Thank you for this! I completely agree with you that it is a fascinating time to focus in on, and follow resource economics and environmental policy in Canada. As a student of this from the 2000-2010 it’s fascinating to see the progressive EIA theories we hoped would one day make it into actual law come about (bill C-69) and see how society reacts and how these moral principles play out in real-time. Anyway, I’ve been looking for more professors like yourself writing in the topics you write about here and on Bluesky, so it’s great to have finally found your work. Keep it up and thanks!
I don't know if the study of energy is require so much as a review of everything we have already done and in many cases abandoned. Nuclear has had a 50 year hiatus, the first wind turbines were in the Cochella valley about 40 years ago, and long distance power transmission using HVDC tech is half a century old. Even heat pumps have been around for 30 years +. What is missing though is the limitations on the tech that resulted in a lot of the ideas being sidelined.
That sounds very good Professor Leach. Have you considered putting a camera in the classroom and getting U of A to put one of your courses online? We (the Alberta public) could really use a more rigorous treatment of these topics than we seem to be getting from other sources!
Thank you for this! I completely agree with you that it is a fascinating time to focus in on, and follow resource economics and environmental policy in Canada. As a student of this from the 2000-2010 it’s fascinating to see the progressive EIA theories we hoped would one day make it into actual law come about (bill C-69) and see how society reacts and how these moral principles play out in real-time. Anyway, I’ve been looking for more professors like yourself writing in the topics you write about here and on Bluesky, so it’s great to have finally found your work. Keep it up and thanks!
I don't know if the study of energy is require so much as a review of everything we have already done and in many cases abandoned. Nuclear has had a 50 year hiatus, the first wind turbines were in the Cochella valley about 40 years ago, and long distance power transmission using HVDC tech is half a century old. Even heat pumps have been around for 30 years +. What is missing though is the limitations on the tech that resulted in a lot of the ideas being sidelined.
That sounds very good Professor Leach. Have you considered putting a camera in the classroom and getting U of A to put one of your courses online? We (the Alberta public) could really use a more rigorous treatment of these topics than we seem to be getting from other sources!