Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social
Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer.
Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)
Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)
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Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social
· Oct 10
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but
Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject
open.substack.com
In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Appalling. Martin Kulldorff, who was a lead author of the Great Barrington declaration which promoted mass infection with COVID and spread disinformation about vaccines, has been appointed HHS Chief science officer.
Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job
The head of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee is leaving to take a leadership role within the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.statnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Appalling. Martin Kulldorff, who was a lead author of the Great Barrington declaration which promoted mass infection with COVID and spread disinformation about vaccines, has been appointed HHS Chief science officer.
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I already read that Nuzzi excerpt and honestly could not even grasp how awful it was, how utterly devoid of inner life and talent it was, a howling void of nothing, but this sounds even worse
I don't think I've ever read a description of a book that makes it sound less appealing
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I already read that Nuzzi excerpt and honestly could not even grasp how awful it was, how utterly devoid of inner life and talent it was, a howling void of nothing, but this sounds even worse
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
“Morally despicable”
When you can’t actually rebut someone’s argument, and he can’t, this is where you go.
My opposition to supply side environmentalism is well-documented. Maybe it’s time to document it again in a column just to really drive home how self-defeating it is.
When you can’t actually rebut someone’s argument, and he can’t, this is where you go.
My opposition to supply side environmentalism is well-documented. Maybe it’s time to document it again in a column just to really drive home how self-defeating it is.
I have to say, missing from @maxfawcett.bsky.social's article is his admission from today's debate, the morally despicable position that there's no amount of worldburning Canada shouldn't do so long as other countries are willing to pay for worldburning. #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #ClimateChange
I've read but can't now find the #ChristHatch piece (How about it @nationalobserver.com? @chrishatch.bsky.social?) but in the meantime here's the essential @maxfawcett.bsky.social article: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #abpoli #MOU
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“Morally despicable”
When you can’t actually rebut someone’s argument, and he can’t, this is where you go.
My opposition to supply side environmentalism is well-documented. Maybe it’s time to document it again in a column just to really drive home how self-defeating it is.
When you can’t actually rebut someone’s argument, and he can’t, this is where you go.
My opposition to supply side environmentalism is well-documented. Maybe it’s time to document it again in a column just to really drive home how self-defeating it is.
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Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party (Alberta)
Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party - Alberta News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party isn't a separatist party.
www.castanet.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
Memo to LNG enthusiasts: are you sure you want to do this?
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Memo to LNG enthusiasts: are you sure you want to do this?
Remember when some folks said TMX wouldn't result in increased shipments to Asia?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Remember when some folks said TMX wouldn't result in increased shipments to Asia?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I am, as you may have guessed, prone to cynicism.
@maxfawcett.bsky.social: "The public heavily discounts the future, their own children's futures, their grandchildren's futures, in exchange for what is good for them in the near term."
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I am, as you may have guessed, prone to cynicism.
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
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Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
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"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
Or are they the same thing?
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"why would Trump, whose poll numbers are cratering, generate even more negative headlines by pardoning Hernández, who was duly convicted of conspiring to send more than 400 tons (!) of cocaine to America?
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
The answer is the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy."
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The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Worldwide clean energy investment is now roughly 2x fossil fuel spending, per IEA.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Worldwide clean energy investment is now roughly 2x fossil fuel spending, per IEA.
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Imagining that the climate battle is about *information* -- that those who have good information will act; that those who aren't acting must be lacking information -- has been utterly disastrous for decades now, but advocates & pols can't seem to break out of it.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Imagining that the climate battle is about *information* -- that those who have good information will act; that those who aren't acting must be lacking information -- has been utterly disastrous for decades now, but advocates & pols can't seem to break out of it.
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Bonanza or boondoggle? Climate crisis flares in Canada, amidst climate "Okay-ism" & new planet broiling projects. Join a panel of #climate experts for vigorous debate today on Zoom about #Carney, #Smith, oil & gas giants w/ @maxfawcett.bsky.social @supriya.bsky.social and @chrishatch.bsky.social
Good politics? Bad policy? We're bringing together two of the smartest climate and energy voices in Canada to sort through the Carney-Smith MOU on Monday: @chrishatch.bsky.social and @maxfawcett.bsky.social, moderated by @supriya.bsky.social. Join the debate at noon PT / 3 ET here:
How will the pipeline pact play out? Join us Monday on Zoom for 'The Pipeline Debate'
In our ever-more siloed informational environment, having places and spaces where spirited disagreement can happen under one digital roof is an important bulwark against the polarization that too ofte...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bonanza or boondoggle? Climate crisis flares in Canada, amidst climate "Okay-ism" & new planet broiling projects. Join a panel of #climate experts for vigorous debate today on Zoom about #Carney, #Smith, oil & gas giants w/ @maxfawcett.bsky.social @supriya.bsky.social and @chrishatch.bsky.social
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
I do wonder if this starts to shift the conversation away from the north coast and towards a further expansion -- as in, an additional pipe -- through TMX's existing right of way.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
B.C. Premier open to new pipeline if tanker ban remains in place
B.C. Premier David Eby – who has vehemently opposed Alberta’s pursuit for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast – says he is open to a pipeline project in his province if the tanker ban remains in ...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I do wonder if this starts to shift the conversation away from the north coast and towards a further expansion -- as in, an additional pipe -- through TMX's existing right of way.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Adam Smith himself wrote about how the rich and powerful have no interest in helping the country, their interest in politics and policy is solely about enriching themselves to the detriment of everyone else.
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
Who would have guessed that David Sacks would be doing unethical shit in the White House? Not a single guy in that cohort who’s not a raging sociopath www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Adam Smith himself wrote about how the rich and powerful have no interest in helping the country, their interest in politics and policy is solely about enriching themselves to the detriment of everyone else.
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
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Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...