An electrical emergency alert was declared in Alberta last night as cold temperatures pushed electrical demand to a record high. Seems that solar panels and wind farms weren’t quite up to the task. What a surprise.
Record electrical demand set
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We have lots of Hydro electricity to sell to Alberta and Sask. for that matter. Just need a Western power grid.
If there are any chilled ladies in Alberta needing to warm up. I have room for one or two lovely ladies to share my bed and I promise to keep them warm (and entertained) 
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maybe when you get rid of your HYPOCRITE PROVINCIAL GOV'T
the one who is telling the Natives that the pipeline he likes has all it's permits, has all the bands along the way signed up, it's going through no matter what
unlike the same one farther south with all the same conditions, approved, native groups signed up, ect....
you know the line, little LNG plant is going to blow your emissions out of the water right? lol
not that they're going down anyway, lol
or don't you believe your own gov't numbers? lol
the enviro groups do
it would be political suicide to buy power from BC in Alberta
dream on
plus we have enough NG, we'll never need to
So pray tell, how many household appliances, T.Vs., lights, computers, telephones, etc., do you guys have that
run on natural gas ???
Some new furnaces run on electricity, plus we recharge several items a day (phones), more things run on vampire power (TV, radios - all that need a remote control, but still plugged into wall and uses electricity). Electric Cars (batteries don't work that well in the cold). More population. People using portable electric heaters in houses/offices that have cooler rooms. Most older government buildings have drafts (due to maintenance and design issues etc)
So, what you’re saying is we need to build more solar and wind plants to meet the energy demands created by climate change, which is caused by relying on fossil fuels instead of investing in renewable energy?
No what I’m saying is it’s foolhardy to think that solar power and wind farms aren’t up to the task to provide the necessary electricity required. I was under the impression climate change was supposed to make the weather warmer not end up in a deep freeze. I think there’s a disconnect somewhere.
The global average temperature goes up, with higher volatility which means more extreme temperatures at different parts of the world. There is no disconnect.
That's like saying the person pulling the fire alarm when the building is on fire, should be the one to figure out how to put out the fire. Come on people.
Probably more than the ones that run on water, coal, diesel, or nuclear fission.
I see. The global average temperature goes up so we’re having record cold temperatures. That makes no sense but people believe what they believe, regardless of the evidence.
they run on electricity, which in Alberta, most of the world is produced by coal/NG/Oil, in general, 85% of the world production is still using them
in Alberta, during the cold snap, 95%
https://edmontonjournal.com/business/local-business/david-staples-16
here's a highlight from it
"On Tuesday, with a daytime high of -30 C, the Reliable Energy twitter account, which tracks Alberta’s sources of electrical power generation, reported: “At this moment 95.44% of Alberta’s electricity is being produced by fossil fuels. Wind is at 2.98% of capacity and producing 0.51% of total generation, while solar is at 0.00% of capacity and producing 0.000% of total generation"
read the part about reductions in emissions, it applies to Ont, which got rid of coal, the U.S., with fracking
as well as what we're doing in AB, that's where the little in reductions are coming from
not Unicorn farts and windmills and solar
we don't have the scale for either to make a difference, nor the tech to store electricity, which is the real problem, always has been
just assumed he was from BC, lol
just like all those from BC, assume everyone else is from there too, lol
we'll never freeze in the dark, for fucksakes, you really don't know much about AB and the oil and gas industry do you :noidea:
we have enough oil and gas, not to mention coal to last for 100's of yrs if need be
we'll be fine, you should worry when we cut you all off
from our resources and money, lol
dream on, the world will never be able to build enough solar and wind plants to meet demand
1/3 rd of the world in still in the dark and poor
even major developed cities/countries will not be able to meet their demands through solar and wind
if they could, it would have already happened
it's not there on scale
it's called physics, math, common sense
reality
where do you think all the lithium is going to come from?
and it has no issues, environmentally, emissions? right?
not to mention all the precious metals, involved? right?
then recycling those new type of batteries? right?
all the steel, aluminum needed for windmills? right?
nor the life cycles of these new type of generators? right?
everything has a price, pro/cons, no one is talking about those
they're too busy being superficial like Greta/Turdeau/Gore
again, reality, we aren't there yet
if we were, emissions would be going down, they aren't
cause you can't keep adding to the herd
it's either less demand, ie less people
or make people so poor they can't afford anything
or new tech
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ON SCALE TO MEET DEMAND
The dream is thinking we can go on with business as usual while Australia is burning, BC will be burning in 3 months, Tonga is sinking, all the reefs are dead, Greenland is melting and California is parched. Everyone else is doing whatever they can trying to slow down all of this and not even stop it, because there is no stopping it anymore. We will keep on making batteries that hold more charge with new materials (who says lithium is the only solution?) and collecting the energy from the largest generator of energy in our solar system just to hold off the inevitable Mad Max scenario we are careening towards.
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