Analysing my Earth Hour energy graphs

So last night I tracked my consumption during Earth Hour with The Energy Detective hooked up to this webite. Here’s the graph for the hour (click for larger image). It updates approximately every 1-2 seconds. Now I have all electric baseboard heating as well as cooking and other appliances. We don’t have any Natural Gas …

BC Liberals: “We {heart} BC Hydro” Really!

So because I’m a news dork, I subscribe to the PR RSS feed from the BC Government. I knew right away there was blogging material coming my way when I saw this headline: FACTS ON INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCTION *rubs hands together*… lets begin: Says El Gordo: Claim: B.C. does not need to be electricity self-sufficient; …

UBC Researchers propose Metro Vancouver wide Transit system

This is really incredible: Want One Port Mann Bridge, or a Light Rail Metropolis? The provincial government now intends to go it alone, spending $3.1 billion to erect a new 10-lane bridge and widen the road on either end. ….. What other transportation infrastructure, they asked, could we instead have for $3.1 billion? By the …