500 million for electric vehicle production

[bucket]

Tell me,


Why is it that most of you on here hold on so fervently to one energy source?

Geothermal can generate power and heat homes without emissions.

Hydrogen is largely untapped.

Hydroelectric dams last for hundreds of years and produce clean energy plus manage a resource.

Wind is always blowing. Might as well use it for something?


Battery packs keep getting better. Oil is a battery too.

Bio-waste can be turned into heat power and fuel for engines and turbines plus remove waste and gas from landfills.


Instead of trucks and cars think hyperloop and electric trains.

You truly want to know why we go nowhere in this country? It's because the majority of people - regardless of political spectrum - would rather bash an idea than come up with one, fund one, or build one.


Hell, I'm sure the wheel and fire would never have been adopted if the entire world was like you guys

Tell me where i am plugging my electric tractor and combine into and we can have a conversation....

Trains are essentially electric now....diesel powers the generator....you want to start putting power lines above the mainline????? And keep it functional????

power outage and the trains stop?????wtf

[Oliver88]

Tell me,


Why is it that most of you on here hold on so fervently to one energy source?

Geothermal can generate power and heat homes without emissions.

Hydrogen is largely untapped.

Hydroelectric dams last for hundreds of years and produce clean energy plus manage a resource.

Wind is always blowing. Might as well use it for something?


Battery packs keep getting better. Oil is a battery too.

Bio-waste can be turned into heat power and fuel for engines and turbines plus remove waste and gas from landfills.


Instead of trucks and cars think hyperloop and electric trains.

You truly want to know why we go nowhere in this country? It's because the majority of people - regardless of political spectrum - would rather bash an idea than come up with one, fund one, or build one.


Hell, I'm sure the wheel and fire would never have been adopted if the entire world was like you guys

People on here don’t want only one power supply. From what I understand they want several reliable power supplies which include hydro-electric, nuclear, NG, coal, and you propose straw (gassifier) power which seems like something worth looking into for certain applications.

Could you explain why wind power would be a good investment on the Canadian prairies for a reliable power source? (The Alberta power statistics don’t show that it’s always windy but I’d like to hear your explanation.)

[furrowtickler]

Tell me,


Why is it that most of you on here hold on so fervently to one energy source?

Geothermal can generate power and heat homes without emissions.

Hydrogen is largely untapped.

Hydroelectric dams last for hundreds of years and produce clean energy plus manage a resource.

Wind is always blowing. Might as well use it for something?


Battery packs keep getting better. Oil is a battery too.

Bio-waste can be turned into heat power and fuel for engines and turbines plus remove waste and gas from landfills.


Instead of trucks and cars think hyperloop and electric trains.

You truly want to know why we go nowhere in this country? It's because the majority of people - regardless of political spectrum - would rather bash an idea than come up with one, fund one, or build one.


Hell, I'm sure the wheel and fire would never have been adopted if the entire world was like you guys

Hydroelectric dams are finished , be honest with yourself .

[Zephyr]

Hydroelectric dams are finished , be honest with yourself .

The world begs to differ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-45019893

[LEP]

The world begs to differ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-45019893

I think the article actually affirms what furrow just stated.

Most Dams are being built outside of NA. Because of lower environmental and cultural impact standards.

The World Bank is no longer financing these projects and the Chinese Infrastructure Bank has stepped in because they ask fewer questions. Also it allows Chinese firms to take control of the project.

In NA Site C may well be the last dam project in the next few decades.

[TASFarms]

Maybe we all need to buy a diesel electric kirvet tractor and hook it up to the grid when not using it for field use

[MBgrower]

Hydroelectric dams are finished , be honest with yourself .

If you cant build a little pipeline, how will you ever convince the woke crowd its ok to flood out vasts tracks of land to build a hydro dam.

[farmaholic]

If you cant build a little pipeline, how will you ever convince the woke crowd its ok to flood out vasts tracks of land to build a hydro dam.

Tell them they can fish, drive their boats and personal watercraft, camp in the adjacent parks, charge their electric cars, irrigate..... all as a result of a power generating hydro dam.

And as bucket says, do we have enough elevation to make more than one, afew many miles apart?, ...the cascading effect.

Fresh water is always in short supply on the arid prairies. Using it purposefully would be better than letting it flow to salt water.

[sumdumguy]

500 M - smells a little Musky to me.

[furrowtickler]

The world begs to differ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-45019893

The world does not have to deal with First Nation rights and obsessive environmental regulations at the same time ... again be honest with yourself .... here , in Canada

The rest of the world is blowing past Canada as we pander to every single “special” group ... and have to have fire side chats about every single issue

The rest of the world is currently laughing at the stupidity in Canada

[bucket]

Why can Ford Motor Co be asked to use their saving or cash to build electric vehicles as opposed to using taxpayer money....

Seems odd on the agriculture side of the federal government you have Bibeau concerned that the agri-invest accounts are not zeroed out before they help but on the auto side they shovel money at an auto company with plenty of cash....

We need better farm leader's ...they are not getting the job done...75 billion cdn equivalent trump has thrown at farmers....

[Zephyr]

The world does not have to deal with First Nation rights and obsessive environmental regulations at the same time ... again be honest with yourself .... here , in Canada

The rest of the world is blowing past Canada as we pander to every single “special” group ... and have to have fire side chats about every single issue

The rest of the world is currently laughing at the stupidity in Canada

Canada has some soul searching to do as a nation. However I believe media is more to cause than any group...


Hard to have big protest groups when media doesn't cover them.


We have an issue in that we try to make everyone happy and spend s lot of time chasing fringe groups. St the end of the day, we are a confederation and the government has a mandate to rule in favour of the majority while protecting the rights of minorities as best as possible.