8. Whatever lets me create the biggest explosions

Everything old is new again! 🥲

It’s still kinda comparable:

According to that analysis, providing a similar level of base power as the SMRs by building wind and solar power with battery energy storage would cost in the range of 13.5 to 18.4 cents per kWh

At the lower end of the estimate, at least.

Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault has asked for a complete review of the controls in place to ensure that a similar situation does not happen again, Elections Canada said.

“My commitment to candidates, political parties and Canadians is that when issues related to the delivery of an election arise, we take all necessary steps to resolve them,” Perrault said in a news release.

I generally get angy at this kind of fuckup, but Elections Canada staff have repeatedly shown themselves to operate in good faith and try to do their best to support the electoral system.

As such, I’m fairly confident that was human error, and the result of not following procedures. I look forward to their report and implementation of effective fixes.

I’m not pro-nuclear, but the baseload argument is compelling. We clearly need both more renewables, but sprinkling a few SMRs throughout the system seems to be a pretty good idea - especially if we don’t want to integrate with the US grids.

The article mentions that IF it comes in on budget

That’s one of the big ifs. It’s new technology (kind of), so I’ll be surprised if there aren’t some overruns.

Maybe they’re dropping them like breadcrumbs so they can find their way back.

They’ve been frantically rolling back repeatedly, and the simulation just keeps going off the rails. Didn’t you see the posts in ten forward?

👁️^👄👁️

I’m looking forward to pictures of the wildflowers. Good luck!

Yeah, I don’t get this. If it was George Clooney or some other charismatic/likeable person, they’d still be fucking us over.

There’s another 5 years until we replace our vehicle. But I still eye the Ioniq reviews with envy. It looks like a great vehicle.

An independent Alberta seems unlikely - I suspect our neighbours to the south would quickly intervene to “liberate” an oil rich region at the first possible excuse. At that point, it would end up as a US territory, like the article suggests.

Smith’s fuckery seems like poorly considered pandering at the best of times, but with Trump at the head of the US military it’s gonna have nasty consequences.

I had to read to the bottom for the best part:

“We have the oil, we have the resources. We’re fine,” Westernaier said, noting she believed Monday’s election was rigged.

Yeah. I think there’s a lot of noise about what border agents can do if they feel like it, but I’m not sure if they actually use those powers in most interactions.

No. They asked their usual three or four questions and sent us on our way.

Speaking for myself, it’s more like “I know I can look intimidating, and I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable, have a nice day”. I know there’s nothing wrong with me, but other people have had bad experiences.

Should there be a link or something?

I’ve crossed from Canada to the US (and back) twice since Trump took power. The questions asked by US border agents were the same as previous crossings.

I’m a Canadian citizen, so I suspect US citizens would have an even easier time. FWIW my party’s documents were in order.

I think there’s a lot of hyperbole at the moment. My crossing experience was unchanged.

Typically, the local campaign picks up the signs so the person living there doesn’t have to deal with it (and so they can be reused in the next election).

It sounds like whoever ran the Conservative campaign in your area hasn’t organized proper sign retrieval yet. Maybe the sign volunteers ghosted them, maybe the sign lead flaked out, or whatever.