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The Cult is alive and well
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When the blinders prevent you from seeing the entire picture!!
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Backlash and Advocacy in Electrification Discussion
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Baker Plbg
Okay, my comment section is just full of the electrification cult that call me, you know, basically call me names because I can't see the forest for the trees.
00:00:12
Baker Plbg
I'll agree with you that heat pumps are going to be a significant
00:00:19
Baker Plbg
provider in the provider of of climate control in the future. and But the only reason that is is because of government mandates making that happen.
Government's Role in Electrification
00:00:29
Baker Plbg
You have the government incentivizing the purchase of those products through government rebates or government grants. They are incentivizing the manufacturers to do it. Did you just read about the refrigerant change in the U.S.? You don't think that's going to throw the whole thing into a crazy tizzy? It's crazy to me. We live in interesting times, there's no doubt.
Critique of Electrification: Sources and Transmission
00:00:51
Baker Plbg
But... The religion of electrification, like your religion is showing, and I get called biased because I can't see it. How can you guys not see the sources of where this stuff comes from and the fact that it's not green?
00:01:07
Baker Plbg
how How do you deal with the transmission of that electricity? And the we haven't even talked about transmission losses, which are significant. But oh no, no, don't worry about that, Bob. Let's just talk about COP on the end.
00:01:20
Baker Plbg
Okay. Let's talk about that. It's fantastic. Once you get it there, what's the line? What's the line? 60% of the time, it works every time.
00:01:31
Baker Plbg
Like that's the line, which is why you have to have backup resistance heating or ah fossil fuel heating, natural gas or propane, because when you need it the most, it won't work.
Challenges in Energy Infrastructure
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Baker Plbg
It is the dumbest shit I've ever seen. and you know, just in Alberta alone, the the estimated cost to upgrade our transmission lines is about $2 billion. dollars And if the government is pegging that at $2 billion, then you can rest assured it's three times that amount. It's going to cost seven to eight.
Electric Car Market Setbacks
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Baker Plbg
billion dollar which is four times, to upgrade the transmission lines by 2050. We've already seen what's happened with the electric car market. that was They were not going to allow any but internal combustion engines after 2030. That's four years from now. They've just rescinded all that stuff because the new electric car market has dropped significantly in North America. The the EV is experiencing double-digit declines year over year.
00:02:32
Baker Plbg
everybody's bailing on it because it doesn't work when you need it to work. It's inconvenient and it's expensive. And the fact that you guys still hammer me, it's like, oh, this is the dumbest take
Future of Electrification Mandates
00:02:45
Baker Plbg
I've ever heard. Fine, fine. Like you're going to mandate this stuff and then the problems are going to start and I'll be happy to fix them for a significant sum of money.
00:02:56
Baker Plbg
My thoughts, not yours.