Pirawin Namasivayam
@pirawin.bsky.social
Just a guy working at NRCan. My views are not a reflection of my employer. And reposts are not endorsements.
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The drop in emissions from power generation is offsetting increasing emissions in China from other uses. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
May 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The drop in emissions from power generation is offsetting increasing emissions in China from other uses. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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Now that the CPC platform is out, I can post an update to the debt/GDP trajectories.
The CPC document includes assumed revenue gains that many, including me, find dubious. So, I've put lines showing their numbers with/without the assumed revenue gains.
I'm using PBO GDP as demominator.
The CPC document includes assumed revenue gains that many, including me, find dubious. So, I've put lines showing their numbers with/without the assumed revenue gains.
I'm using PBO GDP as demominator.
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Now that the CPC platform is out, I can post an update to the debt/GDP trajectories.
The CPC document includes assumed revenue gains that many, including me, find dubious. So, I've put lines showing their numbers with/without the assumed revenue gains.
I'm using PBO GDP as demominator.
The CPC document includes assumed revenue gains that many, including me, find dubious. So, I've put lines showing their numbers with/without the assumed revenue gains.
I'm using PBO GDP as demominator.
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the thing about the absurd pace of the tariff threat ping pong is that literally everyone on my feed has had their tariff strategy and who's right/wrong priors confirmed
that's either a win-win or a lose-lose, and the best part is that YOU get to choose
that's either a win-win or a lose-lose, and the best part is that YOU get to choose
March 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the thing about the absurd pace of the tariff threat ping pong is that literally everyone on my feed has had their tariff strategy and who's right/wrong priors confirmed
that's either a win-win or a lose-lose, and the best part is that YOU get to choose
that's either a win-win or a lose-lose, and the best part is that YOU get to choose
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RUSSIAN URALS OIL PRICES FALL BELOW WESTERN PRICE CAP IN THE BALTIC ON WEAKER BRENT, FIRMER FREIGHT COSTS, REUTERS CALCULATIONS SHOW - RTRS
February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
RUSSIAN URALS OIL PRICES FALL BELOW WESTERN PRICE CAP IN THE BALTIC ON WEAKER BRENT, FIRMER FREIGHT COSTS, REUTERS CALCULATIONS SHOW - RTRS
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Premier Danielle Smith's big takeaway from her Trump encounter was he said "yeah" when she asked if he'd like to buy more Canadian oil.
Trump's speech today: "We don't need their oil and gas."
Trump's speech today: "We don't need their oil and gas."
January 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Premier Danielle Smith's big takeaway from her Trump encounter was he said "yeah" when she asked if he'd like to buy more Canadian oil.
Trump's speech today: "We don't need their oil and gas."
Trump's speech today: "We don't need their oil and gas."
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While we didn't make it into the article, one of our directors @cbailey6.bsky.social and some of our volunteers were out this cold, rainy morning to support more LTC beds in the city.
The amount of local opposition to new homes of any kind is disappointing, but every little bit of support helps!
The amount of local opposition to new homes of any kind is disappointing, but every little bit of support helps!
"It's a win across the board, we need 9,000 long-term care beds just within the @CityOfToronto alone. This is an option to reuse a space..."
Our population is aging fast, Mark Richardson said, and extra #LTC space is needed wherever it can be found... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Our population is aging fast, Mark Richardson said, and extra #LTC space is needed wherever it can be found... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
An LTC home in Yorkville is looking to add 200-plus spaces, but some neighbouring homeowners have concerns | CBC News
A planned 11-storey addition to Belmont House would add more than 200 long-term care spaces as the city faces a shortage of over 9,000 beds. But locals say the plan is out of character with the commun...
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
While we didn't make it into the article, one of our directors @cbailey6.bsky.social and some of our volunteers were out this cold, rainy morning to support more LTC beds in the city.
The amount of local opposition to new homes of any kind is disappointing, but every little bit of support helps!
The amount of local opposition to new homes of any kind is disappointing, but every little bit of support helps!
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Nate Erskine-Smith has a track record of great ideas on the housing crisis - which is likely why he was chosen for housing minister! Let's talk about some key examples from his recent Q&A with @torontostar.bsky.social: /1
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith isn’t running for the Liberal leadership. He has a different job to do, and not much time
Housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith talks to the Star about the housing crisis, what needs to change about how Canada builds homes — and whether or not he's running for the
www.thestar.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nate Erskine-Smith has a track record of great ideas on the housing crisis - which is likely why he was chosen for housing minister! Let's talk about some key examples from his recent Q&A with @torontostar.bsky.social: /1
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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👀 ALBERTA PREMIER SMITH ON TRUMP MEETING:
*CANADA SHOULD BE PREPARED THAT TARIFFS ARE COMING
*HAVE NOT SEEN INDICATION TRUMP IS CHANGING COURSE
*CANADA WILL HAVE TO RESPOND IF THERE IS 25% TARIFF
*ISNT EXPECTING ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM TARIFFS
*OIL EXPORT CUT OFF WOULD LEAD TO NATIONAL UNITY CRISES
*CANADA SHOULD BE PREPARED THAT TARIFFS ARE COMING
*HAVE NOT SEEN INDICATION TRUMP IS CHANGING COURSE
*CANADA WILL HAVE TO RESPOND IF THERE IS 25% TARIFF
*ISNT EXPECTING ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM TARIFFS
*OIL EXPORT CUT OFF WOULD LEAD TO NATIONAL UNITY CRISES
January 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
👀 ALBERTA PREMIER SMITH ON TRUMP MEETING:
*CANADA SHOULD BE PREPARED THAT TARIFFS ARE COMING
*HAVE NOT SEEN INDICATION TRUMP IS CHANGING COURSE
*CANADA WILL HAVE TO RESPOND IF THERE IS 25% TARIFF
*ISNT EXPECTING ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM TARIFFS
*OIL EXPORT CUT OFF WOULD LEAD TO NATIONAL UNITY CRISES
*CANADA SHOULD BE PREPARED THAT TARIFFS ARE COMING
*HAVE NOT SEEN INDICATION TRUMP IS CHANGING COURSE
*CANADA WILL HAVE TO RESPOND IF THERE IS 25% TARIFF
*ISNT EXPECTING ANY EXEMPTIONS FROM TARIFFS
*OIL EXPORT CUT OFF WOULD LEAD TO NATIONAL UNITY CRISES
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Throughout American history, immigrants have consistently had similar or lower incarceration rates than US-born citizens, say researchers at Stanford, Princeton, Northwestern, and UC Davis. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
The immigration–crime link
Nearly two centuries of data show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens.
www.aeaweb.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Throughout American history, immigrants have consistently had similar or lower incarceration rates than US-born citizens, say researchers at Stanford, Princeton, Northwestern, and UC Davis. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
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Probably best use case for enforcement has been against drunk driving.
In the UK & Canada it's declined a lot since the 80s, and that's mostly education, enforcement and strict consequences.
In the UK & Canada it's declined a lot since the 80s, and that's mostly education, enforcement and strict consequences.
January 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Probably best use case for enforcement has been against drunk driving.
In the UK & Canada it's declined a lot since the 80s, and that's mostly education, enforcement and strict consequences.
In the UK & Canada it's declined a lot since the 80s, and that's mostly education, enforcement and strict consequences.
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If you want to help this building finally move forward and support the parking reduction, you can email the address at the bottom here by 4:30 today (Jan 8). Or register to speak on Jan 16. www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
January 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If you want to help this building finally move forward and support the parking reduction, you can email the address at the bottom here by 4:30 today (Jan 8). Or register to speak on Jan 16. www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
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Pretty soon we're going to have to grapple with the conclusion e-fuels will only make sense with vanishingly cheap hydrogen from VRE and electrolysers.
That is...cheaper than natural gas, not holding my breath on that in North America.
#energysky
That is...cheaper than natural gas, not holding my breath on that in North America.
#energysky
A lot of people are not going to like this one but e-fuels are a hydrogen psyop. FF + DACCS significantly cheaper.
January 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Pretty soon we're going to have to grapple with the conclusion e-fuels will only make sense with vanishingly cheap hydrogen from VRE and electrolysers.
That is...cheaper than natural gas, not holding my breath on that in North America.
#energysky
That is...cheaper than natural gas, not holding my breath on that in North America.
#energysky
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⚡🔮My annual energy predictions column is up, featuring policy experts + clean tech executives:
-EV battery prices fall below $100/kWh threshold
-Grid-scale energy storage demand surges
-Carbon dioxide removal hits scale
-Permitting reform is a top federal priority
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
-EV battery prices fall below $100/kWh threshold
-Grid-scale energy storage demand surges
-Carbon dioxide removal hits scale
-Permitting reform is a top federal priority
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
2025 Energy Predictions: Battery Costs Fall, Energy Storage Booms, Carbon Removal Grows, Feds Pursue Permitting Reform
Experts predict what 2025 holds for U.S. energy policy: EV battery costs fall, energy storage demand surges, carbon removal hits scale, permitting reform in D.C.
www.forbes.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
⚡🔮My annual energy predictions column is up, featuring policy experts + clean tech executives:
-EV battery prices fall below $100/kWh threshold
-Grid-scale energy storage demand surges
-Carbon dioxide removal hits scale
-Permitting reform is a top federal priority
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
-EV battery prices fall below $100/kWh threshold
-Grid-scale energy storage demand surges
-Carbon dioxide removal hits scale
-Permitting reform is a top federal priority
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
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man this challenges my notions
Apparently not in the scheme of things. www.nber.org/papers/w33334
Are Big Cities Important for Economic Growth?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
man this challenges my notions
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As congestion pricing takes effect, remember that 85% of people who work in Manhattan commute by public transit, walking, or biking (and the share is even higher for workers in the congestion relief zone south of 60th)
January 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As congestion pricing takes effect, remember that 85% of people who work in Manhattan commute by public transit, walking, or biking (and the share is even higher for workers in the congestion relief zone south of 60th)
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2A. ACCELERATE HOUSING REFORMS
The Housing Action Plan needs simplicity and boldness.
@oliviachowtoronto.bsky.social and @jasonthorne.bsky.social should expedite ambitious reforms, particularly for apartment infill.
Delays cost us time in a crisis—Toronto’s housing shortage isn’t going away.
The Housing Action Plan needs simplicity and boldness.
@oliviachowtoronto.bsky.social and @jasonthorne.bsky.social should expedite ambitious reforms, particularly for apartment infill.
Delays cost us time in a crisis—Toronto’s housing shortage isn’t going away.
January 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
2A. ACCELERATE HOUSING REFORMS
The Housing Action Plan needs simplicity and boldness.
@oliviachowtoronto.bsky.social and @jasonthorne.bsky.social should expedite ambitious reforms, particularly for apartment infill.
Delays cost us time in a crisis—Toronto’s housing shortage isn’t going away.
The Housing Action Plan needs simplicity and boldness.
@oliviachowtoronto.bsky.social and @jasonthorne.bsky.social should expedite ambitious reforms, particularly for apartment infill.
Delays cost us time in a crisis—Toronto’s housing shortage isn’t going away.
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@JayinKyiv
The US is about to flood the world with liquefied natural gas.
Russia is done.
The US is about to flood the world with liquefied natural gas.
Russia is done.
December 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
@JayinKyiv
The US is about to flood the world with liquefied natural gas.
Russia is done.
The US is about to flood the world with liquefied natural gas.
Russia is done.
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Bloor-Lansdowne is currently getting some development and it's quite a different demographic than say the stations on the Danforth but still something very Toronto about abandoning the station in the neighbourhood with massive growth in favour of the one losing population.
Toronto, where City Council chooses to fund new rapid transit for declining house neighbourhoods over booming apartment neighbourhoods.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social's article piqued my interest so I looked into the census data, which backs up the unfairness.
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/lv...
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social's article piqued my interest so I looked into the census data, which backs up the unfairness.
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/lv...
January 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Bloor-Lansdowne is currently getting some development and it's quite a different demographic than say the stations on the Danforth but still something very Toronto about abandoning the station in the neighbourhood with massive growth in favour of the one losing population.
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What’s it like to live in a country where traffic rules are real?
I would love to see how North American drivers would react if suddenly Australian cops took over traffic enforcement: speed cameras (fixed and mobile), seatbelt cameras, mobile phone detection cameras, bus lane cameras, and lots of RBT and traffic stops.
Walking would be safer overnight.
Walking would be safer overnight.
January 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
What’s it like to live in a country where traffic rules are real?
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Creating a YouTube channel is definitely my biggest achievement so far, but all good things have to come to an end. It's been an absolute pleasure getting to know people in public transit, and I'm really excited to see what the future holds. Please check this out:
youtu.be/JDxa9F0NSTg?...
youtu.be/JDxa9F0NSTg?...
The End...?
YouTube video by RMTransit
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Creating a YouTube channel is definitely my biggest achievement so far, but all good things have to come to an end. It's been an absolute pleasure getting to know people in public transit, and I'm really excited to see what the future holds. Please check this out:
youtu.be/JDxa9F0NSTg?...
youtu.be/JDxa9F0NSTg?...
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Today I went on a pilgrimage to the famed AGPmart, but did you all know there's a really interesting separate history of marginalized struggle for place in the city?
A short thread (🧵) on the agpmart building
A short thread (🧵) on the agpmart building
December 31, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Today I went on a pilgrimage to the famed AGPmart, but did you all know there's a really interesting separate history of marginalized struggle for place in the city?
A short thread (🧵) on the agpmart building
A short thread (🧵) on the agpmart building
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The Reagan admin systematically dismantled US energy RD&D, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil. Here it is broken down by technology area: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
December 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The Reagan admin systematically dismantled US energy RD&D, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil. Here it is broken down by technology area: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
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If only there were a study using a higher education expasion to examine whether encouraging students to pursue affordable higher ed boosts their income and enables them to pursue higher paid jobs.
December 29, 2024 at 3:53 AM
If only there were a study using a higher education expasion to examine whether encouraging students to pursue affordable higher ed boosts their income and enables them to pursue higher paid jobs.
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Power distortions plague US grid near data centers: 75% of poor readings within 50mi of facilities. Centers rapidly appearing near cities strain fragile infrastructure, with rural areas also affected.
December 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Power distortions plague US grid near data centers: 75% of poor readings within 50mi of facilities. Centers rapidly appearing near cities strain fragile infrastructure, with rural areas also affected.
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BloombergNEF recently revised it's green hydrogen cost projections.
$1/kg H2? Forget about it. Already $2/kg is a stretch, even for China and India who don't reach it until 2040.
Worth noting these are average costs tho. There will be exceptional projects that will outperform.
$1/kg H2? Forget about it. Already $2/kg is a stretch, even for China and India who don't reach it until 2040.
Worth noting these are average costs tho. There will be exceptional projects that will outperform.
December 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
BloombergNEF recently revised it's green hydrogen cost projections.
$1/kg H2? Forget about it. Already $2/kg is a stretch, even for China and India who don't reach it until 2040.
Worth noting these are average costs tho. There will be exceptional projects that will outperform.
$1/kg H2? Forget about it. Already $2/kg is a stretch, even for China and India who don't reach it until 2040.
Worth noting these are average costs tho. There will be exceptional projects that will outperform.