Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦
@shastingssimon.bsky.social
Currently on partial medical leave and Associate professor, Dept of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary; co-director http://NZERI.ca; energy/carbon/innovation policy + bikes.
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Hi from Alberta where I’m a professor at University of Calgary in the dept of earth energy and environment. I’m a physicist turned mgmt consultant turned think tanker now researching the energy transition. I love e-bikes and etrikes. And I’m currently on med leave fighting breast cancer.
My kids are from the pink "partial" coverage time in Canada and I dont understand why someone wouldn't want to vaccinate their child and avoid the exorcist style vomit and the horribly foul smelling poo... I can still remember it
Here it is compared across countries instead, with rotavirus as an example:
Denmark is one of very few western countries that doesn't recommend rotavirus vaccines universally (yet?)
Denmark is one of very few western countries that doesn't recommend rotavirus vaccines universally (yet?)
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
My kids are from the pink "partial" coverage time in Canada and I dont understand why someone wouldn't want to vaccinate their child and avoid the exorcist style vomit and the horribly foul smelling poo... I can still remember it
The funny (not funny) thing about it when it comes to the things being walking/biking infrastructure is that it wouldn't even cost very much money or be all that much work - you could get so much stuff done with just a bit of effort if you really try (or a lot of stuff if you are the mayor of Paris)
January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The funny (not funny) thing about it when it comes to the things being walking/biking infrastructure is that it wouldn't even cost very much money or be all that much work - you could get so much stuff done with just a bit of effort if you really try (or a lot of stuff if you are the mayor of Paris)
it would be so cool* to be the mayor of a city and just be able to go around fixing things and making them better
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
it would be so cool* to be the mayor of a city and just be able to go around fixing things and making them better
Shopping for some plastic strawberry buttons for a little playsuit and "Vintage from the 1990s" on Etsy has me 👵💀
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Shopping for some plastic strawberry buttons for a little playsuit and "Vintage from the 1990s" on Etsy has me 👵💀
Hmm so it greatly increases the pastry to filler ratio
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Hmm so it greatly increases the pastry to filler ratio
Knishes but flat?
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Knishes but flat?
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🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up!
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up!
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
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3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
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Today in the New York Times:
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Today in the New York Times:
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
"One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, and commute times are improving for travelers from well beyond Manhattan."
I unironically get anxiety about if I’m being a conspiracy theorist with respect to various energy/industry things so I guess it checks out
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I unironically get anxiety about if I’m being a conspiracy theorist with respect to various energy/industry things so I guess it checks out
But thanks chemo rash for being the gift that keeps on giving even now.
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
But thanks chemo rash for being the gift that keeps on giving even now.
Hair growth check in - 2026 is starting out considerably better than 2025 in terms of hair. So at least there is that (man I still can’t believe I was that bald?!)
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Hair growth check in - 2026 is starting out considerably better than 2025 in terms of hair. So at least there is that (man I still can’t believe I was that bald?!)
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Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Happy “highly discounted after the holidays chocolate day” to all who celebrate
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Happy “highly discounted after the holidays chocolate day” to all who celebrate
and if you are the mom you still have to sit and watch your kid while his dad plays tennis
January 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
and if you are the mom you still have to sit and watch your kid while his dad plays tennis
ohhhh going on the to watch list!
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
ohhhh going on the to watch list!
100%. The main thing I use our car for is driving the kids to soccer practice and games, often 20-30 min each way and that’s living pretty centrally in yyc
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
100%. The main thing I use our car for is driving the kids to soccer practice and games, often 20-30 min each way and that’s living pretty centrally in yyc
An optimistic prediction from me in the Forbes 2026 year ahead column. Full story at the link:
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
An optimistic prediction from me in the Forbes 2026 year ahead column. Full story at the link:
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Niche AB point on the potential for more Venezuelan heavy crude coming online - it would be that much easier to meet the watered down commitment in the fed prov MOU which saw net zero oil commitment replaced by a relatively weak best in class compared to the average for heavy oil:
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Niche AB point on the potential for more Venezuelan heavy crude coming online - it would be that much easier to meet the watered down commitment in the fed prov MOU which saw net zero oil commitment replaced by a relatively weak best in class compared to the average for heavy oil:
I’m afraid I might be addicted to these puzzles
In addition it’s so intricate that it’s relatively small and fits easily on the table.
In addition it’s so intricate that it’s relatively small and fits easily on the table.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I’m afraid I might be addicted to these puzzles
In addition it’s so intricate that it’s relatively small and fits easily on the table.
In addition it’s so intricate that it’s relatively small and fits easily on the table.
This statement will continue to live in my head but the webinar is available here www.iea.org/events/weo-w...
WEO Week: Energy security in transition: orderly or disorderly? - Event - IEA
WEO Week: Energy security in transition: orderly or disorderly? - Event listed by the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
This statement will continue to live in my head but the webinar is available here www.iea.org/events/weo-w...
It doesn’t show up on the bill in the same way for electrical resilience infrastructure - defence expenses vs things like transmission lines, but it’s just as real of a cost
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It doesn’t show up on the bill in the same way for electrical resilience infrastructure - defence expenses vs things like transmission lines, but it’s just as real of a cost
I still remember Nikos Tsafos’ comments on a webinar 5 years ago that oil, for all its useful physical attributes, isn’t inherently reliable but rather that we put enormous resources into creating a system that creates the reliability.
Trump just said what it is all about.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I still remember Nikos Tsafos’ comments on a webinar 5 years ago that oil, for all its useful physical attributes, isn’t inherently reliable but rather that we put enormous resources into creating a system that creates the reliability.
Another thing about cancer is that you find little things that could be signs of spread/reoccurrence and you try to tell yourself that the odds that it’s anything are vanishingly small and then you remember than is how you got here in the first place.
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Another thing about cancer is that you find little things that could be signs of spread/reoccurrence and you try to tell yourself that the odds that it’s anything are vanishingly small and then you remember than is how you got here in the first place.