Subj : freezing bargains
To   : JIM WELLER
From : Shawn Highfield
Date : Wed Sep 14 2022 08:14:06

-=> JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-

 JW> time periods but average 13 cents per kwh overall while Yellow-
 JW> knife's is 36 cents, almost triple. We have a hydro based system
 JW> with diesel generator backup, as we have a single source and are not
 JW> part of the continental grid. Inuvik is all diesel and 85 cents.

I live in between two big nuke plants.  (Pickering and Darlington) So
lack of electricity is not an issue here. ;)

 JW> Really remote places are subsidised with a stabilised rate of 90
 JW> cents. The real cost in Colville Lake, the most remote community
 JW> up here, is $3.22! But they pay 90 cents.

Wow.

 JW> Come winter I can store stuff outdoors for about 5 months (in animal
 JW> proof containers).

I suppose I could for a month or two depending on the year.  However the
pigeons would get into anything.  Animal proof container wouldn't stop
a Oshawa gang member Pidgeon.   They carry weapons. LOL

 JW> Mine is 3 cubic feet so it can handle a big bucket of ice cream, a
 JW> few cans of concentrated orange juice and a fair amount of meat.

Ours is very small.  Apartment sized fridge / freezer.  As we're on the
old lease we don't get new equipment when this breaks they bring us up
another old junker from the back room.

Shawn

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