Fool me once…

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me day after day after day….? Alberta’s wind power flatlines again this week, hitting 1 megawatt out of a capacity of 4748.

Watch for yourself – I’ve been watching for the past hour as wind has stayed in the single digits. And Alberta’s about 500 megawatts short of record demand. I wonder if they’re be another grid alert tonight?

Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter quoted the Pipeline Online story regarding wind’s failure in Alberta on July 16 in his July 19 column.

Drill, baby, drill?

Drill, baby, drill: Trump promises energy dominance, but lower energy prices

The last time, that didn’t work out so well for Saskatchewan oil and gas. The depths of the seven year oil downturn which devastated the Saskatchewan oil and gas industry included all four of the Trump years the last time around. While oil low prices benefited consumers and large portions of the economy, they also had a significant impact on Saskatchewan oil companies and particularly oilfield service companies. Activity levels, vendor rates, employment and employee remuneration were all deeply affected by the low energy price policies.

This is NOT an endorsement of Biden by any means, but simply a reflection on what did happen during the last Trump presidency.

Unlimited Demands

Sorry, but having to work within the confines of a budget is not part of a plot set up by evil colonialists to destroy you. Whoever came up with this number probably assessed the progress so far and decided that it was time to get back to reality. Proper investigation would entail forensic excavation and the affected parties seem to be doing everything to avoid exactly that.

David Monias, chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Manitoba, was on the Zoom call.

“I am profoundly dismayed by the Canadian government’s decision to impose a cap of $500,000 per year on funds allocated for unmarked residential school burials,” he said.

“This reduction is not only inadequate but reflects a troubling denialism regarding the true scale and significance of this issue. It is essential to recognize that these burial sites are crime scenes, and as such, they must be protected, preserved, and properly investigated.”

We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars

The retreat is everywhere…

“But in the past 12 months, the growth rate of electric vehicle sales has slowed sharply as some car buyers have balked at the high prices of electric cars and trucks and the hassles of charging them, especially on long trips.

The shift in consumer sentiment is now forcing many automakers to pull back on aggressive investment plans, and pivot, at least partly, back to the internal-combustion engine vehicles that still account for most new car sales and a large share of corporate profits.”

Ford pivots from EV plans to heavy-duty trucks at Canada facility

Trump:
“I will end the electric vehicle mandate on day one, thereby saving the auto industry from complete obliteration; and savings US customers thousands and thousands of dollars per car.

Friday On Turtle Island

Blackie’s Canada:  Trudeau’s green agenda.  So was Hurricane Hazel caused by global warming?  Try out Justin’s new military for a few months.

Dementia Joe’s America:  The confusing life of leftists.  An exceptionally dim Vox writer.  New White House doctor.  This week in really big lies.

Today In Islam:  The resettlement of savage black Americans in Egypt.  This week in jihad.

Your morning meme.  Another meme.   A cartoon.

“… he then ordered me to be forcibly dragged out of the court by the police and remanded to prison.”

We didn’t make the new rules. But those are the new rules.

The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been given a record five-year prison sentence after a judge said he had “crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic”.

Roger Hallam was found guilty of conspiring to block traffic as part of a Just Stop Oil campaign on the M25 over four days of disruption in November 2022.

The Attorney General was under pressure on Thursday night to intervene over the sentences meted out to Mr Hallam, who also set up Just Stop Oil, and his co-conspirators, which are the longest for non-violent protest in living memory.

Four other eco-activists were each given four-year sentences after they were found guilty of conspiring to block traffic on the M25.

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