Welcome to Electric Car Adventures

Camping is always a joy, but even better, go for an electric campsite and charge the car while you charge yourself

Worried about climate change? Why not do something about it? You can have a lot of fun with a gently used EV that can get you where you need to go (albeit with a little bit of planning, some patience and an appetite for adventure).

Electric Garbage Trucks

On a sunny day visiting relatives in California, I noticed that one the neighbourhood garbage trucks was electric. What an excellent idea, garbage trucks rarely travel far, spend much of their time cruising through residential areas, meandering from bin to bin. I surely appreciated the lower volume of the EV, compared to the gas powered…

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The fallacy of the gas tax holiday

Mr. Carney recently announced an extension of the gas tax holiday, briefly eliminating the a 10 c/litre levy on gasolene (4c/l for Diesel and Aviation fuel) until January 31st 2027. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I feel this is a mistake. Yes it is true that gas prices have increased since Mr. Trump went to war with Iran…

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Where is the Canadian environmentalist?

At the time of this writing Canada’s forests are on fire, fuelled by climate change (source), wild-fire smoke is choking much of Toronto, and the population centres of the eastern seaboard. Apocalyptic images fill social media, and the cause is well known. A casual survey suggested that most people know climate change is to blame.…

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