So what you're really saying is that the mining camps don't look after themselves, they take the food meant for the locals.
Nunavut families to protest high food costs where whole chicken costs $65
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So what you're really saying is that the mining camps don't look after themselves, they take the food meant for the locals.
There's no rations,he with the most money cleans the shelves the fastest.
Quit trying to put words in my mouth,if you dont understand what I'm trying to say then just say so ok?
I can dumb it down for you if you want.
Oh, I have no doubt about that. I'd just like to see the those costs compared to those of a running operation with energy supplied by other things than diesel, greenhouses growing veggies, etc.
Yep. The natives seem to have inherited a lot of problems brought on by foreign invasion. Sort of like a microcosm of North American in the late 1400s.
Is there anyplace in the north that has natural gas? If so one could probably grow veggies cost effectively. Coal might also be an option. As long as the bureaucraps keep their snouts out of the project.
Unfortunately diesel runs the arctic,shut it down and they will be living traditional ways in 48 hours.
The logistics are not that bad,the mining companies take better care of the workers then the Canadian govt. does the Inuit,and they are also more efficient at it.
So yes,still a problem that could be solved easily if the govt. did something like maybe a deep sea port?
Permafrost and the Canadian shield,you may find a few inches of peat on the tundra but not much that resembles coal.
Still cheaper to fly **** in.
One phone call to discovery mining in YK and expediting would solve this problem,they would love to outfit all these remote communities and are very good at it.
Then theres a few in Winnipeg I dealt with for the eastern arctic,easy peasy if you know the right peeps.
You can get anything in the arctic with the right connections and the Canadian govt is not connected.
Some people tend to lump all coal together- Black anthracite is a different animal! :smile:
Solar power??
Not sure about the winter.. biomass.. hydrothermal?
Remember,the ground is frozen solid all the time,permafrost.
I'm still trying to figure out how to build my own solar panels,they would work good in the arctic for 3 months anyways.
No water table in the arctic permafrost.
Found this:
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/economic/energy/oilgas/1
LNG is cryogenic; it becomes liquid waaaay down at around - 160 Centigrade.
Yea I thought it was obvious that I was referring to thermal coal, not coking.
I did some research years ago in Pt. Hardy to use sawmill waste to heat greenhouses so we could have decent food. I believe it would have been viable without government intrusion but I needed some crown land since that is about the only kind there. I know there is no wood fiber in the north to speak of but I don't know what else might be readily available.
It may also be possible to piggyback greenhouses onto the power generation facilities but again government intrusion would probably make it fail.
Solar power??
Not sure about the winter.. biomass.. hydrothermal?
Remember,the ground is frozen solid all the time,permafrost.
I'm still trying to figure out how to build my own solar panels,they would work good in the arctic for 3 months anyways
I knew there are gas reserves in the North just didn't know if they have pipes yet. A pumping station will generate enough heat and light for a small greenhouse.
I dont want to ever see another coalmine in my life,Teck was the last straw.
They own my hometown,not me but my town,they suck!
You can fly over the arctic for 6 hours and not see a soul or any sign of life.
Building solar cells: http://www.instructables.com/id/My-home-made-solar-cell-1/ Building solar panels from the cells: http://www.mdpub.com/SolarPanel/
Would be nice to see them drill for gas off the coasts of all these small arctic communities and then run pipe to them so they dont have to rely on diesel,that would be a first.
As did I. Frying chickens take less than 60 days to reach market weight from chick.