A short take on the problems of an intertied grid of renewables when there is a regional 'dunkelflaute' (days long loss of wind) - with Dr. Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation of the UK. To see Dr. Peiser's full presentation on "Europe's NetZero Rebellion and the implications for Canada, go to our "Past Events" page: https://friendsofscience.org/library/events/benny-peiser-europe-net-zero-rebellion.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoVt3oYm8es

This video concerns a recent CBC story wherein Binnu Jeyakumar of Pembina Institute was interviewed and said that Canada should set 'carrot and stick' policies like Hawaii was doing to force 100% clean electricity standard to meet Net Zero targets. However, neither Binnu, nor the CBC reporter, provided any context concerning the differences between Hawaii's situation vis a vis electricity generation and needs, or those of Canada. There was no research comparing solar insolation in both places, for example, which might show that setting such standards would not provide reliable power for Canada. Neither was there any comparison of Canada's electricity demands and industrial needs versus those of Hawaii. In short, there was no reasonable research done by either party and CBC is just 'gaslighting' citizens by suggesting that Canada can learn lessons from Hawaii about power generation and renewables - or renewables standards, when Canada is the 4th largest hydro power producer in the world and already has 61 times the installed wind capacity of Hawaii. This analysis by Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager for Friends of Science Society, references some existing materials from Friends of Science reports, and taps into publicly available data that either CBC or Binnu Jeyakumar could have easily found - except of course, their argument would have fallen apart. Canadian taxpayers pay over $1 billion a year for this kind of shoddy reporting at CBC. And CBC never bothers to ascertain whether the environmental groups they parrot are foreign-funded, by whom or for what objective - and whether that means there is a conflict of interest at play with foreign funders skewing Canadian energy policies via environmental groups like Pembina Institute and their faulty claims about renewables. If you like our work, please consider donating $20 to help us continue operations and to celebrate our 20th year of providing climate and energy insights to you. etransfer: contact@friendsofscience.org Thank you! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqMRHd_4LSg

On the evening of Dec. 1, 2022, the Alberta Electric System Operator issued a Level 3 grid alert, asking citizens to cut back on all electrical consumption as there was a shortage of electrical generation to meet demand during an extreme cold snap, with temperatures of about -40 C/F province-wide.. Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager for Friends of Science Society, discusses the challenges of putting more and more wind and solar on power gird, when these are weather dependent forms of generation. If there is no wind, or when the sun goes down, these sources vanish. Sometimes there can be regional lulls of wind for days or weeks. Then conventional power like natural gas or coal-fired power plants have to take up the slack. It turns out that there are plans to add about 10 times the wind to the Alberta power grid. This means we would also have to have ten times the conventional power to fill the gap. This would be enormously expensive. There are also plans to create a national wind-hydro east-west power grid which Friends of Science Society says would be technically very difficult and would put Canada at risk of national blackout. Further more, Robert Lyman has a new report called "The Pursuit of the Impossible" which summarizes a complex analysis by Simon Michaux about the availability of all the critical minerals required for NetZero decarbonization. It turns out that it would take decades to mine these materials and thousands of new power plants would have to be built. Michelle questions how Catherine McKenna's "Integrity Matters" report, about making the reporting of Net Zero plans mandatory for corporations - how does that make any sense when it would be impossible to accomplish such plans without these critical minerals? Please read our reports on power generation to better understand the risks we face such as heat-or-eat poverty, blackouts, curtailment and ultimately the loss of industry and jobs...and potentially the loss of lives. Help us stop Climate Tyranny. Please join us or donate: etransfers: contact@friendsofscience.org Buy your membership on our website: https://friendsofscience.org/ Friends of Science ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZrRJO-PMpo

For the IPCC Cities Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, Mar 5-7, 2018, Friends of Science Society put up a billboard campaign. On March 5, 2018, the Calgary Sun reported that IPCC Chair thought we should do peer-reviewed papers, not billboards. The IPCC Cities conference had a focus on decarbonization - shutting down use of fossil fuels. We decided to see how IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee's country of South Korea is doing in the decarbonization quest - and what we found, was surprising. Albertans and Canadians are facing deep unemployment - thanks to policies based on the faulty science of the IPCC....and it turns out South Korea imports, emits and produces at will. Imports oil and gas from everywhere but Canada! Does not seem like they are trying very hard to reduce their emissions. But they sold Ontario a bunch of wind and solar farms! We know how that turned out. If that makes you feel mad, please send us a facebook comment, tweet or do a personal video clip about how climate change propaganda has damaged your life or livelihood. Speak up. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1PwcV4au7A