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Has our last, best chance at COP26 in Glasgow vanished? Is the oil industry shorting humanity? We try to remain optimistic.

Our conversation will be a little different this week as James gets personal about racism and oil industry naivety. Brian struggles to let go of Facebook and Instagram.

Is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the boogeyman for a changing world? Why does the oil industry blame him for their woes when the Canadian people keep voting him in. Maybe they should blame the voters.

Black Lives Matter myths and relatives getting radicalized on Facebook.

Tony Seba says to end the fossil fuel bailout. CAN YOU IMAGINE GREEN ENERGY RECEIVING SUBSIDIES 100 YEARS AFTER IT GOT STARTED?

The Travers Solar Project in Alberta is the largest in Canada by far and it's because the grid in that province in unregulated. It encourages companies like Amazon to buy green energy from solar and wind companies.

James was served an ad for his utility SaskPower promoting small nuclear modular reactors as the solution to climate change so we look at why that is actually green-washing and not plausible.

Is wind turbine syndrome a real thing? A French court says yes.

A Stanford study outlines how each of 150 countries can get to net zero by 2050 USING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY. For example, 1.44 million lives in India will be saved each year.

CN purchases battery electric freight locomotive from Wabtec to support sustainability goals.

Tesla News:

Tesla in talks for battery production in Quebec https://electrek.co/2021/11/08/tesla-talks-with-quebec-govt-amid-multi-billion-investment-into-battery-production

Pepsi says they’re getting Tesla semis this year.

Tesla is moving driver profiles to the cloud for smooth transitions between cars, rentals, and more.

Tesla open manufacturing plant in Markham, ON to make machines to build batteries

The government of Belgium’s Flemish region is preparing to introduce legislation to ban the sale of new, non-EV vehicles by 2027, 8 years before the European Union’s ICE phase-out date.

Flanders will table a law outlining a ban on the sale of new gas-burning cars in 2027, and to the country’s used vehicle market in 2030.

13-year-old from Moose Jaw petitions Girl Guides of Canada to stop using palm oil in cookies.

Only 60% of U.S. Electric Vehicle DC Fast Charging Ports >50 kW

Used Nissan Leaf batteries are already making money as power brokers. B2U Storage Solutions has turned about 160 used Leaf battery packs into an energy-storage array that supports a 1MW solar farm in Lancaster, California. the company sells energy for as much as $200 per MWh, and charges the batteries at a cost of about $25 per MWh. The battery array currently has a capacity of 4 MWh.

Wright Electric Announces Wright Spirit 100-Seat Electric Aircraft It's envisioned for "one-hour flights." The Wright Spirit aircraft design builds on the BAe 146 platform - a 100 passenger, 4-engine aircraft known for its operation out of noise-sensitive airports."

PepsiCo CEO Says First Tesla Semis Will Be Delivered This Quarter although it’s almost certainly a few pre-production models to test out.

Australia has about 10 million households. They are at 30% coverage with solar. This is what happens when you eliminate soft costs. Other countries need to do the same. 3 million households and small businesses have solar now.

U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that designates $65 billion for upgrades of the nation’s electric grid and $7.5 billion for the nationwide deployment of EV charging stations.

Such a buildout potentially represents more than triple the number of charging stations in the nation at present.

The US’s third-largest utility will shut down 55% of its coal fleet by 2030

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