Elizabeth May tells it like it is:
The bulk of my amendments deal with the Navigable Waters Protection
Act. The Conservatives have taken three runs at it through three
different omnibus bills, the first being in 2009. The objective
definition of what is “navigable” was changed to a discretionary
definition wherein “navigable” would mean whatever the Minister of
Transport says that it means.
In Bill C-38, just this past spring, the Conservatives took another
run at the Navigable Waters Protection Act with the specific exclusion
of pipelines as works or undertakings. Pipelines are no longer in the
Navigable Waters Protection Act. These new amendments are certainly not
about pipelines because the Conservatives took care of that in Bill
C-38.
What this does is it takes an act that we have had since 1882 that
directly comes from the Constitution of this country, that being the
federal responsibility for navigation. The Navigable Waters Protection
Act, which was brought in by Sir John A. Macdonald, has protected the
rights of Canadians to put a canoe or kayak in any body of water and
paddle from there to wherever they want to go. As Canadians, we have a
right to navigation. This is now being superseded with the false story
that there is somehow a burdensome regulatory amount of red tape that
offends people in municipalities. Therefore, we need to blow apart the
Navigable Waters Protection Act to say that a body of water is only
navigable if it can be found in the schedule at the back of the act.
Ironically, the 99.5% of Canadian waters that are not listed there are
not ones near municipalities, cottages and people who want to build
wharfs, but are in our wilderness areas where, without the Navigable
Waters Protection Act, nothing stands in the way of obstructions to
navigations for Canadians.
The government will tell us that is all right because Canadians have a
common law right. If people have a couple of hundred thousand dollars
and are prepared to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to defend their
right to use a waterway that is not listed, they can do that. However,
this is an egregious abdication of responsibility for a federal head of
power that no other level of government has the right to step up and
fill the void.
Read About: Money and The Kipawa River, Whitewater Ontario,Les amis de la rivière Kipawa,The Proposed Tabaret River diversion project, Northern Ontario Liquid Adventurers,Canadian Rivers Network The viewpoints and opinions expressed here are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Whitewater Ontario or Les Amis de la Riviere Kipawa. Those groups did not vet these comments and would not likely endorse the views expressed here or the manner in which they have been expressed.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Solarized E-trike
Taken from: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2012/06/27/solar-simplification-its-finest/
http://netnewsledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/SolarTrike.jpg
(parenthetical note: the design of this cart seems poor: how about this:
e-trike model - Dragon
price was around $2800-tax included.
Stock Power Requirements 4-12v @ 20amphrs batteries in series to give a 48v system.
Retrofit: 3-50watt panels (each panel, 2.9amps @ 17v and weight around 12 lbs
Additional Material and parts, aluminum angle iron, 5/8 aluminum rod, nuts and bolts
tools for the build, a cordless drill, files, hacksaw, hammer, punch.
Total assembly time was about five days.
Two days for bolting the three 50 watt panels together, and using the angle iron for added strength and rigidity.
Three days to build the mounting system to secure the panels to the deck of the e-trike.
The aluminum rod was used to attach the panels to the mounting brackets on the deck of the trike and allow the panels to be orientated to the sun when needed.
Total cost of the project, $3600.
extended the range from 50km (using only the batteries), to an estimated range of 200-300km on a sunny day and 75-100kms on really cloudy day.
http://netnewsledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Rick_Panels.jpg
associated links;
http://www.electric-bikes.com/trikes/trikes.html
The owner has plans:
A tow behind solarized trailer that can be used with a solarized e-trike, can easily be adapted to use as a mobile trailer to live in..
1. line the outside with cloroplast and line the inside with r5 ridgid insulation. use it to sleep in at night, body heat will keep u warm at night even in -30c,
2. resisitive and passive solar gain from daylight for extra heat or energy to produce h2 for cooking.power to keep the e-devices top up.
3. collect the rain water, use the sunlight to sterilize it for consumption.
says the owner
"use it as a home for a yr, $700 per month rent or morgage savings x 12months =$8400 per yr.
the solarized e-trike and solarized trailer for $5k, now gives a return of $20k+ per yr and growing.
that $5k investment now supplies transportation, electricity and a place to sleep and stay warm and dry. park it by a lake, u get to fish. park it by ur place of employment, pump ur wages into saving for a yr, use that $20k saving to buy a home."
Other solar powered electric bikes:
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/a/11083/How-To-Make-A-Solar-Powered-Electric-Bike
The electric bicycle's efficiency translates into about 1000 miles per gallon gas, not bad at today's gas prices. Electric bikes are fairly powerful and therefore need to store about 200-500 watt of energy in their batteries to travel the desirable range.
Some companies now offer roll-up solar panels from 25 to 75 watts of output. Three of those solar panels in series will provided the now common 36 volts used in most electric bicycles and could recharge your e-bike while at work. The solar panels roll up small enough to place on the rear rack including the charge converter. Non roll-up panels are more efficient but are not that easily transported, they might require to be installed at home or/and work.
There are prototype bicycle trailers like the Bob motor trailer which have an electric motor, batteries and fold-out solar panels - all mounted on the trailer that can be un-hooked from the bicycle in 5 seconds if not needed.
It is usually recommended to use batteries larger than needed for one trip, it allows you to ride on some of yesterday's sunlight in case you need to run home early or the sun has not been out at all. Most solar panels now do not need direct sunlight to work but will not quite run at 100% capacity on a cloudy day.(from http://www.nycewheels.com/solar-powered-electric-bike.html)
Photovoltaic panels are built in to the wheels,
associated links;
http://www.electric-bikes.com/trikes/trikes.html
The owner has plans:
A tow behind solarized trailer that can be used with a solarized e-trike, can easily be adapted to use as a mobile trailer to live in..
1. line the outside with cloroplast and line the inside with r5 ridgid insulation. use it to sleep in at night, body heat will keep u warm at night even in -30c,
2. resisitive and passive solar gain from daylight for extra heat or energy to produce h2 for cooking.power to keep the e-devices top up.
3. collect the rain water, use the sunlight to sterilize it for consumption.
says the owner
"use it as a home for a yr, $700 per month rent or morgage savings x 12months =$8400 per yr.
the solarized e-trike and solarized trailer for $5k, now gives a return of $20k+ per yr and growing.
that $5k investment now supplies transportation, electricity and a place to sleep and stay warm and dry. park it by a lake, u get to fish. park it by ur place of employment, pump ur wages into saving for a yr, use that $20k saving to buy a home."
Other solar powered electric bikes:
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/a/11083/How-To-Make-A-Solar-Powered-Electric-Bike
The electric bicycle's efficiency translates into about 1000 miles per gallon gas, not bad at today's gas prices. Electric bikes are fairly powerful and therefore need to store about 200-500 watt of energy in their batteries to travel the desirable range.
Some companies now offer roll-up solar panels from 25 to 75 watts of output. Three of those solar panels in series will provided the now common 36 volts used in most electric bicycles and could recharge your e-bike while at work. The solar panels roll up small enough to place on the rear rack including the charge converter. Non roll-up panels are more efficient but are not that easily transported, they might require to be installed at home or/and work.
There are prototype bicycle trailers like the Bob motor trailer which have an electric motor, batteries and fold-out solar panels - all mounted on the trailer that can be un-hooked from the bicycle in 5 seconds if not needed.
It is usually recommended to use batteries larger than needed for one trip, it allows you to ride on some of yesterday's sunlight in case you need to run home early or the sun has not been out at all. Most solar panels now do not need direct sunlight to work but will not quite run at 100% capacity on a cloudy day.(from http://www.nycewheels.com/solar-powered-electric-bike.html)
Solar charging station
Japanese 72 km/hr solarized ebike
Front and Back
250W motor
Link: http://www.solarbike.com.au
Now check out this bad boy from Stealth
And these power bikes
http://hi-powercycles.com/
Here is an oddity: ultra small wheels - incredible power
For more on this see:http://www.thekpv.com/
Bob Trailer accessory
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
College/University Degrees, Their Cost and their Worth...
Oh dear. We're educated but apparently that doesn't guarantee a job.
Our leaders are intelligent and educated but apparently corrupt. What is the alternative, for them to be stupid and ignorant but clean as a whistle? What kind of world do we have when it takes 25 to 30 years to prepare an adult to function in the world? (a quarter of the expected lifespan) and once they become educated, they are under employed.
The system is broken folks.