Welcome to Canada, the land of free roads, cheap gas – and the world’s least fuel-eff

[chuckChuck]

PHEV thats what I have. What do you think the EV stands for? You got nothing better to do than nit pick a small detail? LOL

Several posters have agreed a PHEV is the way to go at the moment.

At this point full EVs are on the expensive side and charging infrastructure is not as numerous as it needs to be. That will change.

Next vehicle will likely be a full EV.

For all the other farm machinery there are basically no alternatives to diesel.

But what have you done to reduce your carbon emissions? Please do tell.

[Hamloc]

PHEV thats what I have. What do you think the EV stands for? You got nothing better to do than nit pick a small detail? LOL

Several posters have agreed a PHEV is the way to go at the moment.

At this point full EVs are on the expensive side and charging infrastructure is not as numerous as it needs to be. That will change.

Next vehicle will likely be a full EV.

For all the other farm machinery there are basically no alternatives to diesel.

But what have you done to reduce your carbon emissions? Please do tell.

Chuck2, I thought I would follow the example of some European countries. I quit using my propane barbecue and bought a wood pellet smoker barbecue. I figured if the Europeans consider burning wood pellets to generate electricity is green I should do the same when cooking myself a hamburger. Funny thing though, when I used my propane barbecue the burners emitted no visible smoke but my pellet barbecue puts out a fair bit of smoke. It got me thinking, maybe burning wood pellets to generate electricity isn’t so green after all. Sure makes for a tasty steak though😀

[chuckChuck]

Chuck2, I thought I would follow the example of some European countries. I quit using my propane barbecue and bought a wood pellet smoker barbecue. I figured if the Europeans consider burning wood pellets to generate electricity was green I should do the same when cooking myself a hamburger. Funny thing though, when I used my propane barbecue the burners emitted no visible smoke but my pellet barbecue puts out a fair bit of smoke. It got me thinking, maybe burning wood pellets to generate electricity isn’t so green after all. Sure makes for a tasty steak though😀

No burning wood to make electricity is a bad idea.

Better to go wind, solar, and other renewable sources and existing hydro along with storage.

EVs are great storage.

Our PHEV costs about $4 per 100km using electricity at 15 cents a Kwh vs gas at about $8 per 100km.

With my solar electricity, the cost per kwh is 8 cents and cost per 100km is about $2.00 per 100 km. 25% of the cost of gas!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

No burning wood to make electricity is a bad idea.

Better to go wind, solar, and other renewable sources and existing hydro along with storage.

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Gee, I wonder why the Europeans and British never thought of that before they changed the rules in the middle of the game to designate wood chips as Carbon Neutral and renewable?

Perhaps they didn't take your expert advice because they actually need baseload power which solar and wind cannot provide, you and your tree hugger friends won't allow any new hydro to be built, and battery backup at scale doesn't exist?

[furrowtickler]

This picture says it all …..


Blaming the average middle class person on climate change simply working for living is so pathetic when one thinks about what really goes on in this world

[chuckChuck]

This picture says it all …..


Blaming the average middle class person on climate change simply working for living is so pathetic when one thinks about what really goes on in this world

So Furrow are you going to stop selling your crops to the world and just sell them to local customers?

And also stop buying anything from China and other offshore suppliers?

For sure we need to concentrate on supplying our local markets with local supplies.

But that would mean changing the rules of the free market Because the whole economic trade system is based on global supply chains.

[furrowtickler]

So Furrow are you going to stop selling your crops to the world and just sell them to local customers?

And also stop buying anything from China and other offshore suppliers?

For sure we need to concentrate on supplying our local markets with local supplies.

But that would mean changing the rules of the free market Because the whole economic trade system is based on global supply chains.

Nope , point is the average person with an ICE vehicle is being blamed for climate change , meanwhile like you say the worlds global supply chains keep humming along and politicians and elites will continue to travel the world .
But dam , the working moms ICE vehicle is destroying the planet.

[chuckChuck]

Nobody has said its just the ICE in cars. Its a combination of all sources of emissions.

GHG Emissions in Energy and Other Industries

Natural gas and oil – 193 MtCO2e (26%)
Transportation – 186 MtCO2e (25%)
Buildings – 92 MtCO2e (13%)
Electricity – 64 MtCO2e (9%)
Heavy industry – 78 MtCO2e (11%)
Agriculture – 73 MtCO2e (10%)
Waste and others 41 MtCO2e (6%)

https://www.capp.ca/explore/greenhouse-gas-emissions/

[AlbertaFarmer5]

But that would mean changing the rules of the free market

You weren't supposed to say the quiet part out loud.
You were supposed to keep pretending that you actually care about the environment, not admit that this is all about the overthrow of capitalism.
If you are ever in doubt, here is a helpful hint for you. Just remember the watermelon analogy, green on the outside, red on the inside.
You had an inside out watermelon moment in that post.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Nobody has said its just the ICE in cars. Its a combination of all sources of emissions.

GHG Emissions in Energy and Other Industries

Natural gas and oil – 193 MtCO2e (26%)
Transportation – 186 MtCO2e (25%)
Buildings – 92 MtCO2e (13%)
Electricity – 64 MtCO2e (9%)
Heavy industry – 78 MtCO2e (11%)
Agriculture – 73 MtCO2e (10%)
Waste and others 41 MtCO2e (6%)

https://www.capp.ca/explore/greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Using your stats. Transportation is only 25% of CO2 emissions. Out of that 25%, passenger cars are only 39% of global transportation emissions. Out of that 39%, currently in the US less than 1% of the vehicles registered are electric vehicles, and within that, on average they put on far less miles per year than ice vehicles, and are the smaller vehicles to start with . Almost all of the focus on solving climate change has been aimed at passenger cars. Converting them from gasoline to coal fired electricity generation. Putting all those numbers together, after decades of solving the climate crisis, we have managed to convert much less than 0.01% of our total emissions from gasoline to coal.
It's a good thing that climate crisis isn't real, otherwise at this rate, we're all going to boil.

[chuckChuck]

You do realize that nearly 80% of Canada's electricity is already emission free and not from burning coal or gas?

You always seem to get the facts so wrong!

Not surprising since you think we need more CO2 emissions not less. LOL

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You do realize that nearly 80% of Canada's electricity is already emission free and not from burning coal or gas?

You always seem to get the facts so wrong!

Not surprising since you think we need more CO2 emissions not less. LOL

Again, you cherry picked one region. Worldwide, coal is still by far the largest source of electricity generation. And growing.