David Gillick
@davidgillick.bsky.social
Management Consultant. Former Government of Canada official and broadcaster. Father, father-in-law and grandfather. Leamington Spa UK (via Kitchener-Waterloo CA => Ottawa CA => London UK)
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David Gillick
@davidgillick.bsky.social
· Nov 20
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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From last evening in Ottawa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF1z...
2025 Stursberg Lecture
YouTube video by Carleton School of Journalism and Communication
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
From last evening in Ottawa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF1z...
Scott Young's son, Neil www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbHk...
Helpless (Live at Massey Hall 1971)
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Scott Young's son, Neil www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbHk...
CBC/Radio-Canada has published a new corporate strategy:
strategies.cbcrc.ca/en/
strategies.cbcrc.ca/en/
CBC Here for you
strategies.cbcrc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
CBC/Radio-Canada has published a new corporate strategy:
strategies.cbcrc.ca/en/
strategies.cbcrc.ca/en/
Reposted by David Gillick
Many countries in Africa and the Middle East, even in petrostates such as Saudi Arabia, are rapidly developing solar power, despite the scepticism about renewables in Washington on.ft.com/433UuD3
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Many countries in Africa and the Middle East, even in petrostates such as Saudi Arabia, are rapidly developing solar power, despite the scepticism about renewables in Washington on.ft.com/433UuD3
Rhoda Scott and Barbara Dennerlein prove that instrumental music - Hammond B3 - isn't just a man's world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra4k...
Barbara Dennerlein & Rhoda Scott on Hammond B3 Organ
YouTube video by hans1970
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Rhoda Scott and Barbara Dennerlein prove that instrumental music - Hammond B3 - isn't just a man's world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra4k...
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by David Gillick
We all know AI’s dirty secret: It gobbles up a huge amount of electricity—and spits out a large volume of greenhouse gases in the process.
But what if using AI can also save us energy?
But what if using AI can also save us energy?
AI Is Going to Consume a Lot of Energy. It Can Also Help Us Consume Less.
The technology has the potential to slash energy demand across a swath of industries.
on.wsj.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We all know AI’s dirty secret: It gobbles up a huge amount of electricity—and spits out a large volume of greenhouse gases in the process.
But what if using AI can also save us energy?
But what if using AI can also save us energy?
Reposted by David Gillick
Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery this week, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system, 15 meters wide, delivers 1 MW thermal power, 100 MWh storage, contains 2,000 tons crushed soapstone.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
Finland inaugurates world’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery
Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy. The unit is already exceeding efficiency targets.
www.pv-magazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery this week, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system, 15 meters wide, delivers 1 MW thermal power, 100 MWh storage, contains 2,000 tons crushed soapstone.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
Meanwhile, over in Royal Leamington Spa's young offspring in 1960s Canada........
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Meanwhile, over in Royal Leamington Spa's young offspring in 1960s Canada........
"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History
August 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History
Reposted by David Gillick
Everyone driving 50% less accomplishes the same, in fact more, than 50% switching to an EV. Ditto switching from V8 pickup to small car or even a euro style truck or van
“Our primary goal must be fewer and smaller cars that are driven less,” said @brenttoderian.bsky.social, and electrifying the global fleet, while welcome, isn’t a panacea." www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... #climatesky #trafficevaporation
Cities Vs. Climate Change: Global Exhibition In Paris Inspires Action
From Paris to Belém: 10 Years of Global Climate Action—celebrates a decade of bold urban responses to climate change since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
www.forbes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Everyone driving 50% less accomplishes the same, in fact more, than 50% switching to an EV. Ditto switching from V8 pickup to small car or even a euro style truck or van
