Team Nuclear = Team Go-broke
Curtis Wilken: “what do you propose man. Freezing to death in the winter. Wind and solar wont cut it during the winter. Would you prefer people freeze to death?” No,…
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Metro Vancouver is costing North Vancouver taxpayers almost $20,000 each
I was recently at a meeting where North Vancouver District Council member Jim Hanson talked about the need for reform of Metro Vancouver governance. He illustrated his comments by comparing…
Regina’s Bell AI Data Centre 4 Times Larger than Reported
What this means? Bottom line is more ecological devastation. If Bell isn’t making its own 300MW, then the Minister clearly lied about having enough power for this project, because we…
Yelling at NDP for Gravy Plane Complaint
There are SaskParty trolls yelling at NDP MLAs on their Facebook pages: Dwayne Dimen: “Janet Boylan Sharpe at what bitching. The NDP does never offer solutions.” Aleana Young: “Solution #1:…
Edmonton Bike Struggles
Edmonton pushes ahead with bike network despite political pressure from Province of Alberta’s fascist UCP. Well presented video version of that story, last month before they knew if the City…
Whose Strategy is The End of the World? Conservatives
I’ve been writing clearly for over a dozen years about how governments, are failing to address the pollution causing the climate crisis. Usually the biggest culprits are Conservative/Republican governments, but…
UCP goes all in on online casino gambling
Am I missing something? Should I be gambling online? Sure seems like it. You can’t watch a TV show, listen to the radio or drive down a street without being…
Blackstrap Park Review
I went camping at Blackstrap Provincial Park a couple times this season. When their survey asked for feedback, I gave a lot. Pros: I liked the trails. I had my…
Respect From School Kids?
Schoolkids are famously respectful. Not! Here’s one person replying to #StateRadio CJME’s question about how schools are doing. Lorraine Scott:“I believe the first step for children to learn is to…
UCP Smith Remains a Traitor to Canada
The country’s latest separatist Premier, Smith, is more willing to cut BC off than the American President she’s friends with. “Former Alberta premier Alison Redford, speaking earlier on CBC News…
You’re Welcome America
The guttersnipe in the Oval Office posted a photo of a bald eagle beating up on a sick Canada Goose. The goose in that fight actually survived when the eagle…
Pro-Robot Government Survey to be Graded by Robot
I sent the government an email, because their survey is skewed anyway. AIConsultations-ConsultationsIA@ised-isde.gc.ca Dear Government of Canada: The threat from Generative AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) that have violated…
On the road, pt. II: O, little town of Wolseley
There’s an old joke that goes, Saskatchewan is so flat you can watch your dog run away for three days. Now, I don’t know why anyone would watch their dog…
A Lot of EV Misinformation on the Radio and Facebook
Rant to Stacie and Joel of Play 92 for spreading misinformation about electric vehicles on their show today. It can’t be easy to rant professionally on the radio every day,…
Dig Coal? Catch Up.
Addressing Mike Dunn (who digs coal), as he rants on Carla Beck‘s NDP page: Mike Dunn (in quotations) “However the data centers pretty much ensure that coal will be in…
EV1 History
Charge Across America in the late 1990s was a forerunner to Sun Country Highway’s cross-continental EV trip with a Tesla Roadster at charging stops it set up all across Canada…
Settler Frames, Part 1 Finally Launched
After a 2018 Curator-In-Residency sting at Concordia Unviversity’s fabulous VCR – Visual Collections Repository, where I was tasked with animating the film archives, I was inspired to keep going with…
On the road for the CFL
For my 70th birthday this year, my three sons gave me an unforgettable gift: an all-expenses-paid vacation! To Regina. And if that wasn’t enough, Winnipeg! And we would make the…
The Ancient One – AKA Kennewick Man
Knute “Mossback” Berger is a Seattle-based writer and commentator whose videos appear on Western Washington’s PBS station, KCTS-TV. His focus is the Pacific Northwest, and although some stories are rooted…
Alternative energy solutions
Hydropower is dispatchable. It is generally reliable, can increase or decrease generation quickly, and can be shut down and restarted with relative ease. Provided the facilities are properly maintained, the…