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PHILIP JACKMAN

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 7:03 AM EST 05/09/08

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  1. Smart Aleck from Edmonton, Canada writes: Sharon- Is your stove and water heater gas or electric (and for electric, is it radiant or induction)? Each have different efficiencies, with the HWT being more efficient than the stove, typically (it's insulated). Also, when filling the pot with hot water, consider the voume of water used while waiting for the hot water to hit (where I am at, it is $0.002/litre) in addition to the volume of hot water left in the pipes which will eventually cool and essentially be wasted. One meter of 1/2" pipe (a common size) holds ~125ml of water, so if you are heating two cups of water (500ml) and there are four meters of pipe between your HW tank and your faucet (in my house, the distance is about 6M), the HWT had better be at least twice as efficient as the stove to make it pay off.
    I have no firm calculations to prove this, but my hypothesis would be that unless you are heating significant volumes of water (in the neighborhood of 10l or more) that it is more efficient on the stove. Again, we'd have to find the specific efficiencies of the various appliances, as well as the length and diameter of pipe, and do some hard math.
  2. peter jones from Canada writes: why can't we just shoot the darned Canada geese..use them as pig food or something.

    Its got to be possible to irradicate the messy smelly things...besides they are a traffic hazard.
  3. humble pie from Canada writes: re avocado skins in compost - i've always believed it's because these fruits are heavily coated with fungicidal wax when fresh, before export from their country of origin which is usually mexico.
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    it's this fungicidal coating that takes years to break down in compost heaps.
  4. Ryan Ginger from Canada writes: Okay, I know perfectly well that the following is NOT the appropriate response: but I'm secretly proud that our beavers and Canada geese are taking over other parts of the world. Shhhhh. Don't tell anybody.
  5. West Virginian Albino Mexican from Canada writes: Ryan Ginger from Canada writes: Okay, I know perfectly well that the following is NOT the appropriate response: but I'm secretly proud that our beavers and Canada geese are taking over other parts of the world. Shhhhh. Don't tell anybody.

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    It's all part of an evil neocon plot orchestrated by Harper (with Bush's permission of course).

    Shhhhhhh! Don't tell anybody!

    :-)
  6. Tom Burns from Duncan, Canada writes: BEAVERS HOME FROM TIERRA DEL FUEGO NOW!!!!!
  7. Polar Bear from somewhere cool, ab, Canada writes: Perhaps a trip to Tierra del fuega is on order. This could solve two problems at once.

    I would expect that you all know that life's getting a little tough up here in the Arctic for us. I'm thinking a residence a little closer to the Antarctic would be worth a shot, given that it's a bigger ice cube. However, I'm not a little skeptical of the relative tastiness of beaver versus seal.

    Then there's always the issue of the beaver's home; a lodge consisting of mud and sticks. There's considerable effort involved getting at the snack, but I'd be willing to give it a go.

    This reminds me of a Farside cartoon. Two polar bears are standing outside an igloo. One of them has broken into the outer shell and is reaching for the inhabitants. He comments to his companion that "I just love these things - soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside."

    Cheers
  8. j k from Canada writes: Re: boiling water.

    Another aspect to think about is the quality of the water itself. If you are boiling water for cooking, you should always use cold water. Hot water coming out of the tap is more polluted, since it dissolves more stuff from pipe walls.
  9. Virginia Crook from United Kingdom writes: Agree with the comments about Canada Geese here in London. They are all over the place not just in the big parks, we have several couples at our local pond in Godstone. My husband keeps referring to them as illegal immigrants! I say we're just taking over the world by stealth!
  10. varun xm from toronto, po'ed at geese, Canada writes: i second peter... plus it will be good training for our shooters for the 2012 oly's. -sigh- and if that's too harsh, let's just stop feeding them, shall we. ditto for the squirrels - they're as big as raccoons in High Park, and the raccoons are as big as cows. imagine spotting a cow sized shadow watcing you around while on night stroll through the park. it's frightening yo. :-O
  11. C M from Calgary, Canada writes: Geese and beavers.....all part of the Secret Society of Canadian World Domination!
    ; )
  12. Jonny Quest from Canada writes: j k from Canada writes: Re: boiling water.

    Another aspect to think about is the quality of the water itself. If you are boiling water for cooking, you should always use cold water. Hot water coming out of the tap is more polluted, since it dissolves more stuff from pipe walls.
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    polluted is not the correct term here -
    hot water contains more metals and minerals in small amounts - but then so do we- no harm done
  13. no BS from Canada writes: I watched a Bald Eagle try taking an adult Canada Goose. The Goose took him on straight up and the Eagle hit the road.

    That same Eagle flew at me while I was teeing off at our golf course trying to take a duck that was at the side of the tee box.

    I had to swing a driver at the Eagle before I could tee off. Pesky SOB. Too damn many Eagles around here but the crows put the run on them.
  14. Ryan Lemay from Canada writes: Gotta watch out for those canadian beavers. ehhh
  15. Mariposa Belle from Leacockland, Canada writes: First - Canada Goose is a generic term - we actually do not own these air rats, although complaints about them have been received by Canadian consulates in the US and Europe.

    I have heard about the beavers in Argentina previously. The problem is that the market for furs has declined, thus no one is trapping the rodents.

    On introduced species, I think Canadian Geographic had a story on Canadian moose in New Zealand. The creatures are supposedly in a remote part and have attained the status of the Bigfoot legends here in North America.

    Now if we could put about a million harp seals in the Thames estuary our task will be complete.

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