Opinion: Letters to The Province, March 31, 2022.
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Let’s presume for a moment that electric cars become the norm and gas is phased out. Picture this: The temperature is plus 35 or minus 35 C (take your pick). What will be the first thing that is done by the end of a normal workday? First, we all plug in our electric car right? The next thing we do is adjust our air conditioners or furnace systems, right? Think for a moment what this will do to our power grid — overload comes to mind and many power failures as a result. Do we have enough dams or other means of power? Now couple that with more-and-more housing, which adds further overload. We all know that we’re in the midst of a climate crisis.
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I can also see long lines at service stations across Canada waiting to get into charging stations. I don’t know that I want a vehicle powered by electricity during extreme heat or cold while traveling across Canada. I can just imagine being stuck on a highway and having to choose between heating/air conditioning or conserving energy to run the car’s engine. Either would be dangerous.
Now we deal with making an actual battery and the cost. Next, we come to the environmental issue of safely disposing of all the spent batteries. Oh, did I mention there is no safe way.
I could go on-and-on, but… well, you get the picture.
Ron Gobeil, Parksville
Voting in Canada: If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
Re: Liberal idea of three-day polling surprises Elections Canada.
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I was reading in The Province newspaper that now the government wants to have a go at tinkering with how and when we vote.
Voting and getting results in the same day has been the gold standard for eons. Why does Prime Minister Trudeau think that he can come up with a better way. Why not let Elections Canada do their stellar job, like they have always done. It seems Trudeau has to get involved in every aspect of every department in our government.
My thoughts are: If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
Barbara Ann MoxinCampbell River