Andrew Wilson

Father, husband, KW native, energy manager, and professional engineer: mining, ventilation, occupational health. Born at 338 ppm CO2.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

What would I do to make #OntEd and other public institutions safe in the age of Covid and beyond? I’m going to try and make this a simplified three pronged plan. 🧵

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

CAD$160M per day works out to about $6,300 per year for every Canadian family. That goes a long way towards heat pumps, induction stoves, solar generation, battery backup, etc.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

Thinking about looming trade issues between Canada and US. Canadians would accept applying the GHGPPA to all crude oil exports to jurisdictions that do not have an equivalent price on carbon. Quick math tells me that’s a ~40% increase in oil price. @JustinTrudeau #CdnPoli

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

My quick estimate is this action would create about a 5% increase in prices at the pump for US consumers on average. In some markets this could be as much as a 20% increase. And for states like California which already have a price on carbon, there would be almost zero impact.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

I’m less sure about the impact of this proposed change on NAFTA / USMCA. Although it seems clear that if Trump does go ahead with a 25% tariff on Canada then all prior trade agreements are not enforced and potentially moot under a Trump presidency.

[Briana Cap @BrianaCap]

Literally crying in the Target parking lot right now. 🧵

I was struggling with unloading my toddler, my bags and wrangling an unruly cart (seriously — why do some lack power-steering?) A fire truck from Redondo Beach (E61) had just parked nearby and four firefighters got out.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@CraigBaird We must never forget!

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@CityNewsKIT Given the financial backdrop, I am expecting this will be long and painful. Doug Ford’s spin doctors are looking to create more havoc in education as part of his pre-election burn-everything strategy.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

Trudeau stepping down is happening for all of the wrong reasons. I will not begrudge him for not wanting the top job considering the current environment, but I strongly think Canada is now vulnerable to some of the worst possible influence in the short to medium term. #CdnPoli

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@Mikeggibbs @airbus63 Safety Glasses On!

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@AshleyFoxRPN It’s crazy that more right-wing / financial hard-liners don’t see the direct connection between early intervention/ harm-reduction and significant lower costs to the public purse both directly and indirectly.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@redsnoopy69 @NAFTELWORLD Simple rhetoric rarely leads to effective policy and governance. Good policy often requires complexity and nuance. So is this a marketing problem of good policy or do we need to dilute policy to win elections. I for one think a race to the bottom is a bad thing.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@brucefanjoy I’ve never liked this technique of extrapolating national level polling on the local level. It has some historical merit. Yet we have seen polling make wildly inaccurate forecasts in recent elections and I see this as one of the main culprits.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@Mikeggibbs *in conflict… they still did both of those as training exercises.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@julia_bergeron @BocaChicaGal I think there is an equally poetic idea that our descendants might someday catch Voyager and Jimmy Carter would remembered by a new generation as one of the best of our contemporaries. His memory gives me hope for a better future.

[Andrew Wilson @AndrewFromKW]

@DJSnM I still remember the graphics on the original MS Flight Sim for NYC. Still in awe of how far we have come.