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It's an opinion piece more making fun of the Left's instinct to ban things that pose a relatively low risk. Motor Vehicle accidents (EV or ICE) are high on any list of accidental deaths.

I thought the Bank of Canada was independent of the PMO.

Sure if enough people were using too much electricity we'd get brown outs or black outs. Capacity has to go up. Now, by how much? People who get paid to figure that out, have to figure that out. But OW was making the case that an individual board would overload. In charging an EV, I'm using 32 Amps. That's it, now I may be doing it over the course of 6 hours, but I've never blown a circuit using my EV.

It's all conjecture. Would they collapse the grid if they were used at night? I'm not sure. I know that I'm not seeing the kind of hydro bills a Grow Op would see. Sure it's more, but not a LOT more. Grids most certainly will have to expand if we're going to electrify. That's just a reality. I'd like to know how we eventually plan to move from Natural Gas furnaces to Heat Pumps. Because that's also gotta be on government's radars. That would be more of an impetus to upgrade the grid than EVs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-roger-stone-clemency.html

In the way Trump did yeah. Look what Roger Stone was up to before the election was even called.

You're the one who brought it up again. I guess it's just a deflection. We can focus on Trump's indicted attempts to steal the 2020 election.

I like how your scenario uses the biggest battery available. As mentioned, I've had a 30 amp EV charge running at the same time as my AC, Dryer and Dishwasher. They're all on different circuits. And I live in a townhouse.

But the investigation into Russia was what Trumpers were whining about through that period. Mueller for example. Mueller wasn't allowed to report any theories on Trump. The report doesn't clear Trump. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mueller-breaks-silence-to-say-report-doesnt-clear-trump

Sure and I'm sure an $80,000 Pickup truck that cost $150 to fill up is the far more practical option. But for the many people on Earth that simply need a car to go to A to B, a more modest EV is perfect fine.

A bipartisan Senate Committee found that Russia did interfere with the Election. But removing Trump was ever on the table.

The article doesn't say how many kHW the Ford F150 Lighting's battery size it. Google says it's 131 kwh. That's insane! That's a gigantic battery and nowhere near emblematic of a typical EV. Just like a pickup truck isn't particularly representative of an average car. Your typical Stage 2 30 amp charger does about 7 kwh. So yeah that battery would take a long time. Close to 20 hours. That being said, the range is around 400-450 kms for that truck. So a battery that size gets what resembles a normal range for a car. So for daily use, charging it to 100% may not be essential. If I needed a pickup truck, I probably wouldn't buy that car. But many EVs are far more practical. FYI, I have an EV battery that's under 40 kwh and it charges in under 6 hours. Just for comparison's sake, a Tesla Model Y has a battery of size that goes from 60-78 kwh. The Ford Mach E's battery is between 70-90 kwh. The Hyundai Ioniq 5's battery is between 58-77 kwh. Divide those numbers by 7 to get how many hours it would take to charge the battery to full on a standard home charger. As opposed to all those people using their AC? One night I had my dryer, AC, Washing machine and car charger all going at the same time. I still rarely get a Hydro Bill of over $150/month.

About $25.

This speaks to my propane tank comment earlier. It's still only a solution when normal charging isn't an option. Road Trips etc. Being able to properly charge overnight, at like 30 amps, is still the preferable option.

I think most people have more practical objections that simply "If it's not like an ICE, I don't want it". Much of it has to do with price and a lack of understanding on how EV chargeting works. https://blinkcharging.com/fact-from-fiction-the-real-reason-why-consumers-dont-buy-electric-vehicles/#:~:text=The most common reasons drivers,initial higher upfront vehicle costs. With the price of any new car today, the price argument to not getting an EV is slowly going away.

Only if that's the only metric you use to decide to get an EV. It has to be the exact same experience as an EV, if not, I don't want it. Forget that charging at home is way better if you can do it. Forget that EVs are way better when it comes to maintenance and fuel cost. Forget that EVs are usually faster and more fun to drive.

And we can mention areas where they are getting closer to replacing ICE capabilities. Like having more DC Fast chargers along highways so road trips are more practical. It's funny I stopped to charge my EV at 10% at the busy Enroute, by the time we all went to bathroom, waiting for our lunch, ate our lunch, and went to the bathroom again, the charge was at 92%. This is generally how roadtrips work for people.

If we're validating wages by how dangerous the job is, why do soldiers get paid less than CEOs?

As we see with Ontario Nurses, good working conditions produce good employees. Good nurses flock to places that pay more and treat them better. We have a nursing shortage in Ontario because the government capped their wages. 1% annual raises in times of high inflation is not a good working condition. I would not suggest that being a teacher in Ontario, currently is bad. They have one of the must lucrative pensions funds in existence. But firing them all for not essentially taking a pay cut, won't attract the best teachers I reckon.

Public Sector unions do what they do. I concede that. But in this inflation era, a 1% increase is a joke. It's essentially a huge pay cut.

I'm sure they've collectively bargained that. As the teachers are collectively bargaining. I think it makes much more sense to have them on regular rotating 12-hour shifts. Sure and they're well compensated. And firefighters don't face dangers "All the time". A good chunk of the time you see a fire truck going down the street, lights blaring, it's to a medical call to beat out a paramedic because insurance dictates that fire stations should be regularly distributed throughout a city or town. Have you done any critical analysis as to how many of those are teachers. Families making over $100,000 are, by no means rich, in this inflation era we live in.

Life must be so simple in your world, LOL. I'm sure teachers coming out of Teacher's College would love to be seen as Scabs.

It's a legal strike, they're without a contract. I'm sure courts would have something to say about that.

Actually most people in Canada live in Cities. So I dispute that. I've never travelled by car to a vast majority of Canada. I suspect many haven't. Again it's not the intent of the EV. The intent is to charge it at night, and for those that have access to a charger, it works great. The idea of going to a gas station for fuel is just learned behaviour that doesn't need to continue on. I never said it was. Maybe one day, recharging a car will be like getting a Propane Tank. You just swap an empty battery for a changed one. I think that happens in China.

Firefighters also spend a good chunk of their paid time sleeping. Teachers are tasked with educating children. It's an important job. It's ignorant to imply otherwise. Regardless a Cost-of-Living increase is the bare minimum in this climate for any employee, of any job, let alone one with such an important job. A McDonalds employee would laugh at a 1% increase these days.