Climate in the 21st Century

ttystikk said:

They usually only hold power for a few hours, discharging those batteries to meet peak evening demand when people are home and using power but the sun is already setting.

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I'm sure that is the case. I got my information from the charter boat captain (who is leasing the timberland beside me) who talked to the night watchman.

I don't think I've mentioned my new earth friendly religion here. I use Crown Prince Tutmose, the real dude behind the Moses character as my deity. Anyway, Neil is both a Prophet and a Saint according to Tutmosian dogma. He's been spreading the gospel for almost 50 years now.

injinji said:

I'm sure that is the case. I got my information from the charter boat captain (who is leasing the timberland beside me) who talked to the night watchman.

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This kind of generation facility is rapidly becoming cheaper than all other options.

I wish there was some practically unlimited source of power that was free to use all day every day and couldn't be monopolized...

Meanwhile in Alberta, Canada...., because renewable sources of energy don't carry near the capital expenditure, or profit margins. Wind projects have been shelved according to a local that runs a fleet of pilot trucks who had been servicing the transport of blades and related hardware. If I remember what he said correctly, for the next 5 years. I have no credible news source to back this up, but it jives with the ideology of this provincial government under the Premier Danielle Smith. I will investigate further...

laddyd said:

I wish there was some practically unlimited source of power that was free to use all day every day and couldn't be monopolized...

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It cannot be consolidated and monopolized by a few to overcharge the rest of us, so it must be banned!

Nugnewbie said:

Meanwhile in Alberta, Canada...., because renewable sources of energy don't carry near the capital expenditure, or profit margins. Wind projects have been shelved according to a local that runs a fleet of pilot trucks who had been servicing the transport of blades and related hardware. If I remember what he said correctly, for the next 5 years. I have no credible news source to back this up, but it jives with the ideology of this provincial government under the Premier Danielle Smith. I will investigate further...

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I was born in Alberta and left very shortly thereafter, and I am yet to return even for a short visit.

I hope they don't screw the place up irrevocably before I get the chance.

ttystikk said:

I was born in Alberta and left very shortly thereafter, and I am yet to return even for a short visit.

I hope they don't screw the place up irrevocably before I get the chance.

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its been screwed for years its the texas of canada.

sunni said:

its been screwed for years its the texas of canada.

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Yes, the oilsands are a wasteland of strip mined lands, and leaky tailings ponds in the north of the province. The first large scale mine and bitumen upgrader went into operation in 1967. I worked up there for 8 years. It's a huge wasteland. Lots of weird cancers in indigenous people caused by the contamination. I'm not sure what the amount of "reclaimed" land is, but I'm sure it's tiny compared to the wasteland the mines have created.

The conservative provincial government is turning its back to climate change and preserving the environment. The province had been leading the country in renewable energy investment, but the oil and gas lobbyists must have gotten to the premier Danielle Smith and she put a six month moratorium in place at the beginning of 2024 which of course had a chilling effect on investment. I spoke with a guy who owns a fleet of pilot trucks who were busy with wind projects, aiding in the transport of blades and related hardware for windmills. He says there will be no projects going forward for a long period of time. Not sure how long, but it sounds pretty dead.

Then, there was metallurgical coal mining on the eastern slopes of the rockies in southwestern Alberta which the people of the area had voted to kill, as they didn't want the waters contaminated with excess selenium. Her government reworded things and underhandedly made it possible again, going against the wishes of the people that actually live there. Fucking pisses you off, but it seems like the "Texas of Canada" description is quite appropriate. Billionaires who don't give a shit about anything but money, controlling politicians who also don't give a shit about the people they are supposed to represent. In a way though, these idiots keep electing these assholes, so what the fuck.