Can Canada mine enough minerals to feed the EV revolution? Canada has much catching up to do on the mining front to meet the federal government’s electric vehicle (EV) targets. There needs to be “massive and rapid expansion” of mining and metal refining in short order to meet Ottawa’s mandated demand that all new passenger … Read more
‘Not-ESG Friendly’: New Panasonic EV Battery Plant In Kansas To Be Powered By Coal Panasonic’s new battery plant in Kansas will require an amount of energy equivalent to that used by a small city, forcing a nearby utility to halt the shutdown of a coal-fired power plant. This has sparked criticism that electric vehicle production and electric vehicles … Read more
‘Very Difficult’: Electric Vehicle Owner Took 15 Hours to Drive 175 Miles The owner of a popular electric car said it took him about 15 hours to drive 178 miles from one Wyoming city to another, raising concerns about the widespread viability of electric vehicles. Alan O’Hashi, who drives a Nissan Leaf, said that driving long distances … Read more
Turns out that the Mazda 2 pumps less CO2 into the atmosphere than the Tesla. A vehicle that is one third of the price of the Tesla. A vehicle that does not require the spending of hundreds of billions of tax dollars to upgrade the electricity grid. Gasoline stations already exist. Governments should be … Read more
A faulty software update causes havoc worldwide for airlines, hospitals and governments A faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, grounding flights, knocking down some financial companies and news outlets, and disrupting hospitals, small businesses and government offices. The breadth of the outages highlighted the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just … Read more
City council to vote on new housing incentives Thunder Bay councillors will discuss a report on Monday outlining new incentives to increase the number of housing units being built in the city. The report will recommend the Housing Community Improvement Plan be adopted, that the entire city be designated as a community improvement project area, … Read more
Ottawa is spending $1.7M for 10 new jobs at a pasta plant. Are these corporate subsidies worth it? Feds and Ontario also doling out $5B for 1,000 EV plant-related jobs, or $5M per job Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario … Read more
Yup…the climate is changing. It has done so many times before. Yes, its getting warmer. It also has done this many times before. We are coming out of an ice age. We are in what is known as an interglacial period. Between being covered by kilometers thick sheets of ice. This is a process … Read more
Tiny homes project benefiting students and Indigenous communities For Grade 12 Hammarskjold High School student Hunter Ritch, the program that he’s been involved with for the last couple of years hits close to home. Ritch – who is from Eabametoong First Nation – is part of KZ Lodge, which is an Indigenous skilled trades training program … Read more
The cost of EV ownership is only going to go up. High vehicle purchase cost, insurance costs (both auto and home), repair costs, possible required upgrades to your home electrical infrastructure, the eventual rise of the cost of electricity and the fire hazard problem are never mentioned by the EV cultists. Buyer beware. Me? … Read more