Just a point of order:

The terms First, Second and Third World were cold war references to the power blocs (Allies, Soviets, unaligned).

If you mean to say backsliding in terms of development, say that.

Third world is an inaccurate description for ‘undeveloped’ countries.

Not even Kuzco?

In Soviet Russia, CAPITAL own you!!

It’s ok. I am a Canadian. I sympathize

A tea-drinker in Yankeeland? Traitor! :P

Well, I’m going to put forward a startup to some investors to create fertilizer from human waste, then. Companies like Synagro already do this shit.

I’m not suggesting we look into above-ground sewer systems. It just seems laughable to me, a person who has lived in a city centered on mines that can go 3 km into the earth (into that ‘impossible to build’ Canadian Shield), that we cannot spare some of that mining expertise to safely bury our power infrastructure and still leave adequate space in ready access tunnels to service it when required. We get the same kinds of severe weather that Quebec does. It’s stupid that we don’t plan ahead because it might cost more up front.

Yes, but I mean… We still build sewer systems in Canadian cities on the Canadian Shield. I think it is fair to have the conversation as to why we cannot follow through with power transmission infrastructure as well. We all witnessed the effects of the 1998 ice storm. The fact that 27 years after that, things like this are still occurring is shameful.

This outage is effecting Montreal - one of our major population centers. I think if anything qualifies for Carney’s planned infrastructure investments, this ought to.

Captain Holt, is that you?

Yeah, mirrors seem like a huge problem. Why not go with photovoltaics - a decades-old, proven technology, and just beam energy to a ground-based storage facility to be used later?

I know some amount will be lost in conversion and transmission, but you could still have underground facilities in cities providing extended daylight for good reasons, like to help people with seasonal affective disorder, or to grow crops out of season.

Ah, people of culture.

Bye bye bye!

Lol

Thank you. I bought a light therapy lamp years ago. I will have to find it.

I like your optimism. But what exactly did the HRE fix?

Consider running?

***all the seats. All they want is the power to do exactly what Trump is doing in the States; destroying democracy.

And then the bridge should fall on him.

One might argue this is very Swiss (decentralized) of them. But then, money clouds everything.