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Maggie Hanna, EFL
@MagHanna
Systems thinker. No sensible decision can be made without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be patreon.com/MaggieHanna.
Alberta Canadapatreon.com/MaggieHannaJoined October 2012
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@MagHanna
Very informative and practical interview with E3 Metals CEO Chris Doornbos.. about new lithium production technology and reshoring of lithium supply and markets. I am a big fan of E3 Metals.
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E3 Lithium
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ICYMI: Our CEO, Chris Doornbos was on the @AutoNewsCanada podcast talking about the lithium potential in Alberta and building Canada's EV supply chain 🎙 Tour through previous episodes to hear from @Stellantis, @Google, and more! Have a listen here ⬇️ canada.autonews.com/canada-convers
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I guess we made our beds and now we have to lie in them.Biew the video for the interesting stat on how much more microplastics get into our food just by being wrapped in plastic.
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NowThis
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Whether you like it or not, microplastics will be on the menu this holiday season — here’s why 😳
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@MagHanna
... how I handle over polarized conversations on the energy transition and the role kindness plays.... what the energy mix looks like by 2050... how many human work hours are in a barrel of oil... the advances in nuclear discussion, the agri-solar opportunity... and so much more.
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What a great night! Not often I get to talk about energy transition,... the intersection of science and spirit... the fundamentals of technology stewardship... the corporate culture where asking " just because we can do it, doesn't mean we should do it?" can make a project better
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Energy Beers Night
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Thank you to everyone who braved the cold last night and came to #energybeersnight. It was a great night with great conversation from @MagHanna. In the spirit of giving we would like to encourage everyone to give what they can to the @CalgaryFoodBank.
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@MagHanna
Really looking forward to speaking at Energy Beers Night with my friend the inimitable Craig Dunn. It is going to be fun, informative and visionary. See you there.
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Energy Beers Night
@EnergyBeersYYC
To go with the #EnergyBeersNight Christmas Party theme, we have a last-minute surprise speaker for our December 20th event: @MagHanna , president of Common Ground Energy and Energy Future Lab Fellow will be our speaker/interviewee! So do your homework and look up Maggie.
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@MagHanna
Ralph Torrie is one of my absolutely favourite sensible, thoughtful, and visionary number crunchers....ever. Highly recommend interview as masterful by both @politcalham and Ralph Torrie. HIGHLY RECOMMEND....yes... I put that in capitals for a reason.
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Corporate Knights Magazine's “The price of making peace with nature"...
Markham interviews Ralph Torrie, research director at Corporate Knights magazine, about the magazine's Climate and Economic Renewal Plan.
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@MagHanna
Lets repurpose idle oil&gas wells to make electricity as gravity wells. Hang a weight on a cable in a well, and as the weight drops down the hole, the cable unwinds turning a generator that makes power... for about 3 hours... give or take. I m a BIG fan.
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Turning Leaky Oil Wells into Renewable Energy Storage | Renewell
The EPA estimates that there are over 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells in the United States, and up to 40% of these wells are leaking methane. Renewell ...
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@MagHanna
Trying to figure out how to take care of my health wrt COVID-19. Had 3 Phizer and then got a particularly nasty bout of COVID that just about got me.... 4 pre-conditions. Have some post COVID symptoms...but getting better every day. Maybe Novovax next. Great data thread here
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Dr. Jeff Gilchrist
@jeffgilchrist
COVID-19: How good is a Novavax booster and with previous mRNA doses? This long thread explores what kind of immune response a Novavax booster is giving people as a primary series and after 2 or 3 mRNA doses in recent studies, and what some of the benefits seem to be. 🧵1/
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@MagHanna
Brilliant work by
@AukeHoekstra
on the impact of mining needed to provide raw materials for energy transition. Highly Recommend.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Have others told you there are not enough raw materials to transition to 100% renewables? Did they say minerals are the new oil? Maybe they believed @SimonMichaux of @GTK_FI? If so, please explain to them they were fooled, by showing them this thread.
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I am a big fan of preserving Ingigenous Languages. To me it is not just the words, but how they are spoken together, the syntaxes, the sentence structure, humour, stories, medicine, and implications need passing along. Live recorded conversations between speakers is also key.
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NowThis
@nowthisnews
‘If the language is lost … there’s nothing that can be built’ — A member of the Comanche Nation wrote his own dictionary to preserve his tribe’s language. Here’s why so many other Native tribes are doing the same.
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@MagHanna
This pleases me.... great cartoonists having a field day with something I agree with...
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Kausik
@kausikdatta22
Bitingly brilliant commentary on #GQP’s attacks on our democracy from political cartoonists: @deAdder @laloalcaraz @adamzyglis @mluckovichajc @wuerker @claytoonz @BillBramhall @BillDaytoons @Nick_Anderson_ @MatttDavies @ColeToon @sdutBreen @BennettCartoons politicalcharge.org/2022/11/06/the
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@MagHanna
Check out this report, especially if you have an interest in how good policy can change the world. I know I will be based on the wisdom shown in the graphic Bentley sent me below.
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Bentley Allan
@bentleyballan
These are really good. Ten Principles for Policy Making in the Energy Transition. eeist.co.uk/eeist-reports/ h/t @MagHanna
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@MagHanna
A system like that is well adapted to the resource endowments of the region is robust. Robustness means survival and does not depend on efficiency. Of course efficiency is a "nice to have"... but robustness is required to maintain "energy on demand" do we do not end up
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@MagHanna
Bottom line here is that robustness beats efficiency every time. Together an integrated system with inspired software... incorporating these all or some of these components together becomes something far greater than any single component.
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@MagHanna
+ compressed air + thermal heat mass + Hydrogen from water and natural gas with >95% CCUS + pumped hydro + natural gas plants with CO2 emissions to solid structured carbons ... I could go on...and on... and on.. and on.
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@MagHanna
(or home) instantaneous power backup + eliminating or at least seriously reducing 30% energy waste from homes + cow poop to renewable natural gas + plus small modular molten salt reactors + a redesigned distributed grid + home bladeless wind power generation + agrisolar
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@MagHanna
+ grid balancing millisecond to second batteries + didtributed grids + quick starting natural gas peakers with CCUS + low pressure H2 storage in structured carbon containing tanks + home solar and batteries + neighborhood Vanadium flow batteries + Vehicle batteries to grid
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@MagHanna
Vaclav Smil is a great rigorous singular thinker but is not an effective systems thinker. He can tell you about the inefficiencies of wind turbines... but does not recognize the robustness of wind turbines +solar panels + green hydrogen
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@MagHanna
Well folks here it is! I participated in an all woman panel on Energy transition in Canada w/ IRPP. Here is the recording... a little feisty in places. Fellow panelists & moderator had diverse perspectives openly discussed...made it a rich conversation.
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Rapid changes and transformations: The future of Canada’s energy...
Countries around the world are increasing their ambition on climate policy, and low-carbon technologies across a range of sectors are reaching maturity. This...
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@MagHanna
3/There is an easy-to-navigate development process. The site has all the bells and whistles one would expect from any industrial park. Also know that Alberta has a low corporate tax rate of 5% which is very attractive to the bottom line.
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@MagHanna
Do you know anyone looking for prime Industrial park space? I have been working on the Economic Development Plan for the Hanna, Alberta Region & there is a great opportunity at Sheerness Industrial Park. Pilot project to full scale industrial activity has a great new option.
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@MagHanna
Everyone is welcome! The room is close to full but the video call feed is not. Feel free to join us if you wish.
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Ross Horgan
@PortCityHorgan
Tomorrow @IRPP @policy_school is hosting “Rapid changes and transformations: The future of Canada’s energy transition” with @MagHanna of @LabEnergy, an advocate for molten salt Small Modular Reactors like the @MoltexEnergy SSR-W being built in New Brunswick to recycle CANDU fuel. twitter.com/IRPP/status/15…
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Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
@GosiaGasperoPhD
Yes. This. Is. A horror "The new horror in this pandemic is letting people think that reinfection is no big deal. I believe the opposite is actually most likely, that cumulative harm(e.g, lung scars, brain tissue loss)will increase, not decrease, w/ each successive reinfection"
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Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH
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The new horror in this pandemic is letting people think that reinfection is no big deal. I believe the opposite is actually most likely, that cumulative harm (e.g, lung scars, brain tissue loss) will increase, not decrease, with each successive reinfection. 15/17
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@MagHanna
This might be of interest to you as it was to me... great and long thread.
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Sahil Bloom
@SahilBloom
1/ An Allegory of Finance I have been posting a lot of educational (and humorous!) threads on finance, money, and economics. My mission is simple: to demystify these concepts and make them accessible to everyone. All of the threads can be found below. Enjoy and please share!
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Maggie Hanna, EFL
@MagHanna
Really good episode. The writing is on the wall... the question is how fast we can make changes. And yet even Bill McKibben said we still need oil and gas to get the job done, and that is temporary.
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Michael Liebreich
@MLiebreich
We're back! Season 7 of @MLCleaningUp has kicked off with a deep discussion with @billmckibben. Does he accept that divestment helped cause the energy price spike? Does he agree rich countries should help Africa develop their gas resources? Listen now! cleaningup.live/ep98-bill-mcki
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