Yes, the West Coast formation of a country called Cascadia is a pipe dream for some. Cascadia would consist of California, Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia. I don't know who thought that one up but there are people that want that.
That's a little too theoretical for me to answer. I'm willing to move to Florida.
Religions typically entail a lot of rituals, so I think we're thinking along the same lines.
Don't go, Ron. I would miss your contributions to threads like this. But don't call them alarmists. The alarmists were jumping up and down fifty years ago. These folk are climate optimists - they think there's still time to do something about it. Me, I'm a climate realist. There's nothing we can do now. The train has left the station. Hence your approach, logically, is the one I can agree with. We should party like it's 1967.
Yeah, I've heard this recreational drug-induced utopia dream. Given the current state of affairs in California, Oregon, and Washington, I'm not so sure BC would want it anymore.
I would buy an EV if the charging infrastructure was a lot more filled in. The idea of mechanical simplicity, great acceleration and low noise appeals to me. Right now, the money should be spent on flood control, developing draught resistant crops, planting trees and regaining public acceptance for nuclear power to name a few things. Subsidizing wind, solar and EV purchases is not going to bring the best return for what is spent.
I agree. I've spent significant time over the years in Canada, and I've been to a lot of cities around the world, and Toronto is still my favorite city.That may be, but as far as neighbors go, it could be much worse.
North America FTW.
Oil alone does not equal Texas.You’re too late.
We’ve already got Alberta - that’s more than enough Lone Star!
Oil alone does not equal Texas.
No there's guns and pickup trucks and oh, beer too but not in Lubbock. Had to go outside the county line to get it
Any horses?No there's guns and pickup trucks and oh, beer too but not in Lubbock. Had to go outside the county line to get it
Lubbock or Leave It.
One "pipe dream" I think could eventually give us plenty of power are the orbiting solar stations. Microwaved back to earth. It could be done now though it costs too much. Some advance in robotic assembly of space structures and maybe moon or asteroid mining could make it reasonably priced. The big fly in the ointment for that is such thing as this will be a huge target for space terrorism or for one country to hurt another country. Maybe that too is workable if you had one facility positioned to send equal amounts of power to China, Russia and the USA. Or instead of fixed huge facilities in GSO, something like Space X satellites that are in alower orbit to have a few dozen that move and switch from sending power to each of those three countries and the EU equally. So that again attacking them hurts all the major powers. That isn't a short term solution however as it will be some time before they could be put up.
That is how I feel. Switching from one energy source to another takes a good 40 years. While one can claim we'll do it faster that is simply ignoring the realities of the world. A climate realist has to look at everything and realize at this late date heading off a more than 2 degree rise is asking for a miracle. That train has left the station and it is still burning diesel fuel. Trying to force it on people, which I don't think can be done, if it were done would do more harm in other ways than it does good. The simple truth is people alive now are leaving this problem which another couple or three generations will have to figure out. It is what it is.
The similarity between Alberta and Texas is the can-do spirit. Oil is a coincidence. There's lots of other things going on in Texas besides O&G and I've heard there is a lot of agriculture in Alberta along with some magnificent scenery for tourism which I have enjoyed. I could knock down a few rye-cokes with a bunch of Canadians, preferably in Banff.You’re too late.
We’ve already got Alberta - that’s more than enough Lone Star!
Lots of cowboy hat wearing people in the rural areas of Alberta with cowboy boots, cowboy jeans to match and the country western shirt too. I used to wear a cowboy hat when I was on the farm but not now in the city.
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