Energy vs Climate is a live webinar and podcast where energy experts David Keith, Sara Hastings-Simon and Ed Whittingham break down the trade-offs and hard truths of the energy transition. Guests include scientists, policy experts, and industry leaders.https://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mtznm44zqs2l“There'll be a starter's pistol: corporate hands out for a bailout. / We are there.” Ed predicts it. Emily says it's already happening. Full pod: https://www.energyvsclimate.com/stuck-in-the-middle-the-mid-transition-crisis/ #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #RentSeeking27 Aug 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtznm44zqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mtwfub4qdk2n“Don’t trust fire water systems. No one’s ever tested them, and if you need them once every 40 years, there’s no way that thing works.” Emily Grubert on why we shouldn’t assume natural gas backup will show up when the grid actually needs it. #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #GridReliability25 Aug 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfub4qdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mtjunqsams2l“Coal companies were immediately compensated. The communities? A much longer, bumpier road.” Ed Whittingham on Alberta's coal phase-out. Full pod: https://www.energyvsclimate.com/stuck-in-the-middle-the-mid-transition-crisis/ #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #JustTransition20 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjunqsams2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mthjv4uzec2i“You can be really good at being a fish, even if you’re not that good at being an elephant.” Emily Grubert on why so much energy regulation still expects wind and solar to behave like a fossil fuel plant. #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #EnergyRegulation19 Aug 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthjv4uzec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3msye54ejzk2gNew episode: the fossil system and the clean system can't run things alone right now, and that overlap gets messy fast. @gruberte.bsky.social joins Ed & @shastingssimon.bsky.social to unpack why decarbonization requires subtraction, not just addition. #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy #MidTransition13 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3msye54ejzk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mswa7wlhvc2xIn a Japanese dorm in the '90s, Ed used to sneak into the empty room next door just to use its 'free' electricity credit. A story about exactly how far people will go to game a price signal. New episode. 🎧 https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/ #EnergyVsClimate12 Aug 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswa7wlhvc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mstdaipc7s2n"My home energy report says I use more than my neighbour. It doesn't mention that I have an EV enrolled in a managed charging program, or a separate thermostat program." Eric Davids on the fragmented utility customer experience, on EvC. Full episode: https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/11 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdaipc7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3msgtqs6d6k24@octopus.energy doesn't sell customers a complicated tariff structure. It sells an outcome: '70% off charging your EV at night.' That's it. Eric Davids explains why that framing is the whole trick, on the new episode. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/ #EnergyVsClimate #OctopusEnergy06 Aug 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgtqs6d6k24https://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3msembdp4vk2gThere are an increasing number of hours in Alberta where electricity is literally free to buy on the wholesale market. Sara Hastings-Simon explains how that works, and why most people never see it, on the new episode. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/ #EnergyVsClimate #AlbertaEnergy05 Aug 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3msembdp4vk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3msc3flmidk2hRemember 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 #AlbertaEnergy04 Aug 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc3flmidk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mrvk5jczn22lDuring 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. 🎧 https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/ #EnergyVsClimate #OctopusEnergy30 Jul 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvk5jczn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mrsrl7anj22bOne 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: https://www.energyvsclimate.com/octopus-energy-crack-north-america-eric-davids/29 Jul 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsrl7anj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mrqbxomtas2c"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. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-internet/ #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction28 Jul 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqbxomtas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mrdk3k2i4c2kYour 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 #ClimatePolicy23 Jul 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdk3k2i4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mrazcxjtkc2cBoreal 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. 🎧 https://www.energyvsclimate.com/s7-bonus-fire-weather-john-vaillant-extreme-fire/ #EnergyVsClimate #Wildfires #ClimateChange22 Jul 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrazcxjtkc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mr6f7id2vk2ySolar: 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 #EnergyTransition21 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6f7id2vk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mqpqz7oems2mNuclear 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. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-internet/15 Jul 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpqz7oems2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mqmyoy2ze22v@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 #EnergyTransition14 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmyoy2ze22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mqcs6oxvhs25Canada'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: https://www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-internet/ #EnergyVsClimate #NuclearEnergy #SMR10 Jul 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcs6oxvhs25https://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mpjmf7ghmk2bWe 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. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/evc-vs-the-internet/ #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition30 Jun 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjmf7ghmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mogaxyaqm227If 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. https://www.energyvsclimate.com/replay-where-should-canadas-nuclear-energy-go/ #EnergyVsClimate #NuclearEnergy #ClimatePolicy16 Jun 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogaxyaqm227https://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mnxlt4bp6k2fWe'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 #EnergyTransition10 Jun 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxlt4bp6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/energyvsclimate.bsky.social/post/3mnkz66ft6k2kWe're having tech issues with the old link. The livestream is live at the new link below: https://youtube.com/live/nPIPSFVKbqM?feature=share05 Jun 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:3trdflgu2zip6u5r34bpusew/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkz66ft6k2k