Remember those 'please conserve energy' texts Alberta sent out? Octopus Energy does something similar in the UK, except customers get paid, sometimes just a few $. @shastingssimon.bsky.social explains the difference on the new episode. 🎧 www.energyvsclimate.com #EnergyVsClimate #AlbertaEnergy

During the UK's recent heat wave, @octopus.energy paid its customers £100K+ to power down for a few hours through just a text message and a price signal. Eric Davids of Octopus explains how, on the new episode. 🎧 www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-ener... #EnergyVsClimate #OctopusEnergy

One UK utility paid customers £100K to power down during a heat wave; just a text message & a price signal. @octopus.energy is trying to bring that model to North America. New episode: www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-ener...

Can Octopus Energy Wrap Its Arms Around North America? | Demand Flexibility & More With Eric Davids

Octopus Energy paid UK customers £100K to cut usage during a heat wave. Eric Davids on redefining utility relationships — and cracking North America.

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"Canada is 2% of emissions — why bother?" @davidkeith.bsky.social: he's 0.01% of Canmore's garbage problem. By that logic, why not throw his trash on the street? The collective action argument runs both ways. New ep out now. www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i... #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction

Your red-eye causes more warming than the same route in daylight. Contrails reflect sunlight during the day — at night, only the heat-trapping effect remains. Commenters called it nonsense. @davidkeith.bsky.social calls it basic physics. New ep out now. #EnergyVsClimate #Aviation #ClimatePolicy

Boreal forest = built to burn. Add SoCal-level heat + a 2-year drought and it's not a fire, it's a firestorm. John Vaillant (Fire Weather) on the 2016 Fort McMurray disaster — and why it wasn't a one-off. 🎧 www.energyvsclimate.com/s7-bonus-fir... #EnergyVsClimate #Wildfires #ClimateChange

My formerly 5 lb weight children can pick me up after 15 years and their growth is honestly small compared with solar power over the same period.

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Solar: 64 TWh in 2011. ~2,700 TWh in 2025. That's 43x growth. Solar + wind beat natural gas globally for the first time in April 2025. A commenter called it "minuscule." @shastingssimon.bsky.social has thoughts. New ep out now. #EnergyVsClimate #SolarEnergy #EnergyTransition

Solar: 64 TWh in 2011. ~2,700 TWh in 2025. That's 43x growth. Solar + wind beat natural gas globally for the first time in April 2025. A commenter called it "minuscule." @shastingssimon.bsky.social has thoughts. New ep out now. #EnergyVsClimate #SolarEnergy #EnergyTransition

Nuclear waste: risk projections 100,000 years out, barely above background. Battery waste: lead acid contamination harming children today. @davidkeith.bsky.social argues comparing the two isn't disingenuous, it's just honest analysis. New ep out now. www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i...

@shastingssimon.bsky.social, who drives an EV in Calgary winters, draws a distinction that's worth keeping in mind: "doesn't work" & "works with lower range" are not the same thing. Norway has the harsh winters and the highest EV adoption on earth. #EnergyVsClimate #EVs #EnergyTransition

I think I played this well - whatever the outcome I win free scotch.

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Canada's Darlington SMR is supposed to deliver in under 5 years. That claim is now a five-to-one scotch bet between @davidkeith.bsky.social and Ed. Either way, @shastingssimon.bsky.social wins. New ep out now: www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i... #EnergyVsClimate #NuclearEnergy #SMR

Canada's Darlington SMR is supposed to deliver in under 5 years. That claim is now a five-to-one scotch bet between @davidkeith.bsky.social and Ed. Either way, @shastingssimon.bsky.social wins. New ep out now: www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i... #EnergyVsClimate #NuclearEnergy #SMR

We read our own comment section out loud and on purpose. Bonus episode: @davidkeith.bsky.social, @shastingssimon.bsky.social, and Ed go through real audience comments on EVs, nuclear costs, and solar's "minuscule" reputation. www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i... #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition

BONUS Episode: EvC vs The Internet

Ed, David, and Sara read your comments and respond — point by point. Some praise, some pushback, some "strong suggestions." EvC vs. The Internet.

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Tired: dont read the comments Wired: read the comments and make a show around responding to user13458694 (plus also thoughtful comments). sincerely, your favourite "delusional woman" www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-i... @energyvsclimate.bsky.social

BONUS Episode: EvC vs The Internet

Ed, David, and Sara read your comments and respond — point by point. Some praise, some pushback, some "strong suggestions." EvC vs. The Internet.

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I think I lost my @energyvsclimate.bsky.social podcast cohosts today when I started making an argument about state capacity to support innovation and the quality of skincare tech coming from South Korea

If Canada decides it wants more nuclear power — can it actually deliver it? Ed Whittingham put that question to experts across Canada, China, and the US. The first Critical Mass town hall replay is now live. www.energyvsclimate.com/replay-where... #EnergyVsClimate #NuclearEnergy #ClimatePolicy

BONUS | Where Should Canada’s Nuclear Energy Go From Here? | Toronto Climate Week - Replay

If Canada decides it wants more nuclear power, can it actually deliver it? The answer turns out to be complicated.

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Can Canada deliver on nuclear? Clean Prosperity's Brendan Frank shares 3 takeaways on @energyvsclimate.bsky.social: - Affordability retains public support - Replicate builds to manage costs - Pair with strong electrification and climate policies Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1850047/epis...

BONUS | Where Should Canada’s Nuclear Energy Go From Here? | Toronto Climate Week - Energy vs Climate: How climate is changing our energy systems

Ed's new project, Critical Mass, starts with a deceptively simple question: if Canada decides it wants more nuclear power, can it actually deliver it? The answer turns out to be complicated.As part of...

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We're making 2050 climate decisions through a 2026 security lens. The only solutions that stick are ones where security, decarbonization, and cost all align. Energy vs Climate co-host Ed Whittingham, closing the latest episode. #EnergySecurity #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition

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Energy vs Climate - Nuclear Townhall livestream

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Toronto Climate Week FOMO? We’ve got you covered. We’ll be livestreaming the town hall on the Energy vs Climate Podcast YouTube channel so you can tune in from wherever you are. Today | 4:30pm ET / 2:30pm MT / 1:30pm PT Catch the livestream at www.youtube.com/live/afwfo5l...

China's "energy paranoia," renewables, Russian gas, coal backstop, diversified supply chains, turned out to be strategy. After the Hormuz shock, it's the big winner. The Economist's energy editor on the latest Energy vs Climate. #China #GlobalEnergy #EnergyGeopolitics youtube.com/shorts/PdlVT...

China's "energy paranoia" turned out to be a strategy — and now it's winning the global shock

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This by @cwarzel.bsky.social really captures it. "a black-box machine of obscure corporate motivation that simply tells us, Here is the answer." I really have trouble imagining a happy ending to all this.

The Feeling of Control Slipping Away

AI is causing a crisis of agency.

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Counterintuitive take from The Economist's energy editor: cheap oil from an OPEC collapse could be worse for the clean energy transition than expensive oil. Clean energy investment tracks oil prices. Low oil = low urgency. #OPEC #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition youtube.com/shorts/RuppL...

Cheap oil could be worse for the clean energy transition than expensive oil. Here's why.

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Previous energy crises had no clean alternative at scale. This one does. @energyvsclimate.bsky.social co-host @shastingssimon.bsky.social ran the solar numbers, and for the first time, they're genuinely material at a global level. #SolarEnergy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy

The Economist's energy editor names 6 threats that could still derail the clean energy transition — the "Dirty Half Dozen." Cheap oil. Fossil subsidies. Supply chain nationalism. All 6 in the new Energy vs Climate episode. #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #CleanEnergy youtube.com/shorts/p7OcU...

6 threats that could still derail the clean energy transition — The Dirty Half Dozen

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The energy shock's winner, loser, wild card per The Economist's energy editor: ▲ Coal ▼ LNG (golden age of gas is over) ◆ Cheap oil — could starve clean energy investment Latest Energy vs Climate. #GlobalEnergy #EnergyTransition #OPEC youtube.com/shorts/gOdel...

The global energy shock has a winner, a loser, and a wild card — here's the breakdown

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Storage has made more progress in 5 years than solar made in 15. Solar + storage is now delivering firm 24/7 power below coal costs in real markets. The Economist's energy editor, on the latest Energy vs Climate: www.energyvsclimate.com/mapping-the-... #EnergyStorage #EnergyTransition

Cooking fuel prices tripled in India. Samosa vendors are going home. The Economist's energy editor just got back from Delhi — and the picture isn't abstract. New Energy vs Climate episode: www.energyvsclimate.com/mapping-the-... #EnergyTransition #GlobalEnergy #ClimatePolicy

New Energy vs Climate: the Hormuz shock hits global energy markets — who wins, who loses, and whether the clean energy transition can hold. With The Economist's global energy editor, Vijay Vaitheeswaran. www.energyvsclimate.com/mapping-the-... #EnergyTransition #GlobalEnergy #ClimatePolicy

Mapping the Next Energy Shock with The Economist's Vijay Vaitheeswaran

David, Sara, and Ed sat down with Vijay Vitheeswaran, Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor at The Economist and 2025 Energy Writer of the Year, to discuss the shock rippling through energy mark...

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"The left doesn't trust big business. The right doesn't trust big government. Nuclear needs both." Jason Donev on why nuclear's political problem is structural. Full episode: www.energyvsclimate.com/nuclear-opti... #NuclearEnergy #EnergyPolicy #CanadianEnergy youtube.com/shorts/DriCg...

Nuclear Has a Trust Problem That No Engineer Can Fix | Energy vs Climate Podcast

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