Tyler McCormick
@tylermccormick.bsky.social
Interests: Climate change, renewable energy, education and healthcare.
Hobbies: Dog, exercise, reading and simulation gaming. Also science fiction w/ Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate…..anything with Star in the title.
Hobbies: Dog, exercise, reading and simulation gaming. Also science fiction w/ Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate…..anything with Star in the title.
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Distance between NYC and Miami is around 1200 miles. The trip on Amtrak's Silver Meteor takes 28.5 hours and costs $170 one-way.
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Distance between NYC and Miami is around 1200 miles. The trip on Amtrak's Silver Meteor takes 28.5 hours and costs $170 one-way.
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Solar is powering renewables growth worldwide ☀️
Solar PV alone is set to account for 80% of new renewable capacity added globally between now & 2030
This comes from new large power plants & rooftop solar panel installations by households & businesses 👉 https://iea.li/3Bo7AAl
Solar PV alone is set to account for 80% of new renewable capacity added globally between now & 2030
This comes from new large power plants & rooftop solar panel installations by households & businesses 👉 https://iea.li/3Bo7AAl
December 31, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Solar is powering renewables growth worldwide ☀️
Solar PV alone is set to account for 80% of new renewable capacity added globally between now & 2030
This comes from new large power plants & rooftop solar panel installations by households & businesses 👉 https://iea.li/3Bo7AAl
Solar PV alone is set to account for 80% of new renewable capacity added globally between now & 2030
This comes from new large power plants & rooftop solar panel installations by households & businesses 👉 https://iea.li/3Bo7AAl
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I did this a few months back mostly because I got a chuckle comparing it to the gas tax gas can stunts pulled before the carbon tax increase (but this actually does save some $).
While I do believe we should adjust the registration fees so that EV drivers pay a fair share this isn’t a fair way 1/
While I do believe we should adjust the registration fees so that EV drivers pay a fair share this isn’t a fair way 1/
Renew your EVs in Alberta for 2 years before January!
Alberta slaps $200 registration tax on battery-electric vehicles, starting January 2025 electricautonomy.ca/news/2024-03...
Alberta slaps $200 registration tax on battery-electric vehicles, starting January 2025 electricautonomy.ca/news/2024-03...
Alberta slaps $200 registration tax on EVs, starting January 2025
The Alberta government cites road wear and tear and fuel-tax deficit as reasons for the levy, but advocates for EVs are doubtful
electricautonomy.ca
December 27, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I did this a few months back mostly because I got a chuckle comparing it to the gas tax gas can stunts pulled before the carbon tax increase (but this actually does save some $).
While I do believe we should adjust the registration fees so that EV drivers pay a fair share this isn’t a fair way 1/
While I do believe we should adjust the registration fees so that EV drivers pay a fair share this isn’t a fair way 1/
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“As the federal government [moves] its target for a countrywide renewable energy grid…from 2035 to 2050, the province of Saskatchewan still refuses to comply.
“That’s despite…that 2050 was….the Saskatchewan government’s own target for net-zero power generation.” 1/
leaderpost.com/news/politic...
“That’s despite…that 2050 was….the Saskatchewan government’s own target for net-zero power generation.” 1/
leaderpost.com/news/politic...
Sask. has no plans to follow federal clean energy regulations despite shared 2050 goal
Saskatchewan says the feds have no jurisdiction to regulate electricity generation but a court challenge likely won't be that clear cut.
leaderpost.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
“As the federal government [moves] its target for a countrywide renewable energy grid…from 2035 to 2050, the province of Saskatchewan still refuses to comply.
“That’s despite…that 2050 was….the Saskatchewan government’s own target for net-zero power generation.” 1/
leaderpost.com/news/politic...
“That’s despite…that 2050 was….the Saskatchewan government’s own target for net-zero power generation.” 1/
leaderpost.com/news/politic...
*very narrator voice* yes, yes it was...
Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy? #energysky -- via Canary Media: www.canarymedia.com/...
December 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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*very narrator voice* yes, yes it was...
Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy? #energysky -- via Canary Media: www.canarymedia.com/...
Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy?
Geothermal startups hit funding and project milestones this year, buoyed by growing demand for carbon-free energy from data centers, factories, and EVs.
www.canarymedia.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:02 PM
*very narrator voice* yes, yes it was...
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I spoke with the great @leahstokes.bsky.social about what Trump 2.0 means for clean energy: e360.yale.edu/features/lea...
Can Support for Clean Energy Withstand Changing Political Winds?
With billions in investment flowing to GOP districts, Donald Trump’s plans to repeal clean energy tax credits face Republican resistance. In an e360 interview, political scientist Leah Stokes, who hel...
e360.yale.edu
December 10, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I spoke with the great @leahstokes.bsky.social about what Trump 2.0 means for clean energy: e360.yale.edu/features/lea...
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#Renewables supplied 55% of electricity used in Germany in 2024
> #coal use down significantly
> almost no change for #natgas
> 1st full yr w/o #nuclear
> net power importer
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g... @janrosenow.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @simone-peter.bsky.social
> #coal use down significantly
> almost no change for #natgas
> 1st full yr w/o #nuclear
> net power importer
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g... @janrosenow.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @simone-peter.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
#Renewables supplied 55% of electricity used in Germany in 2024
> #coal use down significantly
> almost no change for #natgas
> 1st full yr w/o #nuclear
> net power importer
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g... @janrosenow.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @simone-peter.bsky.social
> #coal use down significantly
> almost no change for #natgas
> 1st full yr w/o #nuclear
> net power importer
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g... @janrosenow.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @simone-peter.bsky.social
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Also Insurance companies are going to be charging and building it into their billing as they cut coverage due to climate change.
We just won't know how much more we're paying.
We just won't know how much more we're paying.
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Also Insurance companies are going to be charging and building it into their billing as they cut coverage due to climate change.
We just won't know how much more we're paying.
We just won't know how much more we're paying.
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One chart, many stories. Predicted renewable energy deployment vs actual deployment.
December 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
One chart, many stories. Predicted renewable energy deployment vs actual deployment.
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Advanced geothermal. Watch this technology.
A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
December 12, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Advanced geothermal. Watch this technology.
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One of the most important and overlooked trends of 2024:
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
December 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM
One of the most important and overlooked trends of 2024:
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
One of the most important and overlooked trends of 2024:
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%.
This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century.
But still completely overlooked.
December 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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What do you think?
After electing the guy who is going to axe the tax, which will result in exactly nothing as far as saving us all money, the people who fell prey to this misinformation will:
a - demand an explanation or
b - shrug and move on
After electing the guy who is going to axe the tax, which will result in exactly nothing as far as saving us all money, the people who fell prey to this misinformation will:
a - demand an explanation or
b - shrug and move on
Trudeau government’s carbon price has had ‘minimal’ effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes
Carbon pricing had a small impact on the rate of inflation over the past five years, when the climate policy was responsible for a "small fraction" of the surge in
www.thestar.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
What do you think?
After electing the guy who is going to axe the tax, which will result in exactly nothing as far as saving us all money, the people who fell prey to this misinformation will:
a - demand an explanation or
b - shrug and move on
After electing the guy who is going to axe the tax, which will result in exactly nothing as far as saving us all money, the people who fell prey to this misinformation will:
a - demand an explanation or
b - shrug and move on
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A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 PM
A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.
“geothermal energy could meet 15% of global electricity demand growth between now and 2050 if project costs continue to decline. This would mean the deployment of as much as 800 gigawatts of geothermal capacity worldwide” www.iea.org/news/technol...
Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential in countries across the globe - News - IEA
Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential in countries across the globe - News from the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
December 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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100 signatures in 24 hours! Amazing!
Please share this far and wide. And sign if you haven’t yet done so 😊
I’d love to see a few hundred signatures when I bring it to the attention of those in power 😃
www.change.org/Saskatchewan...
Please share this far and wide. And sign if you haven’t yet done so 😊
I’d love to see a few hundred signatures when I bring it to the attention of those in power 😃
www.change.org/Saskatchewan...
Sign the Petition
Impose Limits on Out-of-Province, Corporate, and Union Political Donations in Saskatchewan
Www.change.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:10 PM
100 signatures in 24 hours! Amazing!
Please share this far and wide. And sign if you haven’t yet done so 😊
I’d love to see a few hundred signatures when I bring it to the attention of those in power 😃
www.change.org/Saskatchewan...
Please share this far and wide. And sign if you haven’t yet done so 😊
I’d love to see a few hundred signatures when I bring it to the attention of those in power 😃
www.change.org/Saskatchewan...
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Democracy around the world is an unprecedented crisis.
Canada's Parliament is becoming an increasingly dumbed down and vicious place.
This is my speech on the failure of leaders to step up at this time.
It has become a Beavis&Butthead Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
Canada's Parliament is becoming an increasingly dumbed down and vicious place.
This is my speech on the failure of leaders to step up at this time.
It has become a Beavis&Butthead Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
Charlie Angus on State of Democracy In a Beavis/Butthead Parliament
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Democracy around the world is an unprecedented crisis.
Canada's Parliament is becoming an increasingly dumbed down and vicious place.
This is my speech on the failure of leaders to step up at this time.
It has become a Beavis&Butthead Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
Canada's Parliament is becoming an increasingly dumbed down and vicious place.
This is my speech on the failure of leaders to step up at this time.
It has become a Beavis&Butthead Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
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Well, well, well.
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies
Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Well, well, well.
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
Seems not everyone agrees we must have methane-gas "firm" generation in our grids.
reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-pow...
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If you know a city councillor, feel free to share my 5 Tips For How To Make Council Not A Grueling, Pointless Slog. #yqrcc
Thoughts for new city councillors…
• You don't have to speak to every item on an agenda
• You can email questions to city staff BEFORE a meeting
• You don't have to tell us about your life experiences
• Referral motions are not debated
• You don't have to scrap everything & start over #yqrcc
• You don't have to speak to every item on an agenda
• You can email questions to city staff BEFORE a meeting
• You don't have to tell us about your life experiences
• Referral motions are not debated
• You don't have to scrap everything & start over #yqrcc
December 4, 2024 at 2:47 PM
If you know a city councillor, feel free to share my 5 Tips For How To Make Council Not A Grueling, Pointless Slog. #yqrcc
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The use of gas will decline dramatically as part of the transition to net zero.
If fewer people use gas, how is decline of the system managed and who pays for it?
Register for my talk at @ox.ac.uk @oxfordenergy.bsky.social tonight: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d22...
If fewer people use gas, how is decline of the system managed and who pays for it?
Register for my talk at @ox.ac.uk @oxfordenergy.bsky.social tonight: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d22...
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 AM
The use of gas will decline dramatically as part of the transition to net zero.
If fewer people use gas, how is decline of the system managed and who pays for it?
Register for my talk at @ox.ac.uk @oxfordenergy.bsky.social tonight: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d22...
If fewer people use gas, how is decline of the system managed and who pays for it?
Register for my talk at @ox.ac.uk @oxfordenergy.bsky.social tonight: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d22...
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www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/03/i...
Gas stations going away can't come soon enough.
Gas stations going away can't come soon enough.
Your neighbourhood gas station could be making you sick
Any level of benzene exposure can cause adverse health effects — and in 2023, Health Canada examined the problem of gas stations and concluded gas station benzene emissions can be harmful to people li...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:32 PM
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/03/i...
Gas stations going away can't come soon enough.
Gas stations going away can't come soon enough.
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Now this is how you do a highway glow up!
Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
2009 ➡️ 2024
Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
2009 ➡️ 2024
December 2, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Now this is how you do a highway glow up!
Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
2009 ➡️ 2024
Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
2009 ➡️ 2024
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The renewable energy transition is dominated by solar.
Look at the @iea.org modelling for renewable electricity capacity addition.
And yes, I know capacity is not generation!
Look at the @iea.org modelling for renewable electricity capacity addition.
And yes, I know capacity is not generation!
December 2, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The renewable energy transition is dominated by solar.
Look at the @iea.org modelling for renewable electricity capacity addition.
And yes, I know capacity is not generation!
Look at the @iea.org modelling for renewable electricity capacity addition.
And yes, I know capacity is not generation!