Ontario Nuclear Is Close To Home Growing up at CFB Trenton, Ontario’s nuclear domes weren’t just power plants, they were Cold War targets. Some of my Bayside High (a great technical school) buddies helped build Darlington, while the rest of us lived with the what if, fearing our backyard would Read more
This is Part 1 of our 4 Part Series on SMR’s – Updated Jan 3 2026 SMR Anatomy & the Myth of the Untested Reactor In the high-stakes theater of modern green energy, the acronym “SMR” has become a linguistic sleight of hand. When I stared hearing about “Small Modular Read more
Do you like paying more than the guy in front of you for the same thing? Me either! The Price Tag Changes? When my oldest child started to work at Safeway she was told they had three different pricing models. This meant that our Safeway would sell products for a Read more
For over half a century, the sprawling General Motors assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, was more than just a factory, it was the industrial heart of a community. It was a place that built cars and, in doing so, built a prosperous middle class. From the mighty Chevrolet Impala and Read more
We have argued for years that while betting against Elon Musk is seldom wise, that he has made a critical error in his so called Full Self Driving program. There are nuances, but the key point is that camera based (so called “vision”) systems will always be insufficient for edge Read more
For decades, the image of a scientist involved a lab coat, goggles, and a meticulous human hand carefully measuring compounds or peering into a microscope. Scientific discovery, for all its genius, has always been slow, expensive, and constrained by the limits of a human working a 40-hour week. Well, get Read more
You may have heard that John Deere is leaving America, in favor of a gigantic new manufacturing facility they are building in Mexico. While this is partially true, it’s hugely overstated, just like President Trump’s massive over-reaction to the announcement. It’s not “fake news”, but it is a much more Read more
If you have paid any attention to the electric vehicle wars you will know that a Chinese behemoth named BYD is expanding today at the rate that Tesla was expanding five years ago. The really big difference is that BYD was already a big player in the automotive space so Read more
People can argue that the US President’s recent attack on the Canadian economy by implementing 25% tariffs is strewn with misinformation and bad policy, or they can think it is wonderful American nationalism. We are not going to engage in that opinion discussion, but will outline the core tenants of Read more
In this #shorts clip, Jim Anderson CEO Beacon Software, explains how Jevons Paradox relates to AI and DeepSeek. The introduction of DeepSeek AI’s low-cost large language model (LLM) could indeed lead to a massive expansion of the AI market, and this can be explained through the lens of Jevons Paradox. Read more
I just finished reading Bill Gates’ excellent book titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. It is filled with logical, nonpartisan explanations about the real need for both urgent action to reduce climate change today and to prepare for the future with concrete climate change mitigation actions. However, one thread Read more
This is a complete step by step instruction tutorial of how to set up Ford Sync 4 and 4A. If you just care about a particular setting or feature, look at the list below the video so you can skip to the time that’s relevant for your question. 0:00 Introduction0:33 Read more
In a recent interview on Autoline After Hours, the head of Stellantis’ (Chrysler, Jeep, RAM, Dodge, Fiat, Pugeot, Citroen, Lancia, Opel…) propulsion systems, Mickey Bly, explains that forthcoming 2025 RAM Charger EV Pickup Truck concept came from the Chevy Volt program. MICKEY BLY: So there’s other concepts out there we’re Read more
Tesla considers itself to be a tech company first and a car company second so it is no surprise they have a robust bug bounty program that rewards hackers for finding flaws in their code. Much to the surprise of many Tesla fanboys, Tesla does frequenty pay these whitehat hackers, Read more