The Nickel Nerd
@ltrytten.bsky.social
Canadian first. Critical metals for the energy transition - development, processing, impacts. Most professional stuff on LI. Also comments on transportation, urban design, and political systems. And other life matters...
Probably hit by a cyclist, right?
EFRS is on scene of a downed power pole & lines in the area of 170ST & 95AVE. A power outage has been reported in the area. #yeg #yegtraffic
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Probably hit by a cyclist, right?
For the #yyc area in particular, I will be in yyc next Wed am participating in a discussion on #criticalminerals to kick off Calgary Climate Week. I expect to be around all day if people want to connect and talk critical minerals, processing, etc.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ailsap...
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With growing global demand for secure and sustainable supply chains, now is the time to accelerate progress toward an integrated, homegrown critical minerals value chain leveraging our regional… | Ene...
With growing global demand for secure and sustainable supply chains, now is the time to accelerate progress toward an integrated, homegrown critical minerals value chain leveraging our regional streng...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For the #yyc area in particular, I will be in yyc next Wed am participating in a discussion on #criticalminerals to kick off Calgary Climate Week. I expect to be around all day if people want to connect and talk critical minerals, processing, etc.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ailsap...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ailsap...
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🚀 Huge step forward for decarbonising heat: Construction has started on world’s largest seasonal thermal energy storage facility in Vantaa, Finland.
Massive underground caverns will store 1.1m m³ of hot water — around 90 GWh of heat, enough to warm an entire town through winter.
Massive underground caverns will store 1.1m m³ of hot water — around 90 GWh of heat, enough to warm an entire town through winter.
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚀 Huge step forward for decarbonising heat: Construction has started on world’s largest seasonal thermal energy storage facility in Vantaa, Finland.
Massive underground caverns will store 1.1m m³ of hot water — around 90 GWh of heat, enough to warm an entire town through winter.
Massive underground caverns will store 1.1m m³ of hot water — around 90 GWh of heat, enough to warm an entire town through winter.
@usoceanprotection.bsky.social today released a report I co-authored on deep-sea mining for #criticalminerals. It’s an interesting study, dives into extraction and processing as well as markets. I do not opine on environment, not my area.
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
DSM Technical/Economic Feasibility Report — NOPC - National Ocean Protection Coalition
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@usoceanprotection.bsky.social today released a report I co-authored on deep-sea mining for #criticalminerals. It’s an interesting study, dives into extraction and processing as well as markets. I do not opine on environment, not my area.
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility
#yeg #yegcc @edmontonanne.bsky.social YEG has killed 30 people this year. What is council going to mandate administration to actually DO? A new study isn’t going to save lives in the next few years, and hope isn’t a strategy. #yegbike @michaeljanz.bsky.social @ashleysalvador.bsky.social
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#yeg #yegcc @edmontonanne.bsky.social YEG has killed 30 people this year. What is council going to mandate administration to actually DO? A new study isn’t going to save lives in the next few years, and hope isn’t a strategy. #yegbike @michaeljanz.bsky.social @ashleysalvador.bsky.social
Here is #yeg traffic fatalities per a CityNews article from last week adjusted up one for Friday’s incident. Based on my OHS training, I hesitate to call it an accident as it was fully preventable. The rate of increase is higher than the rate of decline was. Up 150% in 3 years!!
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here is #yeg traffic fatalities per a CityNews article from last week adjusted up one for Friday’s incident. Based on my OHS training, I hesitate to call it an accident as it was fully preventable. The rate of increase is higher than the rate of decline was. Up 150% in 3 years!!
#yeg Pretty sad that in #cbc and other media, it seems the “good behaviour” bar for killing a person with a vehicle is not fleeing the scene. I’m sure the driver didn’t intend to do it, and will suffer with the consequences, but language of “being struck by a car” not by an inattentive driver sucks.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#yeg Pretty sad that in #cbc and other media, it seems the “good behaviour” bar for killing a person with a vehicle is not fleeing the scene. I’m sure the driver didn’t intend to do it, and will suffer with the consequences, but language of “being struck by a car” not by an inattentive driver sucks.
#yegbike It appears the 113 st MUP from 111 Ave to Kingsway is now "open". The two remaining open stretches have been gravelled (slightly concave) and barriers removed. You no longer have to divert onto the street. But north end still dumps you straight into Kingsway, so be careful!
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#yegbike It appears the 113 st MUP from 111 Ave to Kingsway is now "open". The two remaining open stretches have been gravelled (slightly concave) and barriers removed. You no longer have to divert onto the street. But north end still dumps you straight into Kingsway, so be careful!
Looks like the new MUP plus on-road bike route on 111 ave from 120 st to 106 st is open (although a bit of construction ongoing in 113-114 st area). But still two big gaps in the 113 st MUP north of 111 ave that force you into the road. #Yegbike
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Looks like the new MUP plus on-road bike route on 111 ave from 120 st to 106 st is open (although a bit of construction ongoing in 113-114 st area). But still two big gaps in the 113 st MUP north of 111 ave that force you into the road. #Yegbike
Everyone - hunters, hikers, and cows - has a role to play in keeping our rural lands safe from gun violence.
"Everyone - whether driving, walking or cycling has a role to play in keeping our community safe."
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Everyone - hunters, hikers, and cows - has a role to play in keeping our rural lands safe from gun violence.
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To other Canadian city mayors (@andrewknack.bsky.social since you're my mayor), do NOT give tone deaf statements like this putting the crux of community safety on pedestrians and cyclists after a tragic death by a driver! This is embarrassing coming from my old hometown. #hamont #visionzero
#HamOnt Please see my Statement regarding the tragic incident regarding a City of Hamilton Crossing Guard today.
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
To other Canadian city mayors (@andrewknack.bsky.social since you're my mayor), do NOT give tone deaf statements like this putting the crux of community safety on pedestrians and cyclists after a tragic death by a driver! This is embarrassing coming from my old hometown. #hamont #visionzero
NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"In terms of what would be best for the Conservative Party, do you think they should look for a new leader to replace Pierre Poilievre or keep him as leader?"
Look for new leader: 64%
Keep Poilievre: 36%
Spark / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
Look for new leader: 64%
Keep Poilievre: 36%
Spark / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"In terms of what would be best for the Conservative Party, do you think they should look for a new leader to replace Pierre Poilievre or keep him as leader?"
Look for new leader: 64%
Keep Poilievre: 36%
Spark / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
Look for new leader: 64%
Keep Poilievre: 36%
Spark / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
People quit bad bosses more than bad companies (but both matter). With Carney and the Conservative Party both polling about 50% higher than Poilievre and people jumping ship, you have to wonder how long he can survive. I would love to see a Conservative Party that I would consider voting for.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
People quit bad bosses more than bad companies (but both matter). With Carney and the Conservative Party both polling about 50% higher than Poilievre and people jumping ship, you have to wonder how long he can survive. I would love to see a Conservative Party that I would consider voting for.
#yegbike my favourite biking memory for 2025 is cycling through the battlefields of northern France. Very impactful seeing the area, the cemeteries, the monuments at human speed. Highly recommended. The quantity of memorialized soldiers for whom remains have not been found is terrifying.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#yegbike my favourite biking memory for 2025 is cycling through the battlefields of northern France. Very impactful seeing the area, the cemeteries, the monuments at human speed. Highly recommended. The quantity of memorialized soldiers for whom remains have not been found is terrifying.
#yegbike to O'day'min Park today. What a beautiful asset for #yeg and our downtown in particular. The push-button gas fires will be welcome all winter, the playground and seat swings are great. But my picture is of the simple fix I want for summer streets 2026. Screw the dinky double-90 ramps.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
PeaceLoveCanada.ca
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Former PC Education Minister Dave King was at the cabinet table when notwithstanding was devised. His devastating view of what the UCP has done. Don't miss this piece.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg
Opinion: Notwithstanding clause never meant to be used to benefit the government
Dave King was was there when clause was born in Alberta cabinet. It was never meant to be used for the benefit of the government itself.
calgaryherald.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Well analyzed. Always take the Fraser Institute with a hefty kilo of salt.
The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
Lies, damn lies, and Fraser Institute studies
Maybe they didn't expect anyone to fact check their work. I did it anyways.
maxfawcett.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Well analyzed. Always take the Fraser Institute with a hefty kilo of salt.
There’s one Alberta MP I really want to see resign…the newest one.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There’s one Alberta MP I really want to see resign…the newest one.
Here’s a hint. If you don’t travel to an aggressive nation threatening takeover and actively working to damage our economy, no impacts!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FAA is reducing flights at 40 U.S. airports. Here's how Canadian travel will be affected | CBC News
Some Canadian travellers bound for the United States will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country's aviation network.
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Here’s a hint. If you don’t travel to an aggressive nation threatening takeover and actively working to damage our economy, no impacts!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Went to renew my passport in #yeg Canada Place today. Gotta say, the process is much more pleasant than it was a decade ago! Pleasant staff, not pulling a number that is dozens away, etc. But rolling out online further (need to be within 6 months of expiry) would be great!
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Went to renew my passport in #yeg Canada Place today. Gotta say, the process is much more pleasant than it was a decade ago! Pleasant staff, not pulling a number that is dozens away, etc. But rolling out online further (need to be within 6 months of expiry) would be great!