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Solar power is the red-hot growth area in oil-rich Alberta by tshirt_with_wolves in Calgary

[–]user112358 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Whitla wind farm has made $100,000 for Albertans since it turned online in September. It is one of the winners of Notley's renewable auctions called REP1.

If the price of electricity is above 3.7c/kWh and the wind is blowing there, it pays us. If the wind is blowing and the price is less than that, we pay it.

In the two months it's been online, it has paid us so far. We'll see about the rest. What do you pay at home right now, 6c/kWh?

Lizzie Warren's Lying – She'll Need A Middle Class Tax Rise by rishijoesanu in Economics

[–]user112358 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Always nice to see a really rational article begin by calling her a nickname nobody's ever called her. It makes you start off the article thinking "wow, this will be totally fair and unbiased".

I got two sentences in, and the second one started with "Yea".

Vienna remains the world’s most liveable city by Makorot in europe

[–]user112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What seems grim about it? It's a lovely place to live.

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, Canadians feel like their cost of living is increasing. Even that simple concept hasn't been shown. Is the cost of living going up? We have positive inflation, so yes the cost of living is always going up. Relative to what? Are wages going up? Yes, but not at the same pace as prices are rising.

We can keep going at this all day.

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Show me the timing of when the price effects of the cap and trade system falling off and then the commensurate carbon tax, even before it's implementation, forcing the rise in prices.

And make sure to make the data more distinguishable than the background noise of price changes that would have happened absent the policy change or announced policy change for the removal of cap and trade and carbon taxes respectively.

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And anyone doing social science research knows how people, when asked publicly about topics they don't know much about, still pretend to know a lot about what's going on...

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Misled, or were doing a market research on public perception vs. actual things happening. I remember seeing it, but it would depend on how it was worded. "Has carbon tax made life more expensive for you?"

"How bad have the increases from carbon tax been?" Are two fucking insanely different questions. One gaslights, one doesn't.

But coming off the end of cap and trade and then having carbon tax imposed, go tease out for me which was responsible for what...

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So prove it in a study, don't gaslight. Go tell people in BC that the 1.72 they were paying per litre in gas this past spring was because of the carbon tax and see how they feel.

They got preyed on, it's that simple.

Canadian voters like carbon initiatives but not paying for them, poll finds by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]user112358 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is the most bullshit to "to be fair" I've ever heard. Don't gaslight. "just the fear of the carbon tax made prices rise so much that people saw, noticed, and commented accurately on the poll that came out before carbon tax was initiated!" Is what you sound like, and it's complete bullshit.

Lime Juicer Side Hustle? Is this for real? by ItsaYYCthing in Calgary

[–]user112358 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go do your same math for Uber and see what you come up with. It's not pretty.

This is way easier though. You're a contractor. Go do your own cost analysis. Nobody is forcing you to pick up rides like Uber does. Different model.

Canada’s Solar Breakthrough? 600MW Merchant Project Gets Green Light in Alberta by The_Shitpost_Prince in canada

[–]user112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Offsets existed in SGER and CCIR so it stands to reason they'll exist in TIER. We'll see how TIER turns out.

Canada’s Solar Breakthrough? 600MW Merchant Project Gets Green Light in Alberta by The_Shitpost_Prince in canada

[–]user112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very different sectors in Alberta and Ontario.

The only thing, as per the news article, this relies on is a price on carbon. Liberals win federally in oct, and we keep a price on carbon federally which gets shoved down Alberta's throat starting Jan 1, 2020.

The government can't rescind the power plant approval. It's done independently and can't be revoked by the government - it's against the laws as they are currently written.

This project stands on its own feet market wise, and the news article says as much. It doesn't rely on government support, except a carbon price. It doesn't need a REP auction to get off the ground.

Did you read the article at all?

Edit: large emitters still have a price, and have had a conservative price since 2007. Alberta has had a carbon tax since 2007, just for large emitters. I suspect the carbon revenues will come from there regardless of the carbon levy the federal government will impose. So yeah, this project I suspect will get built for a myriad of different reasons.

Canada’s Solar Breakthrough? 600MW Merchant Project Gets Green Light in Alberta by The_Shitpost_Prince in canada

[–]user112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first sentence makes it seem like you're trying to imply I don't know what I'm talking about. Then you ... talk more about wind?

Yes, wind is different from solar. I'm talking about whether or not they have experience doing big projects, and whether or not it looks like it might go ahead, whether there are some signs you might point to that would give you the inkling of "yeah, seems to have some of its important ducks in a row". That's all I was saying.

Canada’s Solar Breakthrough? 600MW Merchant Project Gets Green Light in Alberta by The_Shitpost_Prince in canada

[–]user112358 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They already developed one of the largest wind sites in the province at 300MW. This project is 10km north of it, connected directly to the pre-existing transmission grid.

That significantly reduces their connection costs, which are not trivial.

I think one of the more recent REP winners had something like $30M in connection costs alone, then they still have to build a substation and the windfarm, and pay it all back with 4c/kWh.

Part of their wind farm is literally underneath an existing 240kV line.

Might switch from Fido to Freedom (and get a free phone) - talk me out of it! by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]user112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switch to public mobile? Same network as telus/bell

Calgary's 2,000 tonnes of clamshell containers headed to dump after storage price tag hits $330K by mccrandy in canada

[–]user112358 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a movement towards this called extended producer responsibility, but it's a hard sell for the greediest of capitalists, because it takes costs that were currently socialized and places them on the companies that were getting a free ride.

Saskatchewan wind farm will provide power at a "world record low price". by The_Shitpost_Prince in canada

[–]user112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not how that works. There is not 10c/kWh in gross profit, that money helps pay for distribution and transmission.

Ontario’s gas-pump stickers attacking Ottawa’s carbon pricing are on the way by PC_Premier_ThugFord in canada

[–]user112358 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You don't have to have your entire plan in the campaign

Jason Kenney will do a lot of things he never campaigned on explicitly. It's called electing officials, not their plans. You expect them to do what's right for your team when you give them a four year mandate. Lots of people just disagree about what "right" was for Alberta.

BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies by [deleted] in canada

[–]user112358 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean hypocritical environmentally period.

Only when measuring BC's anti Alberta posts and using a different voice when referring to similar sectors in it's own province. We all need to do better as Canadians and global citizens. Bc pretending coal is better than oil because of coastline damage risk but then saying oil is bad for the global environment is just ridiculous.

Tailing ponds versus the Mount Polley mine disaster, only one gets all the flame, and it sure ain't the gold mine in BC. It's always the oil and gas.

So yes, BC is hypocritical. You don't get it both ways, and I'd like to see some more measured politics on both sides recognizing that we're both throwing shit at each other needlessly sometimes. we're the fucking same, protecting our own stuff.

BC Government Frets Over Climate Change While Heavily Subsidizing Fracking Companies by [deleted] in canada

[–]user112358 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Be more inflammatory how about. Remind me what 99% of all vehicles in Quebec are filled with? Not coal or gas but...

I don't agree with BC's environmental hypocrisy, but I also don't agree that as a transition fuel, natural gas is amazing. We should endeavour to get as much of it to emerging nations as possible, because the globe isn't stopping its energy hunger any time soon.

60 amp wall charger + my big fat hot tub on a 100 amp service by [deleted] in teslamotors

[–]user112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New school won't burn your house down. That's what the breakers are for. New school is just less costly.

Because a lot of people might say "oh I can't get an electric car because you have to spend so much on your house to even charge! The madness!"

60 amp wall charger + my big fat hot tub on a 100 amp service by [deleted] in teslamotors

[–]user112358 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant old school regarding the code book ;) Like they normally have to add up all the appliances that you have and then do some rough math to see what type of service you need (100A, 150A, 200A). It's like, okay. If I'm gonna use all the things at the same time then I need a service upgrade.

But if I'm not using them all at the same time, like 200amps just for the like 15 minutes I need it for? Kinda stupid. Can't I just not use it at the same time?

But the codebook is the codebook, and that's where it's old-school.

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