Jeff Turner
@jeffsturner.bsky.social
Chief EV nerd at Dunsky, lives in a passive house with a passive house nerd (and a dinosaur nerd, but he hasn’t produced any dinosaurs yet).
It was a fleeting glimpse, too quick to snap a photo, but it was a bit after we saw these sheep, to give you an idea of the environment.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It was a fleeting glimpse, too quick to snap a photo, but it was a bit after we saw these sheep, to give you an idea of the environment.
Yeah!! Evelyne and I were on a three day hike in Norway, a bit south of Trondheim. It was scuttling after a reindeer mama and her baby. We thought it was a wolverine, but weren’t sure they had them in Norway. And then we got to the train station and they had a stuffed wolverine on display.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yeah!! Evelyne and I were on a three day hike in Norway, a bit south of Trondheim. It was scuttling after a reindeer mama and her baby. We thought it was a wolverine, but weren’t sure they had them in Norway. And then we got to the train station and they had a stuffed wolverine on display.
Just looked up the western tanager 😍😍😍
We’ve seen scarlet tanagers around our place once in a while, they’re gorgeous too. Though my favourite birds to listen to are hermit thrushes, wood thrushes and swainson thrushes. And I REALLY I miss hearing their west coast cousin the varied thrush!
We’ve seen scarlet tanagers around our place once in a while, they’re gorgeous too. Though my favourite birds to listen to are hermit thrushes, wood thrushes and swainson thrushes. And I REALLY I miss hearing their west coast cousin the varied thrush!
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just looked up the western tanager 😍😍😍
We’ve seen scarlet tanagers around our place once in a while, they’re gorgeous too. Though my favourite birds to listen to are hermit thrushes, wood thrushes and swainson thrushes. And I REALLY I miss hearing their west coast cousin the varied thrush!
We’ve seen scarlet tanagers around our place once in a while, they’re gorgeous too. Though my favourite birds to listen to are hermit thrushes, wood thrushes and swainson thrushes. And I REALLY I miss hearing their west coast cousin the varied thrush!
Totally agree!!!! I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole a few weeks back trying to understand how non-digital TV works, got as far as “mechanical television”: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...
Mechanical television - Wikipedia
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September 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Totally agree!!!! I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole a few weeks back trying to understand how non-digital TV works, got as far as “mechanical television”: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...
For example, EVs could be given an extra allowance since their extra mass has other benefits. Montreal already has annual parking pass fees based on mass, with EVs getting mass brackets that are 250-300kg higher for the same price.
September 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
For example, EVs could be given an extra allowance since their extra mass has other benefits. Montreal already has annual parking pass fees based on mass, with EVs getting mass brackets that are 250-300kg higher for the same price.
But my point is that a pure mileage based tax would miss this dimension entirely. You could incorporate vehicle mass into a formula with adjustments as needed to deal with non-linear scaling, ICE vs EV to land on a price signal that’s deemed fair.
September 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
But my point is that a pure mileage based tax would miss this dimension entirely. You could incorporate vehicle mass into a formula with adjustments as needed to deal with non-linear scaling, ICE vs EV to land on a price signal that’s deemed fair.
Weight is currently implicitly captured in fuel consumption and gas tax, at least to a degree. Larger vehicles buy more fuel per mile and therefore contribute more in taxes. It’s not perfect because you’re right that impact on road scales much faster than fuel consumption with vehicle size.
September 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Weight is currently implicitly captured in fuel consumption and gas tax, at least to a degree. Larger vehicles buy more fuel per mile and therefore contribute more in taxes. It’s not perfect because you’re right that impact on road scales much faster than fuel consumption with vehicle size.
Having the mileage based fee scale based on vehicle mass would be a way to capture efficiency and impact on roads, as long as there’s a different scale for each powertrain type to recognize that EVs, while heavier, are much more efficient.
September 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Having the mileage based fee scale based on vehicle mass would be a way to capture efficiency and impact on roads, as long as there’s a different scale for each powertrain type to recognize that EVs, while heavier, are much more efficient.
Agreed, to me it’s always just been a question of timing, ie not coming in too hard on fees when we’re still trying to kickstart adoption. We’re getting there on adoption, so I think a modest fee can help squash any anti-EV sentiment on the basis that they’re not paying their fair share.
September 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Agreed, to me it’s always just been a question of timing, ie not coming in too hard on fees when we’re still trying to kickstart adoption. We’re getting there on adoption, so I think a modest fee can help squash any anti-EV sentiment on the basis that they’re not paying their fair share.
I would be surprised given the tariff situation. Flo only closed one of two factories in Shawinigan: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
Flo ferme une de ses usines à Shawinigan
Les tensions commerciales et l'instabilité politique poussent l'entreprise à mettre à pied 80 employés au Canada et aux États-Unis.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I would be surprised given the tariff situation. Flo only closed one of two factories in Shawinigan: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
Not as bad as underestimating India’s electricity consumption by a factor of 9,000,000, but who’s counting??
August 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Not as bad as underestimating India’s electricity consumption by a factor of 9,000,000, but who’s counting??
In fairness, you can see in my screenshot that the 3kWh was contradicting its own answer just above, 0.3Wh. You know, the ol’ “factor of 10,000” mixup, could happen to anyone.
August 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In fairness, you can see in my screenshot that the 3kWh was contradicting its own answer just above, 0.3Wh. You know, the ol’ “factor of 10,000” mixup, could happen to anyone.
And then it told me that 3kWh is 20,000x the annual consumption of a person in India. So call it 1.5B people, each using 3/20,000 per year, 225 MWh per year for all of India??? That’s a 25kW generator running the world’s most populous country. Thanks Google!! Simultaneously crazy in both directions!
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
And then it told me that 3kWh is 20,000x the annual consumption of a person in India. So call it 1.5B people, each using 3/20,000 per year, 225 MWh per year for all of India??? That’s a 25kW generator running the world’s most populous country. Thanks Google!! Simultaneously crazy in both directions!
3kWh per search. So if the average person does 10 searches per day, that’s 30kWh per day, or about 3x as much as they’d consume with an EV over a typical daily commute. I guess the grid should handle EVs just fine if we’ve already been able to accommodate that much demand from Google.
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
3kWh per search. So if the average person does 10 searches per day, that’s 30kWh per day, or about 3x as much as they’d consume with an EV over a typical daily commute. I guess the grid should handle EVs just fine if we’ve already been able to accommodate that much demand from Google.
Whether they’re telling the truth or not, it’s an improvement in that the results I got previously are obviously nonsensical for anyone with at least a bit of a grasp of scale of energy numbers.
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Whether they’re telling the truth or not, it’s an improvement in that the results I got previously are obviously nonsensical for anyone with at least a bit of a grasp of scale of energy numbers.
Well, at least the numbers are more credible than last time I asked Google:
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Well, at least the numbers are more credible than last time I asked Google:
Makes sense! We’ll see about the federal rebates, they’ve signaled they’ll come back in some form. I wrote a report for the Quebec government a few years back advising them to do a gradual phase out, which they’re doing pretty well. Hoping for something similar at the federal level.
August 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Makes sense! We’ll see about the federal rebates, they’ve signaled they’ll come back in some form. I wrote a report for the Quebec government a few years back advising them to do a gradual phase out, which they’re doing pretty well. Hoping for something similar at the federal level.
Catching up on the @wheelbearings.media, finally figured out this was for the Polestar 4. But I’m left wondering two things: why was Polestar bringing journalists to Montreal? And more importantly, why is Sam the only American who knows how to pronounce “Muntreal” like a local anglophone??
August 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Catching up on the @wheelbearings.media, finally figured out this was for the Polestar 4. But I’m left wondering two things: why was Polestar bringing journalists to Montreal? And more importantly, why is Sam the only American who knows how to pronounce “Muntreal” like a local anglophone??
And of course then this song is stuck in my head for the rest of the day every time I hear him: m.youtube.com/watch?v=8-tE...
The Cuckoo Bird
YouTube video by Willie Watson - Topic
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July 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And of course then this song is stuck in my head for the rest of the day every time I hear him: m.youtube.com/watch?v=8-tE...
I was hearing those on my property for years, wondering what the “car alarm bird” was, and coming up short when describing it to my lifelong obsessive birder dad, and finally identified it this year thanks to Merlin. Just heard it again two days ago, super cool sound!
July 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I was hearing those on my property for years, wondering what the “car alarm bird” was, and coming up short when describing it to my lifelong obsessive birder dad, and finally identified it this year thanks to Merlin. Just heard it again two days ago, super cool sound!
My colleague @brendanmcewen.bsky.social recently launched an initiative with a group of utilities focused on using these “Power Efficient” design approaches to minimize the need for building-side capacity upgrades: powerefficiency.ca
Power Efficiency | Power Efficiency
powerefficiency.ca
July 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My colleague @brendanmcewen.bsky.social recently launched an initiative with a group of utilities focused on using these “Power Efficient” design approaches to minimize the need for building-side capacity upgrades: powerefficiency.ca