Tag: air conditioning
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610 CKTB | Why Green Ideology Loses to Physics
Gene Valaitis and Jon Liedtke discuss the vulnerabilities of Canada’s power grid during intense summer heat waves. They analyze how rigid green policies, the rapid adoption of heat pumps, and the massive cooling demands of expanding AI data centers create a dystopian threat of systemic grid failure.
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Why Green Ideology Loses to Physics
Climate ideology is colliding with physics as heatwaves expose grid vulnerabilities. From European nuclear shutdowns to Canada’s subsidized heat pumps, bureaucratic green policies are supercharging summer power demands. Compounded by insatiable AI data centers, our legacy grid faces a dystopian breaking point. Planners must embrace grid realism over whiteboard fantasy before the system buckles.
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Places Should be Inhabitable
Jon, Frazier, Kristen, and Doug talk about the ongoing LCBO strike, a change in the size of the police board, an ask about air conditioning, and a new crime reporting tool in Windsor.