This was a suggested video, and at first glance I almost passed it. While I believe several demographic viewpoints of America were missing, I don't think that was your main objective. Unfortunately Joe and company being overwhelmingly complacent with genocide in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and other countries globally is more than a growing pain of this country, I think you did a damn good job at the structure of this video. It was engaging, wonderfully colored, and I felt the genuine positivity. I believe if you continue with this unique approach, while branching out your empirically driven view of where we are as a whole, down to its individual and regional parts, you have something wonderfully beautiful at in your hands.
Hi. Intresting and good video taken in the winther. Does your FOO have electric rear window? Does it have a heat pump? Best regards from Heri in Denmark
"i'm in canada, no secret if yer watching from another pert of the werld" canadian accent detected for sure. cool vid, love the chalkboards in the woods, love that they always move when you walk away. excellent setup
I'm surprised it even got finished. With the feds at first, the first nations, the wild rose party joining with he conservatives, which gave rise to Rachel Notley, her refusal to start with it at Hardisty, the gov here in the US which baasically stopped the XL pipeline at the border, carbon taxes, I'm just surprised. I wonder when the feds stepped in, was it because of Notley's nonsense that Alberta became a have not province?. I live in the states, abd oil shipment manufacturing t is an interest of mine. I have a little bit better insight on what happened with it in Canada
Then factor in the various levels of corruption that the Quebec construction industry is renowned for and the not in my backyard contingent and we end up at 20 years.🤷🏼♂️
Agree wholeheartedly Bruce. 14 years ago we here in Eastern Ontario near Hawkesbury ) caught wind of a " massive solar " project that was going to take 300 acres of prime agricultural land for a 25 megawatt solar generation project. There was widespread objection to it ( not due to the project itself, but due to the removal of food producing land ), but it was completed anyway. Apparently it was a huge success as it now supplies half of Hawkesbury' s power and supplies a huge goat farm that supplies Greek Yogurt and other products to Loblaws and other food retailers. I only wish that I would have had the funds to get a system as my roofs could probably produce 30 or 40 kilowatts.✌.
OPG is maintaining their assets by refurbishing their existing units. No big build has been approved. A very very small modular reactor 300 MWe (as stated by CNSC) has been approved and will be built by GE. I don’t think it’s any bigger than the avg department store.
Part of the problem is that we have the fosil fuel industry spreading propoganda that you don't get engery from wind or solar when the wind stops blowing and the sun stops shining. But smart poeple have figured out how to use large scale batteries to smooth out the peak loads and provide electricity when the wind stops blowing and the sun stops shining. I was watching a segment on "The Electric Viking" where he was covering reporting that California is generating more electricity from wind and solar than they need and storing it in batteries to supply during the peak demand period of 5pm - 9pm. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LaOgWO_zS6Q.html
Yes - Transmission cables along with battery and Pumped hydro along with maybe a few other methods make solar and wind supply more in line with demand.
Had my jaw repositioned in my early twenties, my lower jaw was not quite as far forward as the upper. Had the jaw wired shut for six weeks so was on a liquid diet for that period. Soup run through a blender, milk shakes and Ensure dietary supplement was what I lived on. The day my jaw was freed wasn’t as dramatic for me but I remember my brother drove me to the appointment and when it was done I ignored the surgeon's advice and we headed to the Great West Beef Company in London to eat a steak. It was amazing how limited my jaw's movement was, I never before or since cut a steak into such small pieces. The surgeon's other advice was not to go drinking while the jaw was wired as if vomited I could drown on it. I have never been a big drinker so that wasn’t an issue but I faithfully carried the wire cutters they provided for the six weeks. He told me that he never had a patient with elective surgery that had to resort to cutting the wires but had some that had the jaw set because of a fight injury doing it. It’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye 🤷🏼♂️.
This would have been a far better video, with information on how cold it is. The range you got between stops, time it took for charging in that weather etc.
In OPGs defence they have already completed refurbishment of 2 units at Darlington. A small modular reactor is going to be built on that site. A better idea than a large nuclear build.
Hey Bruce, I'm surprised you didn't touch on the future potential of e-bikes in many of Canada's urban centre's with the housing policy shifts that are reducing the necessary size of parking lots/building. Seems like it's right up your alley :)
Yes, you are right - I didn't realize many of the upsides. In my neighbourhood there are many deliveries from Fedex and ?? via eBike. I have been thinking that I could share the cargo bike with my neighbours and it would be a win for all of us.
I'm doing a 3rd FaceBook live show with an Ocean One owner this Wednesday. Mind if I steal some of this video, where you talk about charging? And, if you want to be part of the show, I am doing Wednesday, that would also be cool. I am doing it at 5pm toasty Arizona time where it's not -26C it's 100F. I do take callers.
By the way, it's now 4/23/24 and lots of things going on with Fisker BUT I am still considering the purchase. I guess that makes me a better comedian than you are.
Every data point I have is that it is a great car with - heretofore - excellent support from the maker. If I were buying a car today - considering the price cut - I would almost certainly buy a Fisker.
Sure that might work for some people but I don’t see it working for me at all. A 500 km drive from Edmonton to Ft. McMurray and then the car sits for a couple of weeks with no place to charge it. Some jobs take me to even more remote places and I’m not wasting my time charging on the way out or back if I can even find a charger. Enjoy the cheap ride while you can, governments are working on various ways to collect those taxes they aren’t getting from fuel sales.
Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment. Public DC EV charging is improving rapidly. I invite you to watch some of my other videos. Cheers, Bruce
Reg gas where I live in BC is 203.9/L. Step-2 home charging in BC -- the house always takes the lower step-1 rate -- is $0.1408.kwh, and with my Bolt having a 65kwh battery, a full charge would cost $9.15. How inexpensive is the kwh rate where you live? I don't see myself going back to ice.
Just over 7 cents for a kWh after 7 pm in this neck of the woods, my Leaf costs about $4.00 to charge if I ever drove it to 0% and take the extra charges on the Hydro bill into account. Most of the skeptics always concentrate on that 1000 km trip they made 5 years ago and discount that I only need to charge at a public charger once or twice a month. I have to remember that I promised to take my wife’s car for an oil change something my car doesn’t need either and I don’t have to to listen to oil change “technician's” upsell for various services that I doubt he is qualified to perform.
good Fer you. my drive to work is about 30 miles and once there no place to charge in the company lot so the trip back is another 30. There's a bit of traffic on the go home so it takes a bit over an hour to get home.Once I get home the possible call to come back for OT is a good bet cause my job is in the utility industry and totally at mother natures whim. So after the miles and time from a whole day getting to and from I have to do the same thing again after a three or four hour reprieve . The battery powered horse would not like only a three hour charge to go another 60 mi. so not a choice for me. I'll keep my Wrangler for now. You wouldn't want your lights staying out while somebody has to come get me and my dead battery rig.
Hi thanks for this video. I may have missed this but what was the total kms travelled from Toronto to Calgary and how many charging sessions (and cost for each) one way? Thanks again.
I just bought a house that is equipped with a geothermal system. As I understand, it's basically a heat pump. Since this home is hundreds of miles away from my current home, I've spent little time in the new place. So far, my impressions of the system are mixed. First, the house is well built, and for the current climate conditions, well insulated. It appears to hold a steady temp. However, the geothermal system, as I've tried different settings like cooling or heating, I've noticed some oddities. If I want to heat, it seems to be a long cycle to start heating. Cooling seems to come much quicker. Then there's the noise. The system is in a basement, but it's the outlet vents that sound like a jet engine. It will be some time before I can fully assess what this new to me system is like. But, I'm having thoughts of just going back to a regular natural gas furnace and a/c system.
Yes, a heat pump. The part that is making the noise you mention sounds like the air handler part inside your house that takes the energy from the heat pump and distributes it. . A competent service person should be able to address this.
This guy is the typical homeowner. After 43 years in the HVAC industry I advise people to buy a brand name from a licensed contractor. The only reason heat pumps have become more efficient is due to variable speed compressors. The C.O.P.' is higher than with a constant speed compressor motor. Repair cost and warranty of parts is critical due to extreme cost of replacement parts. And a new twist maybe in the mix. See how many techs will stand outside in blizzard conditions to fix a broken one. Keep your fireplace and wood pile as a backup.
I agree completely Bruce. We installed one 2 years ago in our 150 year old farm house ( insulation redone 25 years ago ) . It has made our home bearable on those hot humid days of summer in Eastern Ontario and cut my propane bill in half for the winter. I agree, They are awesome. Our electrical bill has only increased very moderately ( around $ 15 per month on an annual basis )✌.
To be honest do you switch from summer to winter tires like I do, if so that distance is shared by two sets of tires. I think tire life is directly linked to how heavy your right foot is and you would use a lot of tread no matter what fuels your car.
After watching the whole video I have concluded that you must be some sort of pinko commie or something, governments role has been proven to be to support those that have the means to support their political party.
@@brucemacneil I live a fairly normal middle class life and lots of friends and acquaintances think I am too left leaning. I just think that the modicum of success we enjoy shouldn’t be at the expense of others.
Great idea to get the birds’ eye view of the eclipse. I instead drove 600 km in my Ioniq 5 to be in the centre of the zone of totality in Quebec’s eastern townships. Under a clear sky it was awesome and I mean AWESOME!
Very few people agree that per minute charging is the way to go, so there’s that. Seriously I think it gets folks to move along as their vehicle gets near 80% or so since the charging slows down considerably. My wife is shopping in Bayfield right now, I am having a coffee on a bench people watching and the car is charging behind the library. Life is good.
There seems a trend - in areas where "per minute" was common - people clamoured for a switch to par KWh. After the switch - there is a "what the hey???? " I did a couple of vids explaining my views on this tariff reasoning is some more detail. BTW - Toronto has really a tremendous EV adoption rate - see every model EV in great number.
Hi Bruce Great video...I can say I am not in agreement with the Per Minute charging for a couple reasons. 1. When I bought gas I paid for a physical commodity - gasoline. I wasn't paying for time. 2. As the owner of a very fast charging car (Ioniq5 240kw on an apprpriate charger) it bothers me that it costs me less to fill up my car than someone who has a Chevy Bolt which charges slowly regardless (50 kw maximum speed). So the guy with the Bolt to go from 10 - 80% takes 40 minutes at .50c/minute and my car will do that in about 18 minutes at the same rate. Much fairer to charge by KWH of energy (even though that means I will end up paying more usually). 3. The last problem with Charge Per Minute is companies like Petro Canada advertise these 350kw chargers, charge .50c/Minute and then throttle the charger down intentionally so they can get more revenue. Much prefer Per KWH charging. That being said I took my wife on a lunch run to place we love to go and we used 200km of range, on the way home we stopped at our local favorite winery (Pelee Island Winery - Kingsville) and hit their chargers - put 200km of range back in for $1.80....and yes they are still charging on time...😅 Cheers and Thanks for the video and have a great day! Mike and Ally 🇨🇦👍
@@brucemacneil Toronto is a nice enough place to visit but we live in Huron County, it is about a 13 km trip to get to a store to buy milk. Bayfield is only about a 40 minute drive but it isn’t part of our normal driving route so we visit there a couple of times a season. I only need to use DC charging 1 to 3 times a month and in my opinion they are a convenience item making the occasional longer trip viable so not as concerned with the cost as availability.
What you didn't describe is range and time it took to charge with costs. Compared to a hybrid. There's not point in doing those trips if you didn't calculate time and charging costs. I have an Elantra 2013 and I know to go 3500kms in the winter is 5 fill ups. Calgary to Kamloops is 29 to 33 liters of gas. I would imagine winter it's a little bit more. Cost would be 1.60 a liter that would be 6 fill ups for 600kms. I noticed one fill up you charged at was at 25 dollars. So that makes me think an electric vehicle isn't worth the price tag,
Thank you. Brilliant assessment. You have a lot of very useful information to offer. Thank you again.... Really. Highly positive insights. Perhaps the most lucid assessment I have encountered.
Is that the ferry across the Saguenay Fjord? If it is I have been on it several times and was impressed by its efficiency each time. There where three ferries running over the short stretch of water keeping the traffic moving on 138 with minimal delay.
You say that their job is to maximize the well being of the province. Saving for the future does exactly that. What dont you understand? Stop pissing away the little extra we have on LGBT bullshit and SAVE for when we dont have any extra. Thats what ADULTS do. Let me guess, you vote for the NDP and Trudeau, and havent worked a real job in decades?
@toaster3822 Having lived through several periods of inflation I have come to the conclusion that inflation is baked into our system so that society continues to work. Every 20 years or so savings are ratcheted down by inflation to keep us motivated to be productive members of society, without this reset too many of us would be happy to opt out of the working majority living off the sweat of our ancestors. Governments generally understand what costs $1 today is only worth a nickel (if the nickel survives) in 20 years, so for a government to have a long term savings account is kind of like flushing the surplus down the toilet.
