Climate Alarmism
Heavy electric vehicles (EVs) cause twice as much damage to road surfaces than their combustion-powered equivalents, a report Tuesday has claimed.
A UK study led by the University of Leeds found the average electric car puts 2.24 times more stress on roads than a similar petrol vehicle – and 1.95 more than a diesel. Larger electric vehicles can cause up to 2.32 times more damage to roads.
The stress on roads causes greater movement of asphalt which can lead to small cracks and eventually expand into potholes with local government authorities left to repair the damage.
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Read Moren one of the battles of the progressives’ war on things that work, California is making life harder for truck drivers and everyone who depends on them.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) was created in 1967 under Governor Ronald Reagan, and it was one of Reagan’s greatest mistakes. The CARB is an independent agency of the California state government. The federal Clean Air Act governs emissions standards nationally, or at least it’s supposed to, but the EPA waives the Clean Air Act for California to set stricter standards. Over time, a coalition of 14 other states and the District of Columbia have glommed onto California’s rules. Since California plus that coalition make up a large portion of the total U.S. vehicle market, the CARB has de facto power to set national emissions standards for the country.
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Read MoreThe Trudeau government is recruiting small-to-medium-sized companies specializing in insect and alternative proteins meant for human consumption to a UK conference exploring the future of food technology.
In partnership with Protein Industries Canada, the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada Research Assistance Program is calling on enterprises to submit expressions of interest to attend the Sept. 25-29, 2023 Future Food-Tech summit.
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Read MoreIf you’ve noticed the cost of hosting your backyard barbecue going up, you’re not alone.
That’s because the Canadian cattle herd is at its lowest since 2005 and could fall lower if drought conditions hold, according to Statistics Canada numbers.
That’s because lack of moisture is limiting the ability of farmers to feed them all. If hay crops fail they can either buy costlier feed supplies or sell off inventory and reduce the size of their herds, offset by lower grain prices.
Reading the latest numbers, that’s exactly what’s happening.
According to StatsCan, Canada’s beef herd fell about 2.2% at the end of 2022 to 11.3 million head compared to almost 15 million in 2005 — a 25% reduction — and has been falling steadily every year since then.
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Read MoreObviously Norway didn’t get the climate change memo.
Even as Canada aims to gut its oil and gas industry in pursuit of elusive net zero goals, the government of Norway on Wednesday approved 19 new offshore projects on its continental shelf worth 200 billion Kroner — roughly $25 billion Canadian dollars.
“These are projects that contribute to continued high and stable production from the Norwegian continental shelf, and to employment and value creation for the whole of society,” said Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland, according to a Google translation of its web site which is only available in Norwegian.
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Read MoreElectric cars may pose a fire hazard, says a National Research Council report. The Council said it did not know how many fires were caused by vehicles’ lithium batteries since federal regulators do not collect the data.
“In Canada, since there is no national database on fires and most provinces don’t track whether vehicle fires involve electrics, the number of fires of electric vehicles cannot be reported,” said the study Literature Review On Parking Of Electric Vehicles. “Most of the reported fires in garages are in parking structures attached to apartment buildings.”
“Electric vehicles present a greener solution to internal combustion vehicle engines, however they may pose a different fire hazard due to their propulsion system, the lithium ion battery,” wrote researchers. “There are still questions regarding the fire safety of electric vehicles,” they added
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Read MoreA second carbon tax starts on July 1 and is opposed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), which urges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reconsider his plan.
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“Canadians need another carbon tax like we need a kick in the head,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the CTF.
“The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is clear: Trudeau’s second carbon tax will cost families hundreds of dollars.”
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Read MoreDespite global commitments to halt the loss of tropical forests, the world lost 10% more primary rainforest in 2022 than it did the year before.
Why it matters: The world’s tropical rainforests are a vast terrestrial carbon sink, but they are in jeopardy from logging, agricultural expansion and the effects of climate change, which is altering precipitation patterns.
Tropical rainforests are also a cradle of biodiversity.
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Read MoreOn a sunny afternoon, a group of cyclists tours through Banff National Park, stopping midway to hike through the park’s Sundance Canyon.
When they stop for a break, guide Heather Black leads the group through a smudge ceremony, followed by a snack of Alberta-made pemmican strips.
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