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We have greenhouses down here in the county that heat everything on the property with organic garbage. They run their own gas production operations on the properties.
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We have greenhouses down here in the county that heat everything on the property with organic garbage. They run their own gas production operations on the properties.
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Just in case you needed a little top up for your cup of chaos....
.... my guess is that this will distance us even further from any kind of certainty on the land base that would promote investment in any kind of new energy infrastructure:
British Columbia's government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.
One of the sources told The Canadian Press a three-year suspension of the legislation has been proposed, while the other didn't give a time frame.
Eby said on Wednesday it was "non-negotiable" that the legislation designed to reflect the United Nations Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples would be changed.
DRIPA has been cited by First Nations involved in two landmark court victories last year that sparked concern about implications for private land ownership and the province's mining rules.
One of the sources told The Canadian Press that the proposal "effectively places every section of DRIPA" that the government wanted to replace under suspension for three years, and that changes to the legislation would be made later.
.... my guess is that this will distance us even further from any kind of certainty on the land base that would promote investment in any kind of new energy infrastructure:
B.C. faces 'complete opposition' after telling First Nations of plan to suspend DRIPA
The B.C. government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to sources.British Columbia's government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.
One of the sources told The Canadian Press a three-year suspension of the legislation has been proposed, while the other didn't give a time frame.
Eby said on Wednesday it was "non-negotiable" that the legislation designed to reflect the United Nations Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples would be changed.
DRIPA has been cited by First Nations involved in two landmark court victories last year that sparked concern about implications for private land ownership and the province's mining rules.
One of the sources told The Canadian Press that the proposal "effectively places every section of DRIPA" that the government wanted to replace under suspension for three years, and that changes to the legislation would be made later.
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No surprise. What did the provincial government think was going to happen as a result of its efforts to keep giving stuff away, I wonder?
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Regardless, it's doing wonders for the standings of the (leaderless) Conservatives...
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far - Angus Reid Institute
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders April 1, 2026 – At initial glance, the current political situation in B.C. might suggest a strong advantage for the BC NDP. They’re the incumbent government facing off against a currently...
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has a party ever won the majority of seats without any defined leadership?Regardless, it's doing wonders for the standings of the (leaderless) Conservatives...
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far - Angus Reid Institute
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders April 1, 2026 – At initial glance, the current political situation in B.C. might suggest a strong advantage for the BC NDP. They’re the incumbent government facing off against a currently...
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A good description of some of the challenges... using snails as only one example
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What a complete and utter mess.
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WTI is a poor source of dieselSCO is a good source of diesel
SCO is made from WCS
Trucks and Trains run on diesel
WTI Feb US$64.50
SCO Feb ~US$45.00??
WCS Feb US$50.33
WTI April 2 US$114.54
SCO April 2 US$133.79
WCS April 2 U S$99.94
But still!
US$45 to US$135 in under a week?
Even the WCS jump from US$50 to 100 looks pretty good.
The Yanks can hang on to their 13% distribution and marketing commission
Canada’s Synthetic Crude Soars 200% as War Chokes Diesel Supply
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 03, 2026, 6:06 AM CDTThe price of Canada's synthetic crude, which has rich diesel yield for refiners, has surged by nearly 200% since March 27 as the Middle East war cripples global diesel supply and sends diesel futures, cracks, and retail prices soaring.
The synthetic crude made from processing of bitumen from Alberta's oil sands is very low sulfur and its chemical content makes it highly suitable for processing into jet fuel and diesel-the most stressed barrels amid the worst disruption to supply in the history of the oil market.
Canada's synthetic crude is now priced at $19.25 per barrel over the monthly average for the U.S. benchmark crude, West Texas Intermediate, per data from Modern Commodities cited by Bloomberg.
The price has nearly tripled since March 27, per Bloomberg's estimates.
Before the war in the Middle East began, the synthetic crude was trading at a $0.85 per barrel discount to WTI Crude, according to the data.
Since the Iran war choked crude and fuel supply from the Middle East and forced Asian refiners to cut rates and Asian countries to limit fuel exports, diesel and jet fuel prices have soared. And so have the prices for the crudes with the best diesel and aviation fuel yields, such as Canada's synthetic crude.
Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), this week noted that jet fuel and diesel are the most stressed barrels in global markets.
"The biggest problem today is the lack of jet fuel and diesel; these are the main challenges and we are seeing it already in Asia, but soon, in April, or maybe beginning of May, it will come to Europe," Birol said this week on the 'In Good Company' podcast hosted by Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest.
In Europe, diesel futures surged this week to over $200 per barrel-the highest level since 2022.
In the U.S., the retail price of diesel could hit a record-high soon, analysts say.
"I'd currently estimate that diesel prices in the US have a 85% chance of setting a new record high in the next ~2 weeks," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said on Thursday.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
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And we're only at the very beginning of how bad it could really get ...
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So, I am paying on the order of $1.75 a liter for gas today.
In February I was paying around $1.50 a liter.
Collectively we use about 200,000,000 liters of gasoline and diesel daily
That equates to about 1.3 Million Barrels Per Day of Oil products.
The collective cost to the economy has risen from $300,000,000 a day to $350,000,000 a day.
We are producing and exporting about 4.6 Million Barrels per Day of Western Canadian Shale and other products.
Pricing them all at the price of WCS
In February the WCS was selling for about 50 USD per barrel.
It cost us about $1.43 to buy a Yankee buck.
Now the WCS is selling for about 100 USD per barrel.
It now costs us $1.38 to buy a Yankee buck. We are saving a nickel a buck.
In February those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports were bringing $329 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
But we were spending $300 MCAD of those $329 MCADs on just fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running.
Advantage to the economy was $29 MCAD daily.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $10 BCAD in the year.
Today those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports are bringing $639 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
We are now spending $350 MCAD on fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running due to that 25 cent a liter rise from $1.50 to $1.75.
But the Advantage to the economy is now $290 MCAD daily, up from $29 MCAD.
The benefit to the economy at large, because we are operating on the international market price, has increased 10-fold.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $105 BCAD in the year, if this market continues.
That additional $260 MCAD of revenues daily taken in by the economy is split among the oil companies, their investors, the provincial government and the federal government.
The governments are at liberty to use that money as they see fit. They can buy more tanks and F35s, or more hospitals and doctors, or pay for the cost of carbon capture, or reduce the tax burden on those paying the extra 25 cents a liter at the pumps.
If this be a mess, please let there be more messes.
In February I was paying around $1.50 a liter.
Collectively we use about 200,000,000 liters of gasoline and diesel daily
That equates to about 1.3 Million Barrels Per Day of Oil products.
The collective cost to the economy has risen from $300,000,000 a day to $350,000,000 a day.
We are producing and exporting about 4.6 Million Barrels per Day of Western Canadian Shale and other products.
Pricing them all at the price of WCS
In February the WCS was selling for about 50 USD per barrel.
It cost us about $1.43 to buy a Yankee buck.
Now the WCS is selling for about 100 USD per barrel.
It now costs us $1.38 to buy a Yankee buck. We are saving a nickel a buck.
In February those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports were bringing $329 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
But we were spending $300 MCAD of those $329 MCADs on just fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running.
Advantage to the economy was $29 MCAD daily.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $10 BCAD in the year.
Today those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports are bringing $639 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
We are now spending $350 MCAD on fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running due to that 25 cent a liter rise from $1.50 to $1.75.
But the Advantage to the economy is now $290 MCAD daily, up from $29 MCAD.
The benefit to the economy at large, because we are operating on the international market price, has increased 10-fold.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $105 BCAD in the year, if this market continues.
That additional $260 MCAD of revenues daily taken in by the economy is split among the oil companies, their investors, the provincial government and the federal government.
The governments are at liberty to use that money as they see fit. They can buy more tanks and F35s, or more hospitals and doctors, or pay for the cost of carbon capture, or reduce the tax burden on those paying the extra 25 cents a liter at the pumps.
If this be a mess, please let there be more messes.
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$1.75 was a decent price here in Vancouver before the war, I just filled up at $2.14.
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In rural PA about an hour east of Pittsburgh to visit our daughter at Uni and to watch her play in a friendly today against Carnegie-Mellon.
Cheapest gas was 4$/gallon and the highest so far I’ve seen is 4.20$/gallon.
It was 1.83$/litre in Burlington when I left this morning.
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Get your governments, Victoria and Vancouver, to reduce their take.
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Alberta and Canada sign co-operation agreement to accelerate major project assessments
/CNW/ - The Government of Canada is taking steps to build a stronger and more resilient economy. That's why the Governments of Canada and Alberta are working...
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Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre
That should move things along a bit.
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Off to the Re-education camp with you, that money belongs to the State and we merely allow you to hold it briefly, be thankful we are so generous!
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Today's flight of fancy -
Suitable for coal rich societies -
coal fired zero discharge plasma furnace
A coal-fired zero-discharge plasma furnace (often implemented as a plasma-fuel system or plasma gasification system) is an advanced industrial technology that uses high-temperature plasma torches (4,000°C–7,000°C+) to process coal and waste with minimal environmental impact.
These systems serve two main purposes: high-efficiency, clean coal combustion for power generation and the zero-discharge processing of industrial/municipal solid waste, converting it into energy and inert byproducts.
ScienceDirect.com +2
Key Technologies & Concepts
Applications and Case Studies
Challenges
Reduced efficiency is always the cost of adding processses like scrubbing or manufacturing H2, or electricity for that matter.
Just the thing to park downtown as your communal waste disposal, CHP, district heating plant.
Suitable for coal rich societies -
coal fired zero discharge plasma furnace
A coal-fired zero-discharge plasma furnace (often implemented as a plasma-fuel system or plasma gasification system) is an advanced industrial technology that uses high-temperature plasma torches (4,000°C–7,000°C+) to process coal and waste with minimal environmental impact.
These systems serve two main purposes: high-efficiency, clean coal combustion for power generation and the zero-discharge processing of industrial/municipal solid waste, converting it into energy and inert byproducts.
ScienceDirect.com +2
Key Technologies & Concepts
- Plasma-Supported Coal Combustion (Plasma-Fuel Systems - PFS): Plasma torches are used in pulverized coal burners to replace fuel oil for flame stabilization and ignition. The plasma heats the coal-air mixture, initiating devolatilization and gasification, creating a highly reactive fuel that allows for cleaner, more efficient combustion of high-ash coals.
- Plasma Gasification (Waste-to-Energy): Plasma torches decompose waste (including coal, municipal solid waste, or hazardous materials) into syngas (H2 and CO) and inorganic slag.
- Zero Discharge/Zero Waste: Plasma systems achieve zero discharge by converting waste into vitrified, non-leaching slag that can be used in construction, rather than landfilled.
- Environmental Protection:
- Reduced Emissions: Significant reduction in NOx, SOx, and CO compared to traditional coal plants.
- No Toxic Waste: Plasma pyrolysis operates in an oxygen-starved environment, producing no toxic gases and turning hazardous material into inert slag.
- Water Management: Systems can handle wastewater by utilizing it in the plasma process (e.g., in spray-turbulent agglomeration for desulfurization wastewater), contributing to zero liquid discharge (ZLD).
- Operational Efficiency:
- Improved Efficiency: Plasma-assisted ignition can boost boiler efficiency and enable low-rank coal use.
- Increased Calorific Value: Plasma gasification can recover up to 80% of the total energy input from feedstocks.
- Improved Stability: Enables stable operation of coal-fired units even at low loads (as low as 20% of rated capacity).
ScienceDirect.com +7
Applications and Case Studies
- Power Plant Upgrades: Plasma torches have been installed at dozens of coal-fired power stations to eliminate oil consumption for boiler start-up and flame stabilization.
- Integrated Waste-to-Energy: A, 1,000 TPD (ton per day) plasma plant can be colocated with a coal plant, utilizing the plasma system to gasify municipal solid waste, with the resulting syngas supplementing the coal combustion for electricity production.
- Case Study (China): The Yuanyanghu Power Plant utilizes high-power plasma oil-free ignition and has achieved zero discharge of wastewater, with soot emissions lower than 4mg/Nm³.
P2 InfoHouse +2
Challenges
- High Initial Cost: Plasma systems are capital-intensive and often require high-power electrical systems.
- Energy Consumption: While efficient, plasma gasification is an energy-intensive process, which can reduce net efficiency compared to conventional gasification if not optimized.
Reduced efficiency is always the cost of adding processses like scrubbing or manufacturing H2, or electricity for that matter.
Just the thing to park downtown as your communal waste disposal, CHP, district heating plant.
daftandbarmy
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Today's flight of fancy -
Suitable for coal rich societies -
coal fired zero discharge plasma furnace
A coal-fired zero-discharge plasma furnace (often implemented as a plasma-fuel system or plasma gasification system) is an advanced industrial technology that uses high-temperature plasma torches (4,000°C–7,000°C+) to process coal and waste with minimal environmental impact.
These systems serve two main purposes: high-efficiency, clean coal combustion for power generation and the zero-discharge processing of industrial/municipal solid waste, converting it into energy and inert byproducts.
ScienceDirect.com +2
Key Technologies & Concepts
Benefits and Performance
- Plasma-Supported Coal Combustion (Plasma-Fuel Systems - PFS): Plasma torches are used in pulverized coal burners to replace fuel oil for flame stabilization and ignition. The plasma heats the coal-air mixture, initiating devolatilization and gasification, creating a highly reactive fuel that allows for cleaner, more efficient combustion of high-ash coals.
- Plasma Gasification (Waste-to-Energy): Plasma torches decompose waste (including coal, municipal solid waste, or hazardous materials) into syngas (H2 and CO) and inorganic slag.
- Zero Discharge/Zero Waste: Plasma systems achieve zero discharge by converting waste into vitrified, non-leaching slag that can be used in construction, rather than landfilled.
- Environmental Protection:
- Reduced Emissions: Significant reduction in NOx, SOx, and CO compared to traditional coal plants.
- No Toxic Waste: Plasma pyrolysis operates in an oxygen-starved environment, producing no toxic gases and turning hazardous material into inert slag.
- Water Management: Systems can handle wastewater by utilizing it in the plasma process (e.g., in spray-turbulent agglomeration for desulfurization wastewater), contributing to zero liquid discharge (ZLD).
- Operational Efficiency:
- Improved Efficiency: Plasma-assisted ignition can boost boiler efficiency and enable low-rank coal use.
- Increased Calorific Value: Plasma gasification can recover up to 80% of the total energy input from feedstocks.
- Improved Stability: Enables stable operation of coal-fired units even at low loads (as low as 20% of rated capacity).
ScienceDirect.com +7
Applications and Case Studies
- Power Plant Upgrades: Plasma torches have been installed at dozens of coal-fired power stations to eliminate oil consumption for boiler start-up and flame stabilization.
- Integrated Waste-to-Energy: A, 1,000 TPD (ton per day) plasma plant can be colocated with a coal plant, utilizing the plasma system to gasify municipal solid waste, with the resulting syngas supplementing the coal combustion for electricity production.
- Case Study (China): The Yuanyanghu Power Plant utilizes high-power plasma oil-free ignition and has achieved zero discharge of wastewater, with soot emissions lower than 4mg/Nm³.
P2 InfoHouse +2
Challenges
...
- High Initial Cost: Plasma systems are capital-intensive and often require high-power electrical systems.
- Energy Consumption: While efficient, plasma gasification is an energy-intensive process, which can reduce net efficiency compared to conventional gasification if not optimized.
Reduced efficiency is always the cost of adding processses like scrubbing or manufacturing H2, or electricity for that matter.
Just the thing to park downtown as your communal waste disposal, CHP, district heating plant.
Meanwhile, sustainable coal stewarship...
What is Sustainable Coal Stewardship?
Sustainable Coal Stewardship (SCS) allows like-minded nations and corporations to form collaborations across the coal value chain to advance a progressive, innovation and technology led coal industry.The coal value chain is a significant contributor to sectors such as power, steel, cement, aluminium, chemicals, and renewable infrastructure. To safeguard and support this continued contribution to economies around the world, our Global Alliance recognises that we must modernise and chart a future which sustains coal for the economic and environmental benefit of future generations.
SCS has a strong focus on abated coal innovation and technologies. Under SCS abated coal has a broader definition.
Sustainable Coal - FutureCoal
www.futurecoal.org
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