John Bolton - January 14, 2024


No Power In Alberta？ WTF. A rant.


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7 minutes

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We have one of the largest reserves of natural gas deposits in the whole world in Alberta, and yet we are having to conserve energy to keep us warm. Why is this happening in a province that is supposed to be an energy powerhouse?

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00:00:00.880 Hi there. I don't use this channel for this type of thing very often, but I thought it might be
00:00:07.620 interesting to just post something online today because I've got something on my mind. And no
00:00:12.800 doubt if you search for videos in a similar vein, you'll probably find some other ones this morning
00:00:17.860 as well. Last night, I believe it was about quarter to seven or quarter to eight, everybody
00:00:23.360 in Alberta got an alert on their phone regarding our power grid. It was under stress and we were
00:00:30.640 to start turning off lights, not do washing and drying, turn off space heaters and not charge our
00:00:36.960 electric vehicles because we could have rolling blackouts. And I'll get back to the electric
00:00:41.700 vehicles in just a moment. So this happens last night. Now, if you haven't been following what's
00:00:48.680 going on here in the West over the last few days, it's been very cold. It's minus 36 this morning,
00:00:53.480 Sunday morning, it's six o'clock, minus 36 in Calgary, Alberta. And it's been pretty much in
00:00:59.360 the mid minus thirties for the last four to five days. And we get a cold spell every year out West.
00:01:07.960 I came from out East and Eastern Ontario. And I would say that on average, it's much colder
00:01:12.440 in Eastern Ontario, but we always get a cold spell and it's cold one this year. Last year,
00:01:16.620 we got some minus thirties just before Christmas. It has been very cold. And we're all the whole
00:01:21.280 province under an extreme cold warning right now in Alberta. Some places have seen wind chills in
00:01:27.040 the minus fifties. Now in a couple of minutes, it may even happen while I'm doing this video,
00:01:32.340 my natural gas furnace is going to kick in. And it is the only thing that is keeping me,
00:01:36.540 my wife and my three cats from freezing to death. If the power were to go out for very long,
00:01:42.880 it would get very cold, very fast in this house. And everybody in the province, mostly everybody
00:01:49.000 is being kept alive by natural gas. Now, my question is why in a province that is an energy
00:01:56.840 powerhouse in the world, Alberta, and sits on one of the largest natural gas deposits in the whole
00:02:03.240 world, why am I having to conserve energy? Scott Moe, the premier of Saskatchewan last night,
00:02:11.420 said that the province of Saskatchewan was providing Alberta with additional energy so we wouldn't
00:02:16.680 have our lights go off. And I'm going to be even more blunt here. We said on, I'm going to mention
00:02:21.860 it again, one of the largest natural gas deposits in the whole fucking world. 0.99
00:02:30.420 This is insanity. 0.98
00:02:33.620 Go over to a website called Pipeline Online. Brian Pincott's there. He does a great job of talking
00:02:39.120 about our energy grids here in Canada and in Alberta and then in the West in particular.
00:02:45.380 He had a story the other day regarding wind turbines. And of course, if you live anywhere
00:02:49.220 in this country, you start to see what I call visual pollution, eco-crucifixes. The Cuisinarts
00:02:55.260 of the sky are popping up everywhere. They're pollution, visual pollution. But he talked about
00:03:00.660 how they shut them down when it gets really cold because they're at risk of shattering.
00:03:04.740 I came from the Northeast the other day, drove Stony Trail and came down to the Southeast where
00:03:10.920 I live, got off at 114th Avenue here in Calgary and went over to 52nd Street. And at that intersection,
00:03:16.620 there's a big solar farm they put in. I drove the full length of that solar farm the other day,
00:03:22.260 and every one of them was covered over in snow, providing no energy at all. Couldn't have charged
00:03:26.660 or run a toaster. Heard a similar story. A farmer down south of the city, down near High River,
00:03:32.340 a 300-acre solar farm on prime agricultural land completely covered in snow when the temperatures
00:03:39.560 were in the minus 30s. Our grid last night, our solar panels and wind turbines, during this
00:03:45.340 emergency were providing zero energy in this province. Did I mention we're sitting on one of
00:03:52.380 the largest deposits of natural gas in the whole world, in Alberta? We should be investing more
00:03:59.460 in natural gas because it's keeping us alive. Our Premier, Danielle Smith, God lover, is going head
00:04:09.640 on against Justin Trudeau and Stefan Gilbo, the Environment Minister, the climate cult leaders out
00:04:16.640 in Ottawa. They want to shut down our oil and gas industry. That is what they want.
00:04:23.480 It's exactly what they want. And they tell you, you won't be able to buy the car you want because
00:04:28.880 we're all going to be driving electric vehicles by 2035. Now, folks, that's only 11 years away.
00:04:36.920 So, if that happens, and I'm highly doubtful that it will because we do not have the infrastructure and
00:04:42.720 windmills and solar panels will not be able to run a modern society like we live here in Canada.
00:04:49.400 If that happens, our grid will go down.
00:04:53.880 And you won't probably even have a car because you won't be able to afford it. And you certainly
00:04:58.160 won't be able to charge it. There's lots of stories out here how people are having to charge
00:05:02.360 their cars midday right now because they have no power for their cars because they don't run
00:05:07.640 properly when it's minus 35 degrees. They can't get the mileage out of them. The climate
00:05:13.560 called out east is telling you you're going to be off fossil fuels and driving electric vehicle
00:05:17.320 within the next 11 years. These people are insane. If you believe it, you're insane. 0.75
00:05:27.480 I often say that fossil fuels don't cause the climatic conditions that can kill you. They protect
00:05:33.040 you from the climatic conditions that can kill you. It's been quite evident when it's minus 36 like it
00:05:39.400 is right now. So, we need to wake up, folks. I shouldn't have to be worried about my electricity
00:05:47.340 grid going down when it's in the minus 30s in the wintertime. It isn't just something I need in
00:05:53.580 the wintertime. It's a necessity. I need heat. And again, that furnace is going to kick in in a few
00:05:59.180 minutes and it's going to start keeping me alive. But I also think about the extra carbon tax I have
00:06:03.860 to pay on that heat. Something that, again, is a necessity out here. And one more thing before I go.
00:06:10.020 I noticed online last night on Twitter that people are starting to normalize this nonsense.
00:06:15.400 Now, there are some people saying, I pay a lot. We pay a lot for our energy out here in Alberta.
00:06:19.600 It's higher than most places in Canada. And if I'm paying for it, I expect it to be on all the time
00:06:27.120 and not being told that it's going to go off because we don't have enough of it
00:06:29.880 when we are sitting on one of the largest deposits of natural gas in the whole world.
00:06:34.480 But people are normalizing this now. And that's the thing, right?
00:06:39.240 The grids, the energy problems start happening more regularly. And it's happened over the last
00:06:43.540 few years in Alberta because we shut down coal and we don't have enough energy now.
00:06:49.380 And it's happening more often and it's becoming normalized and people are beginning to accept
00:06:53.180 this. And you can't. Don't accept this. Ralph Klein, former premier of the province,
00:07:03.020 had a saying, let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark. 0.99
00:07:07.740 I have family that live out east and I don't want them to freeze in the dark. 1.00
00:07:14.620 But damn you if you vote for the liberal government in the next election. 1.00
00:07:17.560 Damn you. We need government out east in Ottawa that is going to be friendly to the oil and gas 1.00
00:07:25.240 industry. Because it's quite evident right now where I live, it's the only thing that's keeping me
00:07:32.360 and my family alive. This nonsense has got to stop. Down with the climate cult. All the best.