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How electric school buses could help fuel the power grid
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Aren't there concerns with electric vehicles spontaneously catching fire ? Is this wise and well thought out ?
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Electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than a diesel or gas vehicle.
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Umm...Our planet has passed the heat threshold to sustain life going forth, over time.Over eight billion people, and every living thing are now at high risk of perishing with each species having it's own heat threshold, that many have passed, and many are at risk of extinction with habitat lose (that which help cool our planet) another major factor.Species include both flora and fauna.Combustible engine?"Is this wise and well thought out?".
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I would NEVER let my precious children ride an electric bus, city or school. Does Guelph not keep up with the news of how dangerous these vehicles are? As usual, they have their green energy blinders on.
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Not really, no. Way more gasoline car fires, whether you measure per fire, per vehicle bought or per mile.The news media just chooses to share EV fires far and wide every time they happen. For some reason.
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They do that enough. Let the people speak. Enough with the silencing.
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SooToday, please do yourself a favor and disable comments on this.
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You display a shocking lack of ignorance about what's going on with our hospitals. It has nothing to do with the administration. It has to do with Doug Ford underfunding healthcare for years. Every hospital in Ontario is on the edge of a financial cliff. Our population is aging so patients present with more complex health needs, people are backed up in the ER because there's no inpatient beds because inpatient beds are being occupied by people who really should be in a nursing home. But Doug Ford's not funding enough nursing home beds. This is a funding problem and responsibility sits with Ford.
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The Mayor does not care what the taxpayers think.
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105 is not speeding!!! Ridiculous! If it wasn't for these construction zones the speed limit would still be 90!!! OPP must need to fill quota! These roads don't even need new pavement! Wasting tax payer dollars! Wake up Doug Ford! Listen to your people!
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Big or small scale build. The amount of fresh water and hydro used is not worth the risks. Also there is the high pitched noise these facilities produce 24/7
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Typical not in my backyard attitude.
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These buses would not be ideal in our brutally cold winters.
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Again the FEDS with there push for electric vehicles and not having a proper electrical system in place. This kind of saving electricity is penny wise and dollar foolish / but it's an easy way to spend tax payers money trying to correct a mess you created.
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Somebody get in and run against this mayor. This guy has to go. Period!
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Finally, a spot of good news on the Doug Ford front. It would be nice if he would spend more time and money on northern highways and healthcare as opposed to giving sweet deals to rich developers.
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But the Mayor wants kudos for bringing a double-decker bus to the Sault. We need a Mayor and Council that will tend to more important things like the Hospital.
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If you read the stats you can see that fueled vehicle are catching fire 4 times a s often as a electric vehicle
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Oh please! This is beyond belief, beyond reality. These buses in the winter need to be topped up at all times, as the drain of energy for the heater is quite large, and 50% of our school term is in the winter. Last but extremely important that all our politicans avoid, there still isn't an environmental responsible way for disposing of these huge, used, retired, lithium batteries.
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This article made me so mad, that I asked SooToday to re-activate my account just so I could leave a comment.In my opinion (say what you want) this is elder abuse. Two things I think should happen here (and probably won't). 1. The police should be asking questions. I'm not saying someone needs to be charged or arrested, but this warrants asking more questions about what happened here. 2) Someone at SAH needs to be fired. And I'm not talking nurses, doctors or anyone low level. Someone who supposedly runs this place, needs to take responsibility and leave.
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