Europe is currently suffering the consequences of an uncoordinated rush to carbon-free electricity that experts warn could hit Canada as well unless urgent action is taken.
Energy shortages
Liberals say by 2035 all new cars, light-duty trucks sold in Canada will be electric … Cue Sad Laughter – Five Asian countries to build 600 new coal power units
The Liberal government announced Tuesday it’s speeding up its goal for when it wants to see every new light-duty vehicle sold in Canada to be electric.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said that by 2035, all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the country will be zero-emission vehicles.
Until now, the government had set 2040 as the target for when it wants to see all passenger vehicles sold to be powered by this technology as opposed to petroleum.
They’re laughing at us.
Five Asian countries account for 80% of new coal power investment
Five Asian countries are jeopardising global climate ambitions by investing in 80% of the world’s planned new coal plants, according to a report.
Carbon Tracker, a financial thinktank, has found that China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power units, even though renewable energy is cheaper than most new coal plants.
The investments in one of the most environmentally damaging sources of energy could generate a total of 300 gigawatts of energy – enough to power the UK more than three times over – despite calls from climate experts at the UN for all new coal plants to be cancelled.
With Its Power Grid On The Verge Of Failure, California Begs Residents To Change Their EV Charging Routines
It appears as though California’s plans to become an environmental and socialist utopia are running face first into reality.
The latest dose of reality came this week when the state, facing triple digit temperatures, began to “fret” about pressure on the state’s power grid as a result of everybody charging their electric vehicles all at once.
‘Unplanned’ outages hit Texas power plants in soaring temperatures
Officials with Texas’ power grid operator pleaded with residents Monday to limit their electrical usage amid soaring temperatures and a series of mechanical problems at power plants.
The appeal, from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, comes four months after deadly blackouts during a winter storm left millions of people without power — and weeks after state legislators passed a package of measures aimed at fixing some of the problems exposed by the storm.
Almost two dozen Chinese cities forced to ration electricity after Australian coal ban
Two dozen cities across China’s industrial heartland are rationing electricity.
Homes and businesses are having to cope with shutdowns and extreme heat.
And politically-motivated bans on Australian coal are to blame.
Things are a bit uncertain in Guangdong province.
Summer has come early. Temperatures are soaring. And so are tempers.
Meanwhile, business is booming. But factories face forced closures as pent-up consumer demand is unleashed by the end of pandemic lockdowns.
The problem: sufficient supplies of electricity.
Colonial paid nearly $5 million ransom & Biden won’t be doing anything
Colonial Pipeline had to pay almost $5 million crypto-ransom after they were hacked. Colonial provides fuel to much of the East. Crypto-criminals can hack our infrastructure and seriously harm us, but Joe Biden doesn’t see the need for interfering in a private company’s problems.
The cost will undoubtedly be passed down to consumers.
Gas Panic: East Coast Gasoline Demand Soars 32.5%, Outages Spread
Demand for gasoline soared Monday as the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline sent Americans to the pumps.
Frustrated Canada presses White House to keep Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline open
The White House has shown no sign of responding to Canadian entreaties, so Ottawa is considering more drastic options.
Alta., Ont., Sask. and N.B. sign agreement to explore small nuclear reactors
The provinces also released a feasibility report prepared by Ontario Power Generation, Bruce Power, NB Power and SaskPower which gives a potential timeline for development and deployment of SMRs and assesses their competitiveness with other non-emitting energy sources.
Alberta’s Petrostate Propaganda Has Turned Conspiratorial
All the powers of North America and Europe have entered into an unholy alliance: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden, eco-socialists and industrial heavyweights. They have conspired to enact a “fundamental paradigm shift,” or a Great Transformation, “to a new energy economy that will halt fossil fuel use and development,” all with the secret goal of establishing “a new global low-carbon, net-zero civilization.”
Canada calls Michigan’s shutdown of Line 5 a threat to country’s energy security
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan is calling Michigan’s order to shut down the Enbridge ENB-T
pipeline Line 5, a major petroleum conduit for Central Canada, a threat to this country’s energy security.
He said Canada considers the continued operation of Line 5 “non-negotiable” for this country.
It is the strongest language the federal government has used to date for a bilateral dispute that is quickly becoming a test of the budding relationship between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and new U.S. President Joe Biden.
Cascend: “Wind power was the biggest failure this week in the Texas grid catastrophe and Natural Gas was the best option”
The state of Texas continues to dominate the headlines as millions of Lone Star State residents are without power. As U.S. President declares a state of emergency in Texas, the blame and fingerpointing have already begun. Initially, many blamed the rolling blackouts and outages on failed wind power turbines.
Then yesterday, we wrote that Texas grid failure was because Texas wind turbines did not use de-icing, carbon fiber technology, and lack of natural gas winterization, an approach practiced in other cold climate states.
Bright Green Impossibilities
After reading some information at Friends of Science, I got to thinking about how impossible it will be for us to do what so many people are demanding that we do. This is to go to zero CO2 emissions by 2050 by getting off of fossil fuels.
3 Harmful Consequences of Biden Killing the Keystone XL Pipeline
President Joe Biden wasted no time after Wednesday’s inaugural ceremonies before getting to work. He signed 17 executive orders and memorandums—by far the most in history on a president’s first day—one of which halted construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from Canada through the US.
Canada pushes back on Biden plan to cancel Keystone XL pipeline
Canada is pushing back on President-elect Joe Biden’s reported intention to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which bridges the U.S. and Canada’s main oil-producing province, Alberta.
In an effort to save the project, Canada is threatening to seek damages over the pipeline, which has been in construction for the past half-decade.