Electrification of Vancouver Island — Addition

Prompted by questions in the comments of the last thread, (here) It just occured to me that it would be quite easy to figure out the theoretical peak load of such a system. All you have to know is the number of locomotives on the system and their maximum rated horsepower and convert it to …

The Electrification of Vancouver Island (passenger and freight rail)

(There is an addition to this article here) I’ve proposed to a number of people over the past few months that what needs to happen in order to limit our consumption of oil *and* our emissions of climate-change inducing fumes, is to electrify our transportation networks. With regular joes like myself, I usually get a …

Pakistan expands Nuclear program

That country between Afghanistan and India… you know, the one that is in effect partially ruled by the Taliban/Islamic militants and was the only public outlet for the Taliban when they ruled Afghanistan… well, it’s expanding it’s nuclear program. And in a big big big way. … the dimensions of the new reactor suggest a …