🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦

Nikkei is down about 6.5%

And fill up your gas tank! (if you haven't yet bought an EV 😉)

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."

—Bill McKibben

Donald J. Trump Y @realDonald Trump Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT 362 ReTruths 1.25k Likes 3/8/26, 6:54 PM

posts u make when things r definitely going well

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

probably fine

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Finally was able to listen to this podcast yesterday, and it's fantastic!

The transition will not occur in straight, smooth lines.

Video compiled by Maarten de Cock.
Provides such clarity on the critical issue of airborne transmission of COVID-19:

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The fate of fossil fuel systems in the "mid-transition" I talk with Emily Grubert about the hidden dangers of letting the free market manage the decline of our legacy energy infrastructure.

Today on Volts: for the next few decades, we'll be in the "mid-transition," with clean energy systems growing as FF systems decline. Those FF systems will not decline smoothly -- there will be thresholds, "cliffs," where they suddenly crumble -- so maybe we should, I dunno, plan for it?

Views on Alberta independence are closely tied to federal vote choice.

Among those who strongly support independence, 79% say they would vote Conservative federally.

Among those who strongly oppose independence, 56% say they would vote Liberal.

Details: abacusdata.ca/federal-pol...

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

Depleted oil reserve leaves US exposed as Iran war pushes up prices Donald Trump has not fulfilled a vow to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was drained by Joe Biden

oops, this seems an oversight
www.ft.com/content/d546...

You'll regret it About nothing it is hardly worth while to waste a word

Brilliant.

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Smith says she's cutting access to social support programs because she "heard that people were moving here just to be on social programs."

This sort of hearsay framing is a dangerous rhetorical device employed by populists. Consider Donald Trump. +

hey look! we won something
That was fast.

For Our Kids supporters @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social, @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social, and @jvipondmd.bsky.social were in attendance at the CPPIB engagement session in Calgary.

Check out the SHIFT blog!

#CPPIB #pensions #finance #risk

Tell your MP - no subsidies for LNG!

Tell your MP - Canadians don't want our money to support fossil fuel expansion. There can be no public dollars, no subsidies for #LNG #bcpoli #cdnpoli #cdnecon www.forourkids.ca/no_subsidies...

FortisBC has no competitors except BC Hydro (the public entity that policy rightly wants people to switch to).

Why should gas ratepayers have to foot the bill for advertising that is merely brand & gas propaganda?

We’re living in an age of impunity From small unfairness to gross injustices, we seem to have lost a sense of shame.

Does anyone else feel sick of it all? Wrote for the Star about Toronto Police, Open AI and everyone in power who deserves a public shaming. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Alberta promises billions for health care, but new hospital towers still years away | CBC News As the Alberta government promises to address pressures on hospitals and improve surgical wait times, while also grappling with a deficit budget, there are questions about where it is choosing to spen...

“Where is the funding. What is the timeline? What’s the plan to staff them once they’re open? When is any of that happening? ... It’s easy to promise a thousand beds. What’s the plan to actually deliver on them?” says FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.

Words, what do they mean

Canadian Carbon Pricing Systems: 2025 Review This report provides an overview of Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems, their design and performance, as well as lessons for stronger emissions cuts.

Useful report for Canadian policymakers.
"Canada’s mix of industrial carbon pricing systems has largely been effective. A common fed benchmark provides coherence, while prov tailoring supports competitiveness. At the same time, design differences can fragment markets and blur carbon price signals."

Residents Rally to Keep AI Data Centre-Fueling Power Plant Out Residents in Olds, Alberta, are organizing to block a 1.4-gigawatt gas power plant slated for construction directly across from their homes.

uggh. Olds, AB, you want this?

"the project would include 10x140MW gas plants, each running on 2x 50MW gas turbines and 1x 140MW heat-recovery steam generator to capture waste heat and increase efficiency. The plant will also have 600 emergency back-up diesel generators in case of power loss."

“Warming proceeding faster is not unexpected by climate models, but it is a cause of concern and shows how insufficient the efforts to slow and eventually stop global warming under the Paris Climate Accord have so far been.”

Ha! that is sooooo 58 min ago

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The world needs more GOOD. Join us at Contemporary Calgary for a free #ZineMaking workshop and talk! Get inspired by tangible climate actions you can take in your community & meet other cool people that care about the right things. Get creative & spark conversation! Weds March 11 at 630pm! #yyc