Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online
Part of the energy transition, playing out in Western Canada, is the elimination of baseload coal-fired power generation, and the implementation of highly intermittent solar and wind power generation.
This is Part 2 of a presentation to the ratepayers of the RM of Estevan, Saskatchewan on April 26. In it, Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk, of Estevan, speaks about how wind and solar power generation frequently totally collapse, and can never be truly relied upon to power our 21st century economy.
Also, what happens at the end of the project? And what if the developer goes belly up, or hail destroys the project? Who will clean it up?
How is it that we are throwing away what we know works, for something we absolutely know does not?
Although we may justifiably blame the Justin Trudeau government for this, it’s really the Joe Biden administration, which has forced automakers down this path we are all now following. And how does nuclear play into all this? Are four small modular reactors (SMRs) going to be enough, if we are to double or triple the electrical grid by 2050, as the federal budget says we must?
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In Part 1, Jason Schneider, the Reeve of Vulcan County, Alberta, was invited to speak to ratepayers of the RM of Estevan about the realities of wind and solar development. Vulcan County is home of the largest solar facility in Canada, as well as numerous wind farms. Part 1:
Wind turbine photos by Clive Schaupmeyer and Chuck Toney. Hail photos by Jason LeBlanc and Dave Alexander (toonie hail) The end of the video involves questions from the floor, aimed principally at Schneider.
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- 0048 Hutts Trucking Safety0048 Hutts Trucking Safety
- 0047 Estevan Oilfield Technical Society 20230047 Estevan Oilfield Technical Society 2023
- 0046 City of Estevan This is Estevan0046 City of Estevan This is Estevan
- 0044 PTRC CCUS Aquistore0044 PTRC CCUS Aquistore
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- 0041 DEEP Since 2018 now we are going to build0041 DEEP Since 2018 now we are going to build
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- 0032 IWS Summer hiring rock trailer music
- 0029 Latus Viro updated Latus phone
- 0025 Kendalls
- 0023 LC Trucking tractor picker hiring mix
- 0022 Grimes winter hiring
- 0021 OSY Rentals S8 Promo
- 0019 Jerry Mainil Ltd hiring dugout
- 0018 IWS Hiring Royal Summer
- 0013 Panther Drilling PO ad 03 top drive rigs
- 0011
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- 0004 Royal Helium PO Ad 02
- 9001
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