I’m going to repeat this once again, for the slow kids at the back of the class:

People heating their homes with heating oil generally don’t have an alternative.

Our power grids can’t support mass electrification. They simply can’t.

Pretending otherwise will get people killed.

#Canada #cdnpoli

@taco sticking with oil heat will also get people killed, just further down the road. Let's fix the fuckin grid and use systems that are literally 2-5 times more efficient, and not ask our kids to fuckin swim.

@oldmanhero are you paying for it?

Because the people using oil can’t afford to.

People saying “just fix the grid” like that isn’t a multi-decade project is something I’m getting very tired of seeing.

Which one of PEI or NS rivers are we damming? 🤔

@taco let's stop damming rivers in an age when solar and wind are cheaper on every metric by almost an order of magnitude. Overbuild 5x and still save 50%.

@oldmanhero you can build all the panels and wind turbines you want, but without scale storage it’s useless.

We aren’t there yet.

And try running your home on solar in the winter anywhere north of Quebec City. Better keep that wood stove.

@taco You're wrong about that, friend. Overbuilding capacity can absolutely provide base load. You don't even need that high an overbuild factor, according to some studies. The lowest I've seen is 60% overbuild, which is a fuckin rounding error on yet another goddamned hydro megaproject.