Rob Miller
About Rob Miller
Rob Miller is a retired systems engineer, formerly with General Dynamics Canada, who now volunteers with the Calgary Climate Hub and writes on behalf of Eco-Elders for Climate Action, but any opinions expressed in his work are his own.
Is the latest AI chatbot a game-changing tool or something more sinister?
Will the new frontier of artificial intelligence, like social media, begin as a forum for addictive fun that spirals into an online world populated by dark forces such as bullying, racism, manipulation, corruption, greed and anger?
Amidst the climate crisis, the case for hope is getting stronger
The movement to protect nature, transition away from fossil fuels and create an equitable society won’t achieve critical mass without supporters, adopters, innovators and foot soldiers.
Forest protection should be a high priority at COP15
More than 80 years after Ernest Callaway Manning warned "over-cutting" was "creating barren lands", the forestry industry has plundered the majority of the most valued old-growth forests in B.C.
Utilities are delaying the grid renewal required to electrify everything
Inaction on grid renewal is a dangerous combination of denial and delay, which ultimately results in infrastructure not being in place when wide-scale electrification begins to grow exponentially.
Conservatives slam the carbon tax for adding to inflation, but fail to mention its rebates
The federal Conservatives promise to scrap the carbon tax and thereby make all our lives affordable again. It’s a cunning attempt to link inflation to the carbon tax, writes Rob Miller.
The best way to help a forest bounce back from a pine beetle attack is leave it alone
Beetles are threatening Canada's largest and oldest trees. Their immune systems will fight back, but an exploding beetle population can overwhelm their defences.
Green shoots of the hydrogen economy
In spite of these forceful objections, multiple industries have been quietly getting on with the job of creating a hydrogen economy, writes Rob Miller.
Canada needs a massive battery
Renewable energy power storage is successfully being added to the North American grid to keep the lights on, computers running and the electric vehicles charging.
Will Canada bet on the wrong solution to Europe’s energy crisis?
Europe and Canada need to invest in the energy transition, not new fossil fuel infrastructure that will start becoming stranded assets over the next 10 to 15 years.
New framework assesses nature-related risks and opportunities
The great forests of B.C. were a source of unlimited wealth. We are now reaching the limits of available supply.