letters: storage is the problem with solar power - storage battery
The proposal to replace Site C with solar panels on people's roofs masks an important issue --power storage.
Solar panels do not generate electricity when needed, only when the light is sufficient, and when the sun shines, it will generate electricity.
If you want to charge your electric car overnight, the solar panels don't help.
They produce less power in winter, shorter days, less sun and snow cover panels
But this is when heating needs electricity most.
Without battery storage, solar energy is an uncontrollable energy source for the grid.
At sunrise, regardless of the load, they start injecting power into the grid, and their output stops at night when the cloud covers their output drops --
Regardless of the needs of the grid.
If you want to replace Site C with solar panels, you have to provide a way to store the power they generate, and it doesn't seem to include the installation and maintenance of the battery in bob Loten's calculations.
I don't object to solar energy, but it seems unrealistic to say they can replace Site C directly.
To support the NDP not to restore the photo radar, I very much disagree with Ian Douglas's letter.
He said there is nothing worse than the humiliation of the police who were pulled over to have a person standing next to your car following the law.
Too bad, that's what it takes to get some people to drive responsibly.
With cameras, the threat of being caught is ongoing, and people are forced to be more responsible or pay a price at all times.
The more tickets you get, the higher interest rates should be for your driver's license and ICBC.
People who drive safely, have few accidents or have no accidents should not raise interest rates as sharply as those who scoffed.
ICBC needs to increase revenue, which should come mainly from those who are speeding, running red lights and distracted driving.
They are the main causes of accidents and increased settlement expenditures.
I encourage our newly elected government to re-examine this decision.
When there is news on TV about people leaving their pets in the hot car, it is so incredible that many people continue to do so, even when they are in their 30 s, they shop in the air --
Shops with conditions
An appropriate punishment for these owners is to lock them in the same hot car at the same time and temperature.
This may make them think twice before they repeat the crime.
As a further penalty, the pet concerned should be confiscated and released only after payment of the fine and donation to the animal hospital.