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<p>Has our last, best chance at COP26 in Glasgow vanished? Is the oil industry shorting humanity? We try to remain optimistic.</p> <p>Our conversation will be a little different this week as James gets personal about racism and oil industry naivety. Brian struggles to let go of Facebook and Instagram. </p> <p>Is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the boogeyman for a changing world? Why does the oil industry blame him for their woes when the Canadian people keep voting him in. Maybe they should blame the voters.</p> <p>Black Lives Matter myths and relatives getting radicalized on Facebook.</p> <p>Tony Seba says to end the fossil fuel bailout. CAN YOU IMAGINE GREEN ENERGY RECEIVING SUBSIDIES 100 YEARS AFTER IT GOT STARTED?</p> <p>The Travers Solar Project in Alberta is the largest in Canada by far and it's because the grid in that province in unregulated. It encourages companies like Amazon to buy green energy from solar and wind companies.</p> <p>James was served an ad for his utility SaskPower promoting small nuclear modular reactors as the solution to climate change so we look at why that is actually green-washing and not plausible.</p> <p>Is wind turbine syndrome a real thing? A French court says yes.</p> <p>A Stanford study outlines how each of 150 countries can get to net zero by 2050 USING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY. For example, 1.44 million lives in India will be saved each year.</p> <p>CN purchases battery electric freight locomotive from Wabtec to support sustainability goals.</p> <p>Tesla News:</p> <p>Tesla in talks for battery production in Quebec<br /> https://electrek.co/2021/11/08/tesla-talks-with-quebec-govt-amid-multi-billion-investment-into-battery-production</p> <p>Pepsi says they’re getting Tesla semis this year.</p> <p>Tesla is moving driver profiles to the cloud for smooth transitions between cars, rentals, and more.</p> <p>Tesla open manufacturing plant in Markham, ON to make machines to build batteries</p> <p>The government of Belgium’s Flemish region is preparing to introduce legislation to b