Notices by Trevor McLeod (tabmcleo@mastodon.social)

De-carbonized oil. What a misnomer. It will still be the same dirty #bitumen with the attendant #emissions when burned by the customer. Using #carbon capture #technology does not make it "decarbonized".

#climatecrisis #climatechange #cdnpolitics #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-smith-energy-agreement-pipeline-next-steps-process-leblanc-alberta-ottawa-federal-government-9.7202860?cmp=rss

Hmmm. #alberta wants another #pipeline to ship #bitumen to the westcoast of #britishcolumbia

Yet, there's a huge well cleanup that the public may eventually have to pay as demand and profits fall in the future. Perhaps save some of those profits now for well cleanup?

#abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/30/opinion/oilpatch-liabilities-oil-oilsands-syncrude-wells-cleanup-alberta

The patent for the #transistor was granted 75 years ago today

#electronics #Physics #science

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/science-history-invention-of-the-transistor-ushers-in-the-computing-era-oct-3-1950

The #Americans want to use international law against #Canada due to our #Wildfire smoke! The #USA is one of the main contributors to the #ClimateCrisis which is causing the fires!

#cdnpoli #USPolitics

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/06/news/more-republican-lawmakers-demand-legal-action-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke

An interesting study which looks at #CO2 #emissions produced by various #AI models

#ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/advanced-ai-reasoning-models-o3-r1-generate-up-to-50-times-more-co2-emissions-than-more-common-llms

I agree. We are witnessing the end of the post WWII world. The #USA is devolving into something else. What we knew is not coming back and #canada has to pivot permanently.

#Trump #tariffs
#cdnpoli #uspoli
#DougFord

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/03/14/Doug-Ford-Best-Handle-Trump-Think-Again/