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Thoughts Climate Change

English - Climate Change, Independent Power Production, Environment
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Thoughts Climate Change · 10M ago

Metro Vancouver considering producing power from water system

Metro Vancouver is seeking a a consultant to do a feasibility study to investigate developing power from the water transmission system.   I am very interested to see that they are doing this as all over BC we have water systems that could be producing power. The energy of the water could turn turbi
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Will it make any difference?

One of my rain barrels Saanich is offering a series of free lectures on topics related to climate change and what people could do at home.   The first one is on rainwater management and is this coming Saturday. The cost to hold these lectures and the impact they will have are not likely going to
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Good piece from George Monboit

George Monboit writes in the Guardian and outlines the problem with climate change in this article.   We have to reduce the use of fossil fuels and the biggest replacement will have to come electricity, specifically electricity with low carbon emissions.   It is the need to replace the dirty the pow
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

One low carbon power source is off the table

After the tsunami hit the Fukushima nuclear power plants - there are a total of 10 reactors at two sites producing a peak of 9096 MW per hour - nuclear power worldwide has been dealt a serious blow. Global warming has offered a new life to nuclear power globally because once a reactor is up and run
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Green power projects, now what?

There is a "perfect storm" brewing with respect to green power production in BC. BC Hydro is once again in full control of the transmission grid BC Hydro has started down the Site C project path and has become blinkered to all other power sources The BC Hydro corporate culture is once again strong
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Paint your roof white and save the world!

This is an interesting story from the CBC today All new roofs would be white under a Montreal borough's proposed bylaw aimed at taking advantage of a white roof's cooling effects.Mayor François Croteau of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie wants to make white roofs mandatory on new buildings. Roofs requirin
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

The Economics of Site C

I am looking into the economics of Site C and I am interested in anything that anyone can point me in the direction of to make some real estimates of the cost of construction, operation and such. Things such as: Cost of the dam Cost of the transmission lines Cost of the rebuild of highway #29 Cost
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

A Video showing Site C Reservoir

Over the next few weeks I am going to take a closer look at the Site C dam project and consider what impacts it may have.   This is a video by the Treaty 8 Tribal Association showing the proposed reservoir for  the Site C project.  The reservoir will stretch from Fort St John to Hudson's Hope.   O
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Interesting Program to allow low income homes become more energy efficient

I found this on Craigslist today and thought it might be of interest to people: The Government Wants to Help You Renovate!The Energy Conservation Assistance Program (ECAP) provides BC Hydro residential account holders on limited budgets with a home energy evaluation, the installation of energy savi
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Thoughts Climate Change · 1Y ago

Oil and Gas coming to the Yukon?

Seems there is a push to start the development of some natural gas resources in Yukon.   A company called Northern Cross is proposing development of the resource for local use by mines in Yukon. The development of this resource will bring more interest in oil and gas into the region and may lead to
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