46 Replies to “We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars”

  1. Total stupidity is getting pretty close to home, when I see Nurse Rachlett and the Alberta health minister, ” stuffed” in a prius charging up there, in 30 below, to demonstrate to us Alberta global warming deniers, the wonders and process of total stupidity and saving the planet,,, well I guess its just a dream.

  2. Though it proves very very little I drive by the three unit tesla charging station in red deer that’s been in place for at least a couple of years at least 2x per business day and I have yet to see a tesla plugged in.
    IMO most are warm weather urban-use only cars – little more than toys – green jewelry.

  3. There is a really big one of those on the 401 near Kitchener, Ontario. I have never seen a car there. I probably never will. There isn’t even a washroom or coffee shop for you to take a break at while you wait the four hours to charge your car.

  4. It is interesting to note that a recharge to 85% capacity takes around 30 minutes in comfortable California weather.
    In freezing windy Ft. McLeod it would take more than that. Meanwhile you can turn into a popsicle.
    Recharge at home takes about 10 times as much.
    What’s not to like?

  5. I actually wouldn’t have a problem with this picture were it not for the subsidies this technology and the associated companies get from we the taxpayers. If you want your sparky cars and solar panels – have at it. Just don’t expect me to finance it in any way, shape or form.

  6. Just watch. People will now bring batches of interconnected batteries on little trailers and charge them for free at these Tesla chargers. Then they will bring the batteries home to run various things such a refrigerators, freezers and other appliances as the batteries just need a DC to AC convertor which are readily available at electrical stores,
    Not rocket science to get free power and circumvent the carbon tax and high electrical rates

  7. It’s just like a Chinese ghost city – With Commie cousins it’s always monkey see, monkey do.

  10. Sid, haven’t you read how, back in the early days of the twentieth century, massive government projects were put in place to set up an “infrastructure” of gas stations……What’s that? Never mind.TAVERN

  11. “…Can they even stay warm and defrosted much less move?”
    Of course they can. Until the batteries run down. Then you just plug them in to charge until spring.

  12. They look as popular as Mayor Nensharia’s mostly unused, traffic destroying, $93,000,000 Calgary bike lanes.
    Bike couriers won’t use them because it slows them down. Plus, in the summer when some normal riders might actually use the lanes it would be dangerous to share those tight lanes with speed demons in a rush to their next delivery. So the most frequent bikers in town won’t, and shouldn’t, use them.
    But Progs never let “The Stupid” stop them. Now, Nensharia is apparently building an OUTDOOR gym near the Bow river by Shouldice Park.
    As far as I can tell the big reason to support these loonie ideas is to wholeheartedly believe that “Global Warming” is rapidly changing our climate into a more temperate region.
    Even when reality bites, like here http://www.ecoenquirer.com/south-pole-tragedy.htm, they still cling to their reality challenged worldview.
    These “heros” died for their beliefs. That those beliefs were ignorant and wrong is irrelevant.

  13. These look like guillotine frameworks, sans blade and head-catching baskets. May prove handy to convert to such, to aptly reward the purveyors of the stupid climate fearmongering! Idiots!

  14. Do you have proof Rick? You sure fuel station owners were on the public dime when creating their businesses?
    One difference is stark. People WANTED a motorized vehicle because it was a giant step forward. Today, we are being forced to pay for less useful technology (poor performance in cold weather – poor distance – poor heat – massive CO2 footprint to build and maintain), powered by less efficient/intermittent energy sources, all based on a bogus scientific claim.
    The consensus is all CON and no sense.
    Go ahead Rick and put all your faith in big progressive Government. I’m sure it will pay off just as well as it has for those lucky Cuban slaves and super lucky starving and dying Venezuelans.

  15. You’d probably have to put a Tesla on a flatbed and haul it just to get to Fort Mac.
    A spanking new freshly charged Tesla just might make the distance from Slave Lake. Maybe.

  16. Markon, the ecoEnquirer story is a spoof. Have a look at the bottom of the page:
    “DISCLAIMER All content on this site, being a mixture of parody, satire, and lame humor, is for entertainment purposes only. If any content is found to be offensive or objectionable in any way, please accept our apologies… but we also suggest that you get a life.”
    Some other “news headlines” from the sidebar on the same page as that article:
    Levitating Islands Captured by Spy Satellite; Weather Wars and Area 51; Court Orders Fisherman to Apologize to Eagle

  17. Your Eco TAX dollars at work. For the RICH leftists who are DUMB-enough to own a Tesla in a frozen climate. Hint: if you use the heater, defroster, heated seats, windshield wipers, and headlights … your range may be severely limited. Inotherwords … be prepared for your Tesla to crap out DEAD … at the most awkward time and place … jeopardizing your very life.

  18. I know it can take away from the effect but have you ever considered using the /sarc tag?
    Nicely done, though!

  19. “Green jewelry”… I absolutely LOVE that. So, so True. Like a boho bracelet on 65yo clipped gray-haired, mean-faced, lesbian Obama-supporter

  21. CAA shows a charger in Athabasca.
    Developers get LEED points for installing chargers, bike racks, showers for cyclists, its drilled right into the “sustainability ” psyche.
    Our only hope is the 100mpg carburetor….

  22. “Two twenty, 221, whatever it takes”
    Would you just need a couple pigtails to hook those babies up to a washing machine and dryer?

  24. Electric cars work on golf courses. Mall cops. Airports. But you cannot move a super B full of wheat with one. Or summer fallow.

  25. More white elephants to join the other white elephants formally known as wind turbines but more aptly named bird blenders.

  27. There is one in Saskatoon, I saw it with my own eyes. I had to walk all around it till I found the nameplate but eventually I figured out what it was. I think the thing to do, is figure out what an entire year of carbon tax costs, and ask for that if I find it stuck in a blizzard. You know, extortion. Time to get some back.

  28. With a base price of some $74,000.00 plus who in the hell can afford a Tesla? Ontario’s Wynne is offering up $14,000.00 for any rich person who can buy one. How long will this insanity last?

  29. Five chargers in Ft. McLeod?
    I’d be surprised if there were five Teslas within a 500-kilometre radius of Ft. McLeod.

  32. Marijuana fueled recovery? Does anyone think the existing players are leaving the business? The market will grow a bunch because every teenager will be high all the time. I’m sure being a teacher will be fun.

  33. Santa brought my kids a really AWESOME electric scooter (GoPed), and an electric longboard skateboard (Yuneec E-GO2). Tons of fun. Toys really. But they will never see a Tesla under the tree. Santa’s TOY budget has its limitations.

  34. Camille Paglia claims that the focus on all the “trans” stuff is a sign of cultural collapse. This town hoping to revive their economy with marijuana is another one.

  36. Exactly. If people want ‘green’ toys purchased with their own money, then who cares? So called ‘green’ energy can’t be inherently bad; that would be anthropomorphism. The politicians who are using taxpayer subsidies to finance some people’s hobbies are the problem.

  40. I remember a story that my father-in-law told in his autobiography about his father’s Tesla that automatically driving him home in during a blinding snow storm.
    Oh, wait a sec. Let me check. Oops, my bad. That’s HORSE, not TESLA. The horse managed to find their way home without any direction from my father-in-law’s father, who was too snow-blind to get home.

  41. Tesla’s descendants should be suing these people for defaming a great man.
    Naming these useless pieces of PC garbage after a genius.
    Just imagine if the car was as inventive as the man?
    It would be one wild ride..not dead in the ditch,waiting for a diesel powered rescue.
    However I fully recommend a fleet of government vehicles,Teslas for MLA’s, all senior Bureaucrats and regulators exclusive(& compulsory)use .
    By the end of winter a miracle would happen.
    Nutleys majority would be gone, The worst of the Kleptocrats would no longer be with us and healthcare would be much improved..
    Those chargers may have a great future, powering the mobile electric chair, even more entertaining than the mobile guillotine.

  42. They most likely would have to leave it plugged in just to keep the cab warm.
    That’s one of the biggest problems with electric cars is cabin heat. I landed in Calgary last week, rented a Chevrolet Cruze, 2017 from Enterprise. It got down to -32°C on Christmas night. Even the small 4 cyl GM engines have problems with cabin heat, simply because they don’t consume enough fuel to keep the cabin warm. At low speeds and idle, the engine cools down fast. And trust me that they’ve improved the Cruze from last year.
    So what are they going to do with electric cars? Use the batteries to heat the interior?? Keeping in mind that at -30°. it would take at least 1500 watts of power to keep the cab warm, not to mention the rear defog and AC. On most cars, they utilize the AC to defrost the windshield.
    Back to the drawing board.

  43. Why didn’t you rent a motorcycle? Why would anyone even own one in Canada, since they’re totally useless for about half the year in most of the country.
    The kinds of vehicles one chooses to own or operate is a personal choice for whatever reason. If someone wants to buy a motorcycle, or ATV, or electric car, or diesel SUV, it’s none of my concern.
    However I am concerned if the government pays someone a subsidy/grant to buy a diesel SUV, or a motorcycle, or electric car, or whatever…

  44. The Cruze I rented had a a gas engine! Great car actually! I was just trying to explain that if one can’t keep the cab warm with a gas engine, imagine what an electric motor would be like at at -30°C!!
    Electric motors would not be producing much heat at low traffic speeds. At least not enough to heat a car!!

  46. Like motorcycles, electric cars may not be appropriate transportation for Canada winters. So what?

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