u/CDN-Social-Democrat

We hear from the right-wing political-media-industry sphere how "Oil & Gas is being so held back!"

This narrative is done at a level of brute-force brainwashing and sadly it has people operating like bots repeating this and similar lines ad nauseam.

Reality in Canada:

In 1990 as a nation we did around 1.7 MILLION barrels every single day.

In 2014 that was around 3.8 MILLION barrels every single day.

Now that sits around 4.6 to 5+ MILLION barrels every single day.

Out of 195 countries we are #4 in oil extraction in the world.

(I have my own issues with Trudeau *Broken promises regarding Electoral Reform and the like* but his administration pumped more Oil & Gas then any before it).

Do you know what was actually held back? RENEWABLE ENERGY!

Rarely is it mentioned that Alberta & Saskatchewan are two of the best places in all of Canada for Solar Power & Wind Power.

Alberta was leading in Renewable Energy for a long time because the conditions are just so amazing for it!

Then Danielle Smith/UCP started rewriting policy...

Now BILLIONS in Renewable Energy projects have halted and died on the vine. *It sure would have been nice to have all those jobs and clean affordable energy.... - Especially with the price of power in Alberta...

Summed up: Canada much like the U.S. has large petrocracy dimensions. There is a whole propaganda machine to misinform the populace on countless points of discussion. Oil & Gas is not what is being held back in Canada - Renewable Energy & Electrification Technology is what is being held back.

Original Post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaleft/comments/1u55c4y/fossil_fuel_industry_series/ - Fossil Fuel Industry Series!

First Post In Series:

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaleft/comments/1u55c8e/fossil_fuel_industry_series_1_clean_up_the_ing/ - Fossil Fuel Industry Series #1: Clean up the #*&$ing Orphan Wells!

We hear from the right-wing political-media-industry sphere how "Oil & Gas is being so held back!"

This narrative is done at a level of brute-force brainwashing and sadly it has people operating like bots repeating this and similar lines ad nauseam.

Reality in Canada:

In 1990 as a nation we did around 1.7 MILLION barrels every single day.

In 2014 that was around 3.8 MILLION barrels every single day.

Now that sits around 4.6 to 5+ MILLION barrels every single day.

Out of 195 countries we are #4 in oil extraction in the world.

(I have my own issues with Trudeau *Broken promises regarding Electoral Reform and the like* but his administration pumped more Oil & Gas then any before it).

Do you know what was actually held back? RENEWABLE ENERGY!

Rarely is it mentioned that Alberta & Saskatchewan are two of the best places in all of Canada for Solar Power & Wind Power.

Alberta was leading in Renewable Energy for a long time because the conditions are just so amazing for it!

Then Danielle Smith/UCP started rewriting policy...

Now BILLIONS in Renewable Energy projects have halted and died on the vine. *It sure would have been nice to have all those jobs and clean affordable energy.... - Especially with the price of power in Alberta...

Summed up: Canada much like the U.S. has large petrocracy dimensions. There is a whole propaganda machine to misinform the populace on countless points of discussion. Oil & Gas is not what is being held back in Canada - Renewable Energy & Electrification Technology is what is being held back.

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ndp/comments/1u55bzz/fossil_fuel_industry_series/ - Fossil Fuel Industry Series!

First Post In Series:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ndp/comments/1u55c1i/fossil_fuel_industry_series_1_clean_up_the_ing/ - Fossil Fuel Industry Series #1: Clean up the #*&$ing Orphan Wells!

We think we know how to solve the population crisis — end poverty through economic growth and birth rates fall. It has worked every single time it's been tried.

But economic growth solves the population crisis by creating two worse ones. Growth-driven consumption accelerates ecological overshoot, pushing us further beyond planetary boundaries. And the same rise in living standards that reduces birth rates hollows out the demographic base modern economies depend on.

So we're trapped.

Don't end poverty and the population keeps growing.

End it through growth and you get ecological collapse and a pension crisis that could bankrupt nations.

This isn't a policy failure — it's a structural one. And the only way out is through a post growth economy designed to meet human needs within ecological limits rather than expand indefinitely beyond them.

Trumps speech can be summed up one way - Lowest common denominator style populism (I.e. A mob).

The reactionary/regressive sphere and the "leaders" of it which are stereotypical snake oil salespeople and con-artist grifters have really made an Idiocracy made manifest.

Maybe sadly even more malignant than the Idiocracy of the movie..

This is just sad and depressing to watch.

Trumps speech can be summed up one way - Lowest common denominator style populism (I.e. A mob).

The reactionary/regressive sphere and the "leaders" of it which are stereotypical snake oil salespeople and con-artist grifters have really made an Idiocracy made manifest.

Maybe sadly even more malignant than the Idiocracy of the movie..

This is just sad and depressing to watch.

Trumps speech can be summed up one way - Lowest common denominator style populism (I.e. A mob).

The reactionary/regressive sphere and the "leaders" of it which are stereotypical snake oil salespeople and con-artist grifters have really made an Idiocracy made manifest.

Maybe sadly even more malignant than the Idiocracy of the movie..

This is just sad and depressing to watch.

We all know Canada is a petrocracy.

We all know the U.S. is the heartland of the Fossil Fuel Industry.

We all know the Oil & Gas Lobby is incredibly linked to right-wing governments across the planet (Reform, AfD, so and so on).

Fuck this death cult. Period.

It's amazing just how much harm they have done, the amount of propaganda they have been allowed to spew, and how much they have held us back from brighter and better.

It looks like Canada due to corruption is going to miss out on participating and benefiting economically from the Electrification Technology Era.

Allowing corruption to hold us back from the next generation of energy & technology is monumentally fucking moronic.

This shit is getting really fucking old already.

A simple request - When discussing Nuclear Power & Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, and so forth) *Yes I know some definitions include Nuclear Power with Renewable Energy* please be kind to each other.

1. Do not lie about Renewable Energy realities.

2. Do not lie about Nuclear Power realities.

3. DO NOT personally insult someone because they like Nuclear Power or Renewable Energy!

4. https://www.reddit.com/r/ClimateShitposting/ - This is a good subreddit for those just wanting to troll/go to war with each other over Renewable Energy vs Nuclear Power.

That all being said just in general speak to each other in good faith, with respect, with an intentionality of substantive-analytical dialogue that can take us to positive/constructive places for the future being brighter and better via more people becoming aware/informed on nuances involving Climate Science, Renewable Energy, Electrification Technology, and so on.

It's totally okay to discuss the pros and cons but just be genuine and empathetic to each other.

*NO FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY PUSHERS LOL*

Pathways into a nation and immigration overall has become a very heated discussion topic in the last few years.

Here in Canada we have started to see reductions in various pathways into the nation and immigration overall.

We still though have a lot of openings for bad actors to take advantage of.

Bad actors such as slum lords, diploma mill operators, bad employers, bad immigration consultants, and the like.

There have been some posts/comments on Reddit and other online spaces along with general news stories from those that work in these governmental offices that there isn't enough burden of "proof/need" put on the employers, immigration consultants, and the like.

That investigative teams are short-staffed and the budgets are lacking for robust work to be done in this area.

Obviously with reducing the amount of people coming in those problems & abuses become less in scale but the problems with the general frameworks are still there.

Summed Up: Do you think we will see Carney/LPC do the hard work that is needed to re-write our immigration system so that abuse of the system and exploitation of workers is no longer an inherent flaw in the system?

What do you think would help with this process for policy changes?

Short 2-3 minute video that goes over the basics of basics.

Renewable Energy is now 90%+ of new power capacity being added globally.

Electrification Technology is following that same massive growth trajectory.

Even before the war in Iran investment, research & development, and implementation of Renewable Energy/Electrification Technology was exploding. The Iran War has just supercharged this by exposing the vulnerabilities to individuals, organizations, and whole nation-states that come with reliance on Hydrocarbon Energy/Technology.

As a Canadian my hope is we will get a foot in the door for this new Electrification Technology Era! It holds so much wealth and great diversification of our economy!

We need to as a nation focus on productivity increases, technology focus, research & development/innovation, and very very skilled/very very high-end manufacturing.

We do not want to miss out on this. Period.