If the government suspects them of doing this, couldn’t they pass a law requiring them to display the tarrif amount?

Not sure we could expect the government to do that either, but seems like an option.

If you didn’t actually finish high castle, it just keeps getting good weirder.

Lol, nah, but we will give them another 50 million to do it in a couple more years with the exact same outcome as this time.

This is a good start to learn about it

https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/reduce-your-risk/know-your-environment/radon

These are approved devices

https://c-nrpp.ca/approved-radon-measurement-devices/

There are cheaper options where you just leave a test item in a specific area for 90 days and then ship it to them to be analyzed, or there’s more expensive electronic options that give quicker readings. It’s possible a local library or other community spot might have electronic ones available to rent/borrow as well.

Generally you want to measure over an extended period of time as the amount of Radon that is present can vary over time. It is also worse in the winter as we keep our doors/windows closed more often giving it a better chance to build up, and measuring in the basement is best as thats where it would build up the most.

If your home happens to be in a spot where there’s too much radon, you’d have to install a system that exchanges the air between the inside/outside at some frequency.

You probably won’t find a house with 0 radon, it’s just a matter of how much is present and if it’s too much.

That’s… not quite the same.

It’s everywhere, and a homeowner can always install ventilation for it.

Most people don’t have their homes built a waste rock fill site, but damn that’s appalling.

Please get your home checked for Radon if you haven’t before! It’s not talked about a lot, but it’s a legit issue.

Given the mandate for a reverse camera/screen, it’d be such a waste to not do at least something else with it, so ya, they aren’t going anywhere.

Oh wait, I understand what you’re saying now. That makes sense.

By not extending far into the building and going along the outside wall the end of the unit is actually into the next similar unit or the next corner unit.

The building would have less depth than a building that orients units with the end of the units on the outside wall instead, but could be longer.

That’s not really solving the problem, it’s still windows only at the end of the unit. It’s working with what they have. Bigger unit, more windows, but they’re always at the end.

Any room at the end of the unit can have windows.

But it is competitive now, we’ve reached that point. It’s not “rarefied” cases anymore.

Tesla just installed 37GWh of capacity in the past year and recently bumped their capacity to 80GWh, and they’re just one company.

We’re going to start seeing GWh scale batteries now from the likes of Tesla, CATL, BYD and others.

Edit: This is a 15.3 GWh contract - https://www.intersectpower.com/tesla-provides-intersect-power-with-15-3-gwh-of-megapacks-for-solar-storage-projects/

Except it is happening now. It wasn’t happening before.

Assuming all power was handled by a single entity and not various businesses, there’s no point in building new solar (or any new capacity) when you can just build batteries for the existing nuclear plant that you have to shut down in the evening.

You should only build new power generation once you are able to drain the nuclear plants battery each day (or have the logistical planning to know when that will be the case anyway)

edit: made up numbers example: If a 300mw plant can power 300,000 homes but has to shut down in the overnight, that same plant with batteries can maybe power 400,000 homes.

a new government agency that actually produces homes

PP or the next conservative to become PM in the future: That looks like a cash cow, lets sell it to our private buddies for pennies on the dollar!

You can’t have anything but windows at the end when you have a unit between two corners. With the way building codes require 2 staircases for escapes, it led to buildings being designed like that, since a corner unit only building with 2 staircases was a lot more expensive to build than a rectangle with these units in the middle with only windows at the end.

With the new regulations in BC for example allowing a single staircase, we should start to see less of these narrow units, at least for shorter buildings where it’s allowed.

They plan to build 4 of them at this site… at the very least I hope each one is progressively cheaper to build as they learn.

If each one is more expensive that’ll be bad news bears heh.

It might happens eventually for new builds at least… It just did in the UK!

The CANDU still take a much larger space I guess due to the overall design. You can fit one of these SMRs in 10-15 acres.

Oh sorry I googled CANDU to learn a bit more and saw that they were also made in a factory offsite.

I imagine that’s at least one of the reasons why its lower capacity per reactor. It can only be so big if built offsite.

If there’s any excess capacity (solar/wind/geothermal/nuclear/coal/natural gas), batteries extend it’s usefulness and help manage any peaks better and can help you avoid building another generation facility for peak times. It also takes much less land than solar and with SMRs can in theory be brought much closer to population centers reducing transmission losses.

Edit: 300mw of solar would be between 1,500 and 3,000 acres of land. 300mw SMR could be as low as 10-20 acres.

Just buy batteries for the nuclear power plant as well. If you have to turn it off, you’re making a mistake with our current tech.