seen. This would put it in the realm…
Oil Men on Net Zero Energy
I don’t think I want to bother hearing what they have to say. What will 3 oil men tell you about Net Zero capabilities of Sask? Quite likely nothing of…
Jana Pruden #Minifie2020 Lecture
Live streamed at UR Journalism Facebook. I’ll be tweeting during the lecture, stay tuned.
Heating Homes
Canada has a huge house heating issue. We burn a lot of fossil gas to heat homes. There are solutions, but we’ll have to implement them faster than the market…
Greta and Family Struggled
An amazing journey from a very sick kid, to a world leader: "She has succeeded. Some say that she alone has done more for the climate than politicians and the…
Papa Troll
This guy was almost PM. Stockwell Day wasn't enough of a scare to dissuade Con voters from wasting a decade with Harper. What fresh hell awaits following Scheer?#cdnpoli https://t.co/JMembtaJG6 —…
Farming Experiment
Facebook reminded me of this joke from 7 years ago. It pretends farming is an illicit drug that teens want to try.
Bigger Than It Looks
I kinda feel this should be a bigger story than it has been given time for on our news. The impact on Saskatchewan will be very severe when the ocean…
Bernie Won Iowa Popular Vote
Here’s Mayor Pete’s opinion on getting the most votes: “At risk of sounding a little simplistic, one thing I believe is that in an American Presidential election, the person who…
January 2020
I still can’t believe it’s 2020. This is the future. What’s it like? Well, there are supercomputers in our pockets, there’s the high chance of war in the Middle East,…
#EightYears came early
A couple years ago when the IPCC gave us approximately 12 years to get emissions way down, I started using the hashtag #TwelveYears on stories related to how far we…
Oil Is The Reason For The Season?
Don’t you dare suggest that oil could be bad, the sensitive folks of Oxbow, SK might get up in arms. They’re having a tough time with work you see, the…
WikiLeaks: Sweden Tosses Unneeded Investigation
This article makes it sound like he was preventing the Swedish phony investigation from proceeding by hiding (in a location known to the whole world!). No, the reason for the…
EVs Outselling Stick Shift
Not surprising, people are buying more EV cars than manual transmission ones. But why is electric even an option in that poll? The question appears to be about transmissions and…
ACC Longtime Host Bob Kingsley Passes Away
For a lot of years I listened to the American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley. In more recent years he’s had another countdown show, while Kix Brooks hosted American Country…
Hypocrisy It Isn’t
Notable climate crisis musician and activist Laura Stewart in the Leader Post explaining why climate activists aren’t hypocrites for pressuring governments to take action they cannot personally: leaderpost com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2019-climate-change-protesters-arent-the-major-emitters Climate…
Greta Goes To Edmonton, Alberta Goes Nuts
If you want to read something funny about bad people, here it is. Climate activist and hero Greta Thunberg is in Calgary and on her way to Edmonton for a…