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yup - solar and wind have no fuel costs and can be built/deployed faster than nukes and natural gas and nobody is building coal-burning plants - battery tech is improving by the month
Economist Ed Hirs says that American utilities will pay higher tariff costs and pass them to consumers because they have no choice.
youtu.be/8YhMXppqy4E
youtu.be/8YhMXppqy4E
US Utilities Are Betting Big on Renewables—Not Even Trump Can Stop Them
YouTube video by Energi Media
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August 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
yup - solar and wind have no fuel costs and can be built/deployed faster than nukes and natural gas and nobody is building coal-burning plants - battery tech is improving by the month
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Figs 5 and 6 of this 2009 paper compare the footprint and spacing areas among many energy sources (including PV for EVs, wind for EVs, and corn ethanol for flex-fuel vehicles) to run all US vehicles. Results: ~100x more land for corn ethanol than PV for EVs
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Figs 5 and 6 of this 2009 paper compare the footprint and spacing areas among many energy sources (including PV for EVs, wind for EVs, and corn ethanol for flex-fuel vehicles) to run all US vehicles. Results: ~100x more land for corn ethanol than PV for EVs
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
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New study: oil & gas are major killers
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States
Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.
www.science.org
August 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New study: oil & gas are major killers
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Those who oppose immediate efforts to replace fossil fuel extraction and use with electrification across all energy sectors and providing the electricity from clean, renewable sources (wind, solar, geo, hydro, along with storage) are supporting continued death & illness on a massive scale.
New study: oil & gas are major killers
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Oil & gas cause 91,000 air pollution deaths per year, 9,100 pre-term birth incidences/y, 216,000 asthma incidences/y, 1600 cancers/y in US
4,800 deaths/y from extracting & processing fuels
86,200 deaths/y from burning fuels
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States
Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.
www.science.org
August 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Those who oppose immediate efforts to replace fossil fuel extraction and use with electrification across all energy sectors and providing the electricity from clean, renewable sources (wind, solar, geo, hydro, along with storage) are supporting continued death & illness on a massive scale.
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If Saskatchewan were a country it’d be one of the top per capita emitters in the world.
Sask produces 4% of Canada’s electricity and 26% of emissions from electrical generation. Despite this, the provincial government is doubling down on coal.
“Saskatchewan has 🇨🇦’s 3rd-most emissions-intensive electricity system. The province generates 26%of all the country’s electricity emissions, despite only producing 4%of the power”
June 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Saskatchewan were a country it’d be one of the top per capita emitters in the world.
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The moment you hold provinces accountable for federal transfers, you expose their ineptitude at fiscal management.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'A lost opportunity': Alberta gives back $137M to Ottawa in unspent funds to clean up inactive wells | CBC News
Questions remain about why the Alberta government was unable to use all of $1-billion in federal funding aimed at cleaning up aging oil and natural gas wells, considering there are tens of thousands o...
www.cbc.ca
June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The moment you hold provinces accountable for federal transfers, you expose their ineptitude at fiscal management.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"Rural Saskatchewan has supported you [the Saskatchewan Party government] through all these years, and now we need your support. So don't let us down."
Buddy. The Sask Party gov’t cares about coal-burning plants and “access to tidewater”. Not your 10-year drought.
#skpoli #ClimateChange
Buddy. The Sask Party gov’t cares about coal-burning plants and “access to tidewater”. Not your 10-year drought.
#skpoli #ClimateChange
'Desperate for rainfall': Farmers, ranchers in southwest Sask. reeling from another dry year | CBC News
The Rural Municipality of Big Stick, about 300 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon, close to the Alberta border, has declared a local state of emergency, and more municipalities may follow as producers ...
www.cbc.ca
June 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Rural Saskatchewan has supported you [the Saskatchewan Party government] through all these years, and now we need your support. So don't let us down."
Buddy. The Sask Party gov’t cares about coal-burning plants and “access to tidewater”. Not your 10-year drought.
#skpoli #ClimateChange
Buddy. The Sask Party gov’t cares about coal-burning plants and “access to tidewater”. Not your 10-year drought.
#skpoli #ClimateChange
Sask is very slowly building renewable energy capacity due to SaskParty ideology.
Hurry up.
Small modular reactors will never be on time or on budget in Canada. Renewables are a fraction of the price, even with battery energy storage systems.
Hurry up.
Small modular reactors will never be on time or on budget in Canada. Renewables are a fraction of the price, even with battery energy storage systems.
Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grew 46% (by 7.6 GW) in five years
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811
Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grows 46% in five years, reports CanREA - Electrical Business
February 19, 2025 - The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) announced that Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage sectors have grown by 46% in
www.ebmag.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sask is very slowly building renewable energy capacity due to SaskParty ideology.
Hurry up.
Small modular reactors will never be on time or on budget in Canada. Renewables are a fraction of the price, even with battery energy storage systems.
Hurry up.
Small modular reactors will never be on time or on budget in Canada. Renewables are a fraction of the price, even with battery energy storage systems.
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Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grew 46% (by 7.6 GW) in five years
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811
Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grows 46% in five years, reports CanREA - Electrical Business
February 19, 2025 - The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) announced that Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage sectors have grown by 46% in
www.ebmag.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Canada’s wind, solar, and energy storage capacity grew 46% (by 7.6 GW) in five years
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811
4.7 GW of new utility-scale wind
~2 GW of new utility-scale solar
>600 MW of new onsite solar
>200 MW of new energy storage.
www.ebmag.com?p=170811