The focus continued to be on Canada with the September announcement that Ontario had entered into an agreement to formally link its carbon market with markets in Quebec and California effective January 1, 2018. The Agreement will allow the governments of Ontario, Quebec and California (the Parties...
Rather, the battery is there to address shorter term grid fluctuations and natural gas is added as a reliable back up for periods of low renewable generation. The need to keep the battery charged also reduces the output of the wind system for periods of time, however, that energy isn’t ...
"At first, I was happy when Japanese people gave me compliments like ‘You are good at using chopsticks’ and ‘You speak Japanese very well.’ However, now that I have been in Japan for a long time, these sort of compliments sound like that they are looking down at ...
your paycheck in taxes etc etc etc, you have a whole lifetime of training on how to ignore ALL OF THAT and just keep repeating the cycle everyday. And guess who decides what the schools teach and what the media portrays and what the churches teach and how the corporations are set up?
As that is what causes the billions of dollars to flow out of taxes and into the Military Industrial complex pockets and some very small part flow back to compliant legislators and civil servants. The problem is such AI systems will just become the new “arms race” and it will turn out...
These regulatory measures may lead to explicit limitations on air transport or a reduction of demand for air transport through environmental charges or taxes. The impact of this risk for Airbus is a reduced demand for its commercial aviation products and services, leading to decreased reve...
A country's average energy consumption per person is an indication of its standard of living. Much of the energy presently used by mankind comes from combustion of fossil fuels. However, that combustion also forms CO2 that accumulates in the atmosphere and oceans causing climate change. If this...
“California has a plan to achieve net zero by 2045 and Quebec recently banned oil and gas extraction.” Heyman said the province plans to reduce the use of fossil fuels in transportation and buildings and promote the development of clean hydrogen in industry while moving toward 100 ...
In a study at Laval University in Quebec, groups of students were given tasks that required either deep thought, relaxed thought, or no attention whatsoever. After the tasks, the volunteers were offered a snack. The relaxed testers just nibbled, but the thinkers ate as if they'd spent the...
The report notes that the latter have distorted the overall picture owing to the prevalence of gasoline taxes in various parts of the world. These taxes have led to greater efficiency in markets where they are imposed, but have not ushered in a transport transition. Overall the report finds ...