Driving around Ontario in a not so expensive electric car
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).
Imagine you bought yourself a nice new Tesla Model 3 back in July of 2023, you might have splashed out $85k CAD for a performance variant (source, and source), these days, in early 2026, one can be found for $35k on autotrader. That is a 60% drop over two and a half years, quite the…
Keep readingRecently the Ontario government and the City of Toronto agreed to study an expansion to the Cities aging transmission infrastructure (source). Planning is underway, to possibly add a third major transmission line to feed the growing city. Toronto’s electricity consumption is estimated to roughly double by 2050. Further, there is the Portlants gas plant, a…
Keep readingRecently we looked at the seasonal solar problem, namely that solar production is at its highest in the summer, but my energy usage peaks in the Winter. As we saw, for now, there is no problem, as I am somewhat of an outlier, and my excess electrons deliver lots of value for Ontario’s summer peaking…
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