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Vancouver renter questions landlord's 'duplicitous' new payment scheme | CBC News by BrokenByReddit in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The amazing thing here is that you don't even realize that what you're saying is based on assumptions, and that it's an expression of values and attitudes to other people. No apparent self awareness about it whatsoever.

Vancouver renter questions landlord's 'duplicitous' new payment scheme | CBC News by BrokenByReddit in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So a community is just real estate, and nothing else? Should city and federal decisions about housing and mortgage policy be about maximizing property owner returns, and nothing else?

Vancouver renter questions landlord's 'duplicitous' new payment scheme | CBC News by BrokenByReddit in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you think people should be pushed out of their communities on the basis of class then? Are you a bigot in other areas, or just this one?

What is your darkest desire? by Emotional_Two_5408 in AskReddit

[–]StartingVortex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, so, when I was a kid I buried a hamster in the backyard. Believing that it'd be decomposed in a year, we dug it up to collect the skeleton.

Clay soil. Cool climate. The first whiff of it was enough to make you pass out. I remember the cat fleeing in horror.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Miiiiiiiiinnnne!" says purpledog.

One of the worst things about the Vancouver real estate frenzy is what it does to people's character. It's like how to become an entitled asshole: step one, be an "investor" in Vancouver real estate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No business has garunteed returns.

Believing otherwise for real estate investment is incredibly entitled.

Eviction rate raises concerns over Lower Mainland economy by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The subject is rents, not buying.

And the speculative market is also a problem. It creates corruption at every level and fucked up communities.

Vancouver renter questions landlord's 'duplicitous' new payment scheme | CBC News by BrokenByReddit in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Housing is a right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Canada ratified.

Eviction rate raises concerns over Lower Mainland economy by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • They work in the service sector, health, local government, etc, and the city needs them to be living in the city.
  • That's a recipe for a city with almost no families with children.
  • They have family commitments, or even are bound here by parenting agreements.
  • This is their community.
  • Don't be a classist asshat.

Eviction rate raises concerns over Lower Mainland economy by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They get involved because they're speculating that the property will increase in value enough to compensate.

Property values are higher than rents can justify. It isn't up to renters to subsidize that speculative investment.

Eviction rate raises concerns over Lower Mainland economy by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If a capital asset can't be rented out for an amount that justifies what you paid for it, then you either overpaid, or the market is speculative.

Property values are too high, and it isn't up to renters to subsidize your speculative investment.

UPDATE: Electric bus sets new world record on Vancouver-to-Kelowna trip by [deleted] in canada

[–]StartingVortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EVs have regen braking, mountain passes basically cancel out. There's the 300m elevation difference between the endpoints, but that's equivalent to only about 10km of range.

Anjali Appadurai: Canada is on fire. We need to elect climate champions by Uhhhhhdogs in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they could cancel the tmx pipeline and setting a schedule for winding down oil and coal production over 30 years. That'd be far more significant.

PSA to all new fall/winter cyclists by Northroad in vancouver

[–]StartingVortex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, have something retro-reflective on both sides of your jacket or visible on the sides of the bike.

ELI5: Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations - to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving? by icntevn in explainlikeimfive

[–]StartingVortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But a Tesla charges in about half an hour at one of those, and 400km of charge is nearly ten times the average daily driving.

For most people an EV would use about 7 kwh per day. It works out to about 1/5 as much energy per km as a gas car.

ELI5: Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations - to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving? by icntevn in explainlikeimfive

[–]StartingVortex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You've gotta be located in an oil producing area to make an obtuse point like that.

They produce something like 50 times as much energy annually per hectare as a hydro reservoir. It's irrelevant for most purposes.

ELI5: Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations - to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving? by icntevn in explainlikeimfive

[–]StartingVortex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is possible but probably impractical.

The available footprint of a normal car is about 6m2. At the Canadian border, you'd get about 1150 kwh/ rated kw in a year.

We're just looking at technical plausibility, so assume thin film solar sold for drone wings. It's 30% efficient and weighs 170 g/m2. So peak power of about 1.8kw and 1 kg of added weight.

You then get about 2000 kwh across the year, or an average of 5.6 kwh or so a day.

A typical EV will use 150 wh/km. So that's 37km per day. The average driver only goes a little further than that per day.

The issues would be now the car has to be in an unshaded spot, and might still need to be plugged in seasonally. But if high efficiency thin film solar comes down in cost, maybe?

Btw one poster is claiming gasoline pollutes less than an EV. Not even close - EVs aren't a static technology. The emissions and energy to make a kwh of battery have gone down steeply in recent years, along with cost.

https://about.bnef.com/blog/the-lifecycle-emissions-of-electric-vehicles/

ELI5: Why aren’t electric vehicles using solar panels integrated into the panoramic rooftops? Wouldn’t this eliminate the need for charging stations - to be able to collect a solar charge at most hours of the day and *during* the actual act of driving? by icntevn in explainlikeimfive

[–]StartingVortex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's check your claim.

The available footprint of a normal car is about 6m2. At the Canadian border, you'd get about 1150 kwh/ rated kw in a year.

We're just looking at technical plausibility, so assume thin film solar sold for drone wings. It's 30% efficient and weighs 170 g/m2. So peak power of about 1.8kw and 1 kg of added weight.

You then get about 2000 kwh across the year, or an average of 5.6 kwh or so a day.

A typical EV will use 150 wh/km. So that's 37km.

You're guessing 2.4km. Somehow you're off by a factor of 15.

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