Energy vs Climate Podcast

Break down the trade-offs and hard truths of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond with @DKeithClimate, Sara Hastings-Simon and @EdWhittingham

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Essential Episodes Every New Listener Should Hear.
We've put together an EvC Starter Pack featuring some of our most popular episodes for those new to the podcast: https://t.co/g1b5HhBSlq

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Sara on fossil fuel subsidies: the time to deal with them is "not during the crisis." Have the conversation when oil prices aren't spiking, so the policy tools are ready for the next spike.

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From Four Fights Worth Having, recorded live at Energy Disruptors UNITE in Calgary. Full episode: https://t.co/NMvdiSs3Zm

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Refineries can't turn the dial down forever. Ed: around 70% there's a floor, then you hold the minimum or shut it down. Sara: "Even our grandfathers and grandmothers didn't live in a world with decreasing demand for oil."

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Audience question: if AI replaces 70% of jobs, how does government generate revenue to look after everyone? David: "We don't know." Ed: "A less glib answer?"

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Sara says AI needs something like a prescription system. David says "regulation almost feels like the wrong word." Live from UNITE in Calgary.

From Four Fights Worth Having, recorded live at Energy Disruptors UNITE in Calgary. Full episode: https://t.co/NMvdiSrw9O

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@DKeithClimate From Four Fights Worth Having, recorded live at Energy Disruptors UNITE in Calgary. Full episode: https://t.co/NMvdiSs3Zm

#EnergyVsClimate #AISafety

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As @DKeithClimate describes it, Elon Musk called AI extinction risk significant, then said there's nothing we can do about it. David: "There are things we can do about it. We can pause development."

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@DKeithClimate From Four Fights Worth Having, recorded live at Energy Disruptors UNITE in Calgary. Full episode: https://t.co/NMvdiSs3Zm

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@DKeithClimate on a sentence he wouldn't have believed a decade ago: the world has enough solar and battery capacity to build a terawatt of dispatchable power in 3 to 4 years. "I would have assumed that somebody was on psychedelic drugs."

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On September 28th, @DKeithClimate, Sara, and @EdWhittingham were on stage at @EnergyDisruptor in Calgary, discussing 4 fights worth having: Energy security in an age of chaos, powering AI, Canada’s role, and building a system that works.
Listen now:
https://t.co/NMvdiSs3Zm

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Bill C-39 proposes one-year federal reviews for major projects. How much faster will it go? Will corners be cut? Can the duty to consult be met?

Live webinar Oct 29, 2pm ET with lawyer Claire Seaborn: https://t.co/FqW4fx2B4n

#BillC39 #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition

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Bill McKibben on why he keeps doing this: "I hate a January rainstorm more than almost anything on Earth." Winter, he says, is when friction gives up and we all get to slide across the planet.

#EnergyVsClimate #ProtectOurWinters #Skiing

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Bill C-39 proposes one-year federal reviews for major projects. How much faster will it go? Will corners be cut? Can the duty to consult be met?

Live webinar Oct 29, 2pm ET with lawyer Claire Seaborn: https://t.co/FqW4fx2B4n

#BillC39 #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition

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Pope Leo mentioned a new solar farm that would make the Vatican the first fully solar powered nation on Earth. Bill McKibben's slogan: energy from Heaven, not from hell.

#EnergyVsClimate #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #Solar #PopeLeo #Vatican

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David has worked on energy for nearly 40 years. His 2015 paper doubted batteries at scale, and his 2007 expert interviews missed how far solar prices would fall. His verdict: "completely, stunningly wrong."

#EnergyVsClimate #Batteries #Solar

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Full podcast: https://t.co/aiNWUrBio1

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Bill McKibben on what the Iran war taught world leaders: sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach Earth, and none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz.

#EnergyVsClimate #EnergySecurity #Solar

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“A lot of what we're seeing in terms of moving backwards on climate in Canada isn't about Trump or the trade war. It's used as an excuse.”

Steven Guilbeault pushes back on blaming Trump for Canada's climate backslide.

#EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy

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“No, it is not. The politics of climate change in Canada have gotten a lot more complicated, a lot more polarized.”

Ed asks if Canada is still living in the hopeful moment Steven described a decade ago. The answer is short.

#EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy

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“Why did I agree to run for a party that had just bought a pipeline, but decided to leave a party that had decided to buy another one?”

Steven Guilbeault on the question at the heart of his resignation.

#EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy