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Fast Hydrofoils, Floating Logs, & Canada’s Ferry Electrification Challenge
Vancouver’s recent support for an electric passenger hydrofoil to Bowen Island and Gibsons is an appealing hook because it compresses three different Canadian transportation stories into one image. It promises decarbonization, speed, and coastal reconnection in a single sleek vessel. It also invites a harder question. Is the future of … [continued]
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LNG Shock, Coal Myths, & The Real Winners On The Grid
The easiest story to tell after the Strait of Hormuz disruption was that coal would be the winner. It had the virtue of sounding like common sense. If LNG cargoes are delayed, diverted, or repriced, then gas-fired generation becomes less attractive or less available, while coal plants that are already … [continued]
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France Moved First, But Markets Everywhere Are Signaling Electrification
France has made the first national push for increased electrification tied to the Strait of Hormuz-related energy crisis. Reuters reported that Paris will raise annual state support for electrification from €5.5 billion to €10 billion through 2030, while Le Monde summarized the package as including a ban on gas heating … [continued]
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Toyota Adds EVs To Its Lineup In US And China
Toyota is bringing more battery-electric vehicles to the US and China as it now seems to be bucking the anti-EV trend.
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The Electrified Future Is Already Here. Canada Just Needs to Build It
This transcript, lightly edited, is a recorded conversation with a Canadian citizens action group where I walked through a practical, systems-level view of Canada’s decarbonization pathway, grounded in technologies that already work at scale. I focused on what is deployable now, not hypothetical breakthroughs, and explored everything from transmission and … [continued]
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