@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca@revndm @GottaLaff absolutely.
The best and most impactful protest I was ever in was the huge #TMX pipeline protest in Vancouver a few years back. Even though it didn't stop the pipeline completely, it was a clear point in time where the population was in huge support of climate action related stuff and against more fossil fuel infrastructure. And it was the first big gathering combining First Nations as well as the general population.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caFor some quick back-of-the-envelope comparisons with current road, slow rail, and fast rail travel times according to Google Maps.
Toronto - Quebec City: 859km 
8hr 
10hr 
6hr (?)
Toronto - Montreal: 550km 5.5hr 5.5hr 3hr (?)
Paris - Nice: 1000km 9hr 6hr
Paris - Marseille: 850km 8hr 3.5hrs
Boston - Washington DC: 700km 7.5hr 9hr
Detroit - Washington DC: 840km 8hr 14hr
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caWell holy high speed rail Batman, they’re building it!!
Initial planning cost of $4 Billion, final construction of the 1000km, 300kph line between Toronto and Quebec City could be up to the cost of 4 #TMX pipelines. ($80B).
Montreal to Toronto in 3hrs.
A large consortium is the winning bid and includes France’s SNCF and Air Canada.
#canpoli #highspeedrail #rail #transport #toronto #quebec #endfossilfuels #climateAction
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announces-high-speed-rail-quebec-toronto-1.7462538
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caLet me guess, the first “entity” a Canadian Pension fund takes majority control of will be some slimy oil interest. 
In fact, I will go straight out on that limb and say it will be Trudeau’s Transmountain Boondoggle Climate Killer.
If it is my pension fund doing the buying you may hear the screams for miles….
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-pension-fund-cap-1.7410049?cmp=rss
Surprise, surprise: the Trans Mountain pipeline is worth less than it cost to build https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-potential-loss-trans-mountain-sale-1.7378043 #OilandGas #TMX #Subsidy #Canada
Hey folks, next month there’s an angry & lighthearted book coming out with my name on the cover: “Standing on High Ground”. It’s an anthology of writing from people who were arrested protesting Canada’s awful “TMX” pipeline project. I’m an arrestee/ contributor & co-editor.
Here’s its official home: https://btlbooks.com/book/standing-on-high-ground
Here’s a blog piece full of background and pictures: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/09/08/Standing-On-High-Ground
This project means a lot to me and I’d appreciate anyone passing the word along.
"No" was never going to be an answer.
Anybody who has navigated in these waters will know that paltry tug escorts plus 34 transits per month plus human nature will also result in an inevitability.
#TMX
#SalishSeaFloatingTarPipeline
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-tmx-project-this-ship-should-not-have-sailed/
When a lane is added to a congested road, extra traffic flocks to that road to fill the capacity of the new lane, until traffic is stuck again. This is called induced demand. Same for pipelines:
"Canadian oil producers expect the discount on their crude to shrink significantly when the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (#TMX) starts this year, but the relief may be short-lived as surging supply looks set to exceed the country's pipeline capacity in just a few years."
#Canada’s expensive new #TMX pipeline is set to allow exports without going through the United States.
"The two North American allies will pump one-in-four barrels worldwide in 2024. Let me emphasize this: A quarter of the world’s oil will come from Canada and the US this year."
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caWhatever infinitesimally small shred of social license the #oilsands had has evaporated. Close them asap and all that is associated with them.
#oilsands #climateEmergency #ClimateAction #cdnPoli #CanPoli #tmx #bcLNG
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/01/26/Oilsands-Air-Pollution-Much-Higher-Than-Industry-Estimates/
“It’s a great example of two irresponsible parties involved here,” said Stand.earth climate finance director Richard Brooks. “[Finance Canada] said, ‘No, we're not going to put more public money into this, but we’re certainly going to use our power to ensure this pipeline gets finished by backstopping private sector loans to #TMX.’
“Now at $18 billion from private banks being sent to this project, the cost of the project has now surpassed $35 billion.”
“The latest round of financing was a $2-billion loan provided to #TMX in late November, which as previously reported by Canada’s National Observer was secured to help the oilsands pipeline megaproject finish construction as it heads into the home stretch.”
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca“"Given that governments, production plans and targets helped to influence, legitimize and justify continued fossil fuel dependence, there is a real risk that such plans are undermining the energy transition by locking in long-lived fossil fuel infrastructure," Achakulwisut said.”
Looking at you Prime Minister Justin “Climate Champion but lets buy a Pipeline” Trudeau. Or you BC Premier David - “Still Loving the LNG” Eby.
#ClimateAction #BCPoli #CdnPoli #CanPoli #TransMountain #TMX #LNG #BCLNG
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/canada-climate-fossil-fuel-production-report-1.7020988
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caDue to his own ineptitude over the past 8 years at sticking to his own convictions on CO2 emissions and action on Climate Change, he's left himself vulnerable to the Conservative’s mindless climate-denial populist rhetoric.
Remember that time he went to Paris and claimed 1.5ºC was the goal we could all shoot for. Now we know (h/t @breadandcircuses) of course that that was a lie and it was never really possible by then. We are just a few years from blowing through our Carbon budget and perhaps months from seeing the first year above 1.5ºC.
It was all a charade so he could get elected, and then turn around and bailout Trans Mountain, or go along with BC's disastrous LNG projects, or bicker with whatever oil soaked Premier is sitting in the chair in Edmonton, Regina, Victoria or St John's.
They are all responsible for our collective suffering now and for generations to come.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-no-fruther-carbon-tax-exemption-1.7014116
Congrats, random Canadian! You now own a significant share of a $30.9-billion pipeline expansion project. But wait — we have bad news about your financial returns. An Andrew-Nikiforuk generated explainer. 
#TMX
#TMX Finance Corporate Services has suffered a #databreach, with nearly five million people in the #US possibly having their names and credit card details stolen as a result.
#TMXFinance #cybersecurity #datasecurity #infosec
https://cybernews.com/news/tmx-finance-data-breach-exposes-millions/
Parceria Museu LOAD ZX e TIMEX (USA)
19 Fevereiro, pelas 19h00 de Portugal
O convidado especial
Dan Ross
VP e COO da Timex Computer Corporation entre Março de 1982 e Janeiro de 1984
Stream da sessão diretamente no canal de YouTube.
#ZXSpectrum #Spectrum #Sinclair #Timex #TMX #Museu #LOAD #LOADZX #Museum #Portugal #Gaming #8bit #retrocomputers #technology #jogos #computador #tecnologia #PlanetaSinclair
