Tuesday, April 26, 2016

April 2016 in BC

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This month has seen some dramatic highs in the province and has been relatively dry.   We have seen temperatures in mid April in Victoria ...
Friday, January 1, 2016

In 2015 -eating beef was 52% of my greenhouse gas impact

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In my life the biggest source of greenhouse gases comes from eating beef and dairy.   If I want to reduce my impact on the world reducing be...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

BC Forest Fire Trend Indicates a Change in Climate

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The data from BC forest fires seems to be showing a trend to more extreme fire seasons than previously seen.   In 2003 we saw a change ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

A Graph of Rising Investment in Renewable Energy

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I am amazed that solar power has fallen in enough in cost to be competitive with fossil fuels.   It would not take much more of a drop to...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Cheap oil and gas will stop many developments

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The price of oil and natural gas has dropped over the last years because supply has outstripped demand and this means the price has fallen. ...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Do I use fewer resources to live than my parents?

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Both my parents were born in Estonia in the 1920s.  Certainly I think it is clear that until the early 1960s my parents used fewer resources...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

BC Hydro is not isolated from the rest of the grid

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BC Hydo is part of a larger grid which means what we do here has an impact on the others, what they impacts us.   All the power we produce i...