As mentioned by Zoe Johnson in her discussion with Nick Zentner.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HikingAlberta/comments/1tknf85/grassi_lakes_fossils_with_zoe_johnson/
https://www.albertaparks.ca/parks/kananaskis/elbow-sheep-wpp/#adv-20488
This is a warning, not a closure, for Highway 40 which is seasonally closed to vehicles right now until June 15th, 2026
The seasonal road closure gate is here: https://www.google.com/maps/search/King+Creek/@50.7156793,-115.1085077,2224m
It is not shown on the map view of GoogleMaps but you can see it on Street View.
Doomberg thinks Middle East producers are getting ~ 10M bbl/day out of the area, including Iran shipping significant volumes to China.
Just a heads up for anyone hoping to run X11 with F44 - keyboard shortcuts don't work, the kglobalacceld daemon is missing.
I've run into a few other things that don't work the way they used to when using X11 in F43. Brave, for example, doesn't run right or at least the way it used to.
Fedora is no longer supporting X11 in F44.
I don't agree with everything that Doomberg says but he gives one things to think about.
I agree that we can't just sit here and say the market is wrong. I agree with his reasons why oil futures haven't risen more than they have - tons of floating reserves, greater production glut than producers let on, massive releases from strategic reserves, etc. But none of those are going to last forever.
At 12 minutes in it is clear there is no plan to open the SOH.
The US has tactically beat Iran. Iran has strategically won the SOH.
As usual, Sal is excellent at sifting through the "facts" and getting to the punchline.
Shipping wise, what we see now in the SOH is how it is going to be for the foreseeable future. Iran is not going to concede the Strait to appease the US.
Oil wise Iran has control of/ shut off ~ 12M bbl/day that used to ship through the Strait. This will not change anytime soon. Oil reserves are quickly being drained. It is only a matter of time until the price of oil skyrockets.
"Time is not on our side."
My mouse is unresponsive for ~5 minutes after my workstation comes out of sleep. Happens if I manually put it into sleep or if I let it timeout. A press of the keyboard will bring it out of sleep, I can use the keyboard to navigate but there is no mouse pointer and no mouse movement for ~5 minutes. When the mouse appears and moves everything works fine.
Anyone else having this problem ?
$ kinfo
Operating System: Fedora Linux 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0
Qt Version: 6.10.3
Kernel Version: 7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
How does ENMAX calculate their floating residential electricity rate ?
The fine print says
>It can change hourly^(Ω)
>^(Ω)Historical floating rates are not indicative of future rates. The historical floating rate figures shown are for the sole purpose of displaying the potential for fluctuations.
Is ENMAX using MY hourly electricity consumption or are they using the (weighted) hourly grid price to determine a monthly average cost ?
I know that ENMAX adds $20/WMh to the floating price they use. I also know that there are transmission and distribution charges on top of the energy charge. I'm just wondering how ENMAX calculates its base floating electricity price.
I'd also like to see and compare the total cost (base energy + admin + transmission +distribution) of what people are paying per KWh used on various plans. Please share your numbers.
AESO 30 day average pool price
If one installed a solar inverter behind a customer's residential power meter, would the meter turn backwards if solar was producing more power than the customer was using ? Or is there an anti power export function built into those meters ?
Ford has been through the ringer and back with their EV aspirations. It's been a crazy ~7 years.
- Ford announces the Lightning (January, 2019)
- Tesla unveils the Cybertruck (November 21, 2019)
- COVID starts (early 2020)
- Jim Farley becomes CEO of Ford (Oct. 1, 2020)
- Biden elected (November 7th, 2020)
- Biden enacts a number of pro EV/renewable programs
- Ford unveils the Lightning (May 19, 2021) Biden drives one.
- Ford starts production of the Lightning (April 2022)
- Ford splits into Ford Blue and Ford Model E divisions (May 3, 2022)
- Over the next few years, Ford announces big EV losses, quarter after quarter. Farley heavily criticized for his pro EV stance.
- First Cybertrucks ship (November, 2023)
- Trump re elected. (November 5th, 2024) Trump completely changes the EV landscape, including emissions credits.
- Trump announces massive tariffs, removes EV/battery manufacturing incentives.
- Ford (Farley) bravely announces that Ford is making a $5B investment
"Model T moment" in EVs. (August 11th, 2025)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-ford-motor-electric-vehicle-ev-autos/
- Ford announces Lightning production to cease (December 15, 2025)
- US launches Operation Epic Fury (February 28, 2026), essentially closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Rightly or wrongly it has been one hell of a ride for Ford and Farley.
Where does Ford and its EV aspirations go from here ?
Lots of interesting discussion points in this. I don't agree with everything he says but the topics are pertinent to the current situation.
Doomberg is always interesting. Maybe the market is right ? The war is basically over !
Some previous Doomberg interviews are better than this one, but this one is the most current. I wish the host would say less and let Doomberg talk more.
The first step towards the cliff is the closure of price between physical and paper oil.
We love having a fire after our day hikes. What hikes are there near day use areas that have firepits in Banff, Kananaskis and Bragg Creek ?
The day use areas that have firepits that I know of are:
- Allen Bill
- Cobble Flats
- Wedge Pond
- Mclean Creek (backcountry)
- Mount Lorette Ponds
- Forgetmenot
Day use areas that I know of with no firepits:
- Canoe Meadows
- Widow Maker
- Barrier Lake
- Whitefish
What have I missed ?
TFL tests all sorts of off road vehicles. TFL people and their friends and spouses own a fleet of used Land Rovers. They bought another one. That says something.
Rant
I hate it when automotive journalists test the latest and greatest vehicles when:
I knew nothing about LRs until I stumbled upon one of TFLs old videos highlighting them. I like and trust TFL's reporters because they are real guys doing real guy things.
It says a lot about LRs that these people are running a fleet of them.
Anyone working with the Land Rover LR3/4 CanBus ?
Is there a list of Land Rover message IDs and data ?
