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The point of mentioning Wiebo is what happened to his family and farm. A warning to people who think LNG is harmless.
There are thousands of farms and ranches in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba that have natural gas wells on their properties. One should consider carefully before using Wiebo as an honest authority on the effects of gas or oil on farmers or livestock.
Also the results of natural gas, light oil and heavy oil spills into the environment are all three different and to accept the risks from one does not necessarily mean you need to accept the risks from one of the other plus don't mix the concerns about global warming with the concerns from pipeline spills.
For the record I think of myself as an environmentist and supported two of the three pipelines proper and very strongly opposed the Northern Gateway one.
Just a note about charging stations. In BC there are literally over 1000 PUBLIC charging stations and more private ones, such as those in parkades and ones that are being fitted in condo complexes. The numbers are growing daily.
Superchargers are growing in number as well, which is better for longer haul trips.
Friends drive a Telsa and love it and have never been in a position where they couldn't find a charger when needed, and they do drives hundred of k's out of Vancouver.
Electric is feasible now.
Personally I don't know anyone yet of my own acquaintance that owns a hybrid or a full electric. I do see lots of them in Taxi fleets now though. I'm glad that there are more charging stations being installed. I googled the numbers for BC and found that for 2018 to date, all the hybrid and electric vehicles registered in BC make up only 2.6% of all vehicles (including strictly gas fueled) registered in BC.
I suspect that the majority of that 2.6% hybrid/electrics within the province are in the lower mainland/Greater Vancouver Metro district and perhaps in the Victoria area too. However, I couldn't find out what is the total number of all kinds of registered vehicles in BC to figure out what is the total number of hybrids/electrics based on them being 2.6% of all vehicles in the province. Now I'm curious to find out what is the total number of all vehicles in BC but I don't know where else to look. I think I must not be using the correct key words in a search.
Personally I don't know anyone yet of my own acquaintance that owns a hybrid or a full electric. I do see lots of them in Taxi fleets now though. I'm glad that there are more charging stations being installed. I googled the numbers for BC and found that for 2018 to date, all the hybrid and electric vehicles registered in BC make up only 2.6% of all vehicles (including strictly gas fueled) registered in BC.
I suspect that the majority of that 2.6% hybrid/electrics within the province are in the lower mainland/Greater Vancouver Metro district and perhaps in the Victoria area too. However, I couldn't find out what is the total number of all kinds of registered vehicles in BC to figure out what is the total number of hybrids/electrics based on them being 2.6% of all vehicles in the province. Now I'm curious to find out what is the total number of all vehicles in BC but I don't know where else to look. I think I must not be using the correct key words in a search.
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Haven't found it yet myself, but I did find this! I might have some fun and see if I can find any relatives listed.
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