Will Pump Price Dip Below A Loonie ?

[shtferbrains]

Carney's plans for net zero have been rejected by the big money.
He is flying all over the world still trying to drum up support for his rejected ideas.
Doesn't that make him a reject, Chuck?
His resume says he's been rejected.

[Grain Farmer]

Another one dead.

[chuckChuck]

What a surprise!

RAM the overpriced luxury junk truck brand that is way more expensive than most SUV EVs and sedans.

They spend more on advertising the dream than designing and making a quality and reliable vehicle.

And then the owners complain about the cost of fuel! LOL

Unless you need a truck for work they are an overpriced quickly depreciating money pit!

The cost of truck ownership is through the roof!

[shtferbrains]

Solar is some of the lowest cost electricity on the planet eveywhere there is lots of sun.

Why would you not want to take advantage of it and produce your own electricity?

What have you got set up for when their is a power outage,Chuck?
Can you access power from your panels if you are on grid tie if the power goes off?
What about if the power is off after the sun drops?
Is there some way to plug a standby generator into your system?

I have a 11000 watt alternator and one of those things behind the meter for outages.
Need something now as the system has aged and not as reliable as it once was.
My friend who ran the local crews told me you need something as it will get a lot worse.

[WiltonRanch]

What a surprise!

RAM the overpriced luxury junk truck brand that is way more expensive than most SUV EVs and sedans.

They spend more on advertising the dream than designing and making a quality and reliable vehicle.

And then the owners complain about the cost of fuel! LOL

Unless you need a truck for work they are an overpriced quickly depreciating money pit!

The cost of truck ownership is through the roof!

Can’t disagree. Try to find a plain Jane long box 4x4. Dealerships sell the dream. Bought a fairly plain half ton crew cab off the lot years back with a v6. It was 2 years old unsold because people wanted the hemi lol. Thing is great on gas and nice to manoeuvre around tight places.

[TSIPP]

Read article on ctv Regina news.
guy installed solar panels.
EstimatIng 30 yrs to recoup his money
read it, I am not copy and paste it.

I’m 56, I’m not sure I’ll make 86.

[fjlip]

Another one dead.

Ha ha ha.... Phuck the EV bullshyt!

[chuckChuck]

What have you got set up for when their is a power outage,Chuck?
Can you access power from your panels if you are on grid tie if the power goes off?
What about if the power is off after the sun drops?
Is there some way to plug a standby generator into your system?

I have a 11000 watt alternator and one of those things behind the meter for outages.
Need something now as the system has aged and not as reliable as it once was.
My friend who ran the local crews told me you need something as it will get a lot worse.

An automatic backup generator. But that's only for Sask power because as you know they seem to have trouble keeping the lights on with ageing lines and equipment.

The solar is grid tied and feeds surplus electricity into the grid turning the meter backwards.

When the grid electricity is off the panels won't run for safety reasons.

Of course we still need Sask Power supply when its dark. But we currently have a large surplus of kwh that keep our bills near zero. We produce more electricity than we use depending on the year and aeration fan use.

Add in a battery or an EV with a large battery that will act as backup then many residential and farm customers could run on solar for much of the year. Solar doesn't need to cover 100% of our demand to lower electricity costs because with solar the fuel is free.

The point is, utility scale solar is really cheap. You can have a lot of it if you have enough backup base load capacity.

Or you can just use it to supply low cost purpose built clean electricity.

Saskatchewan wants Ottawa to subsidize 75% of the cost of a small 300 MW nuclear reactor. It will be very expensive and take years to build and could likely be replaced with a lot more wind and solar and base load from gas, hydro imports and interconnections across western Canada.

Saskpower has not built the maximum renewable capacity because of political decisions.

They don't want to build more gas plants even though they stupidly still allow surplus gas to be flared off in large quantities that could be used to provide backup.

In Alberta and Saskatchewan the oil and gas industry see solar and wind as low cost competition and they don't want that when they can sell more fossil fuels.

[Hamloc]

An automatic backup generator. But that's only for Sask power because as you know they seem to have trouble keeping the lights on with ageing lines and equipment.

The solar is grid tied and feeds surplus electricity into the grid turning the meter backwards.

When the grid electricity is off the panels won't run for safety reasons.

Of course we still need Sask Power supply when its dark. But we currently have a large surplus of kwh that keep our bills near zero. We produce more electricity than we use depending on the year and aeration fan use.

Add in a battery or an EV with a large battery that will act as backup then many residential and farm customers could run on solar for much of the year. Solar doesn't need to cover 100% of our demand to lower electricity costs because with solar the fuel is free.

The point is, utility scale solar is really cheap. You can have a lot of it if you have enough backup base load capacity.

Or you can just use it to supply low cost purpose built clean electricity.

Saskatchewan wants Ottawa to subsidize 75% of the cost of a small 300 MW nuclear reactor. It will be very expensive and take years to build and could likely be replaced with a lot more wind and solar and base load from gas, hydro imports and interconnections across western Canada.

Saskpower has not built the maximum renewable capacity because of political decisions.

They don't want to build more gas plants even though they stupidly still allow surplus gas to be flared off in large quantities that could be used to provide backup.

In Alberta and Saskatchewan the oil and gas industry see solar and wind as low cost competition and they don't want that when they can sell more fossil fuels.

So of the course the short answer Shtferbrains was no I have not installed a battery or the hardware that would allow that battery to be charged during the day so that I would have back up power. I only installed the subsidized system which feeds excess power back into the grid.

[chuckChuck]

Yeah and you don't want to know all the ins and outs of grid tied solar? That's fine.

And the fossil fuel industry and utility electricity industry is also subsidized.

So what's your point Hamloc?

Why don't governments make the business case and give us the numbers for renewables in comparison to fossil fuels and nuclear?

They are all subsidized!

So which one or combination is the best deal for taxpayers and consumers?

What are they afraid of?

They are afraid of pissing off the oil and gas industry their biggest supporters!

The Levilized Cost of Electricity LCOE clearly show wind and solar are some of the lowest cost new electrcity sources.

That's why China and India and much of the world is racing ahead with a lot solar because its cheaper.

And the southern prairies are great places for wind and solar production. That's why there is so much of it in Alberta.