This is well put together. Thank you for sharing. I think your opinions are valid and I like that you were able to make your disdain for the situation clear, but in a professional way. Well done sir. Earned my subscription with this video.
Thank you for watching. It has been a sore spot over the last 9 years. I have to try to be positive it is the best for our future. Thanks for the Sub. I do have more stages planned.
Thanks for the update and footage showing the changes to the landscape. Great to see the new infrastructure that has been built to replace the old roads that will now be underwater. It's also important to remember the positives that will also come out of the construction of Site C, as well as the negatives. Large infrastructure projects always have their positives and negatives. It's an incredible project. The reality is, if we are going to continue to push for electrification, clean energy sources and a lower carbon footprint, it's well past time to identify and begin building Sites D, E and F!
I remember a time when you quoted something, that was the quote. Possibly 10% for unseeables but that was the price. I’m sure it’s hard to predict the difference in product costs on quote day to the cost of steel 6 years out though. Especially when our government is trying to squeeze us dry.
With the farmland lost through flooding at Site C, hopefully there is now a chance that the about 20 000 acres of number 1 and number 2 soil in TWO RIVER area will be saved and brought back to grain farming use again, which is now at the verge of growing back to bush land.
Thank you for posting this. I appreciate that you were able to compose a video that made your feelings clear while also attributing some of the positive aspects of the Dam. Having grown up in coastal BC over the last decade I've been hearing about this dam thing for a while, I'm glad to be able to put some visuals to the idea. If you were to make any future videos on this topic would a drone shot be possible? if nothing else to compare to google maps shots from the past?
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 That's unfortunate but to be expected I guess. I'm not sure if it's just me but google seems to be very hesitant to serve historical data for google maps. While it isn't perfect the USGS does still publish its historical scans, maybe they can be of some use? landsatlook.usgs.gov/explore
I used to live in Fort St. John and I've watched Site C being built. It feels really weird to see the road I used to drive on be underwater. As you said this will be a large piece in BC's history.
Your commentary on this well produced video simply repeats all of the same talking points we have heard for years now. Yes it’s true the BC Peace River area has some of the most fertile soils in BC but the areas of farm land flooded by site C are very insignificant in that picture. The idea I want for this project to further is if Site C is environmentally detrimental to the point of costing more damage than benefit produced, does nuclear energy become a better overall source of base load electricity to power our economy for its increased need for electricity 20,50,100 years in our future?
You do realize that none of the power or funds goes to bc or canada? It all goes out of country, at our expense, with nothing gained for us Canadians, besides the loss of 1/5th of the farmland in BC. It is a corporate oligarchy disgrace, sold out by our fake traitorous governments that are actually corporations pretending to be government.. We are letting foreign corporations pilfer our resources. Wake up and smell the treason...
I've spent a lot of time around Williston lake up stream of it, and the environmental damage from that dam is horrendous. This is anything but green energy. It is an ecological disaster in the making.
There is more to the issue than is spoken here. I do appreciate the somewhat balanced reporting, but.. Reservoir production of methane and methylmercury are significant and long lasting affects. Fish migration, aquatic life and land based wildlife also is altered. Transmission and use of this power is a very significant issue. For example; exportation of liquid natural gas has caused first nations much grief and both massively expands Canada's carbon footprint and takes a resource out of the range of domestic use.
I had a Quick Look lacking time at the Taylor bridge. I have huge concerns regarding fish stocks for starters. I guess it’s late enough to not worry about farm irrigations. What are you seeing as issues?
...flooding 1/5th of the good farmland in BC, and all power and money generated by said dam goes out of province. We get nothing from this dam except the giant loss of good farmland. It is a disgrace.
This dam, when compared to 5 other mega dam projects world wide, is a joke! When compared to dams in Pakistan, China, Venezuela, cost almost double. $5B as opposed to the enormous $12B!!Those other dams will be producing 4-5 times more electricity. 5GW compared to the pitiful 1.1GW of Site C!!! The number of homes that will be served by Site C is 450,000 homes. Doing the math, that an expenditure of $24,000/ person being spent on this abomination!!!
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 yes, I’m sure that’s a huge part of the cost. Those dams have more power, and are there to serve millions of homes. So. why is Canada spending so much money for < 0.5 million homes??
@@reelisticoutdoors4358story float around is that the initial group of engineers, said this was not a stable site for this dam….they were all let go and new ones hired….thats the story, truth or not one wonders but the history of slides should speak volumes….the agriculture land taken from this flooding is an abomination in our ensuring food supplies.
@@bhavjotkang8004 I certainly am not, thats why I was hoping to see the research. Id love to know where the info came from. I have followed this project for 10 years, that's the first time I have heard of instability, there than all the dams are LOL
Super interesting to see the flooding in real time, thanks for documentiing
I will get back out before the snow hopefully.
The temperature he is stating is deg C as he is based in Canada. 15 deg C is about 60 deg F, 20 deg C is 72 deg F for reference.
Great production on this video Scott. Important work.
Thank you for that!
This is well put together. Thank you for sharing. I think your opinions are valid and I like that you were able to make your disdain for the situation clear, but in a professional way. Well done sir. Earned my subscription with this video.
Thank you for watching. It has been a sore spot over the last 9 years. I have to try to be positive it is the best for our future. Thanks for the Sub. I do have more stages planned.
Thanks for the update and footage showing the changes to the landscape. Great to see the new infrastructure that has been built to replace the old roads that will now be underwater. It's also important to remember the positives that will also come out of the construction of Site C, as well as the negatives. Large infrastructure projects always have their positives and negatives. It's an incredible project. The reality is, if we are going to continue to push for electrification, clean energy sources and a lower carbon footprint, it's well past time to identify and begin building Sites D, E and F!
You are right!!!
Very informative. Well explained and nice views of the dam.
Thank you very much. Thanks for watching.
I always get a kick out of shock at budget overruns on projects like this. It's ALWAYS 10 times the original. Always
I remember a time when you quoted something, that was the quote. Possibly 10% for unseeables but that was the price. I’m sure it’s hard to predict the difference in product costs on quote day to the cost of steel 6 years out though. Especially when our government is trying to squeeze us dry.
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 Enviroment studies , Ndp opposition . Any body know there full costs.
Great vid!
Thank you
With the farmland lost through flooding at Site C, hopefully there is now a chance that the about 20 000 acres of number 1 and number 2 soil in TWO RIVER area will be saved and brought back to grain farming use again, which is now at the verge of growing back to bush land.
Neat idea. Who do we talk to about it.
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 To somebody who came in March 1981 from Germany to Canada
Thank you for posting this. I appreciate that you were able to compose a video that made your feelings clear while also attributing some of the positive aspects of the Dam.
Having grown up in coastal BC over the last decade I've been hearing about this dam thing for a while, I'm glad to be able to put some visuals to the idea.
If you were to make any future videos on this topic would a drone shot be possible? if nothing else to compare to google maps shots from the past?
Thanks for watching. So much of the area is a no drone zone. I have been keeping google earth shots to compare once fully flooded.
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 That's unfortunate but to be expected I guess. I'm not sure if it's just me but google seems to be very hesitant to serve historical data for google maps. While it isn't perfect the USGS does still publish its historical scans, maybe they can be of some use? landsatlook.usgs.gov/explore
I used to live in Fort St. John and I've watched Site C being built. It feels really weird to see the road I used to drive on be underwater. As you said this will be a large piece in BC's history.
Very weird. Thanks for watching!!!
1:17 time index. This is where I launched from on my last mission up this river.
For the outside temeratures -16 deg C is 3 deg F and -24 deg C is -11 deg F
Your commentary on this well produced video simply repeats all of the same talking points we have heard for years now. Yes it’s true the BC Peace River area has some of the most fertile soils in BC but the areas of farm land flooded by site C are very insignificant in that picture. The idea I want for this project to further is if Site C is environmentally detrimental to the point of costing more damage than benefit produced, does nuclear energy become a better overall source of base load electricity to power our economy for its increased need for electricity 20,50,100 years in our future?
NIMBY’s no one’s ever happy. Guess we should all live in log cabins and teepee’s and burn wood to stay warm. It’s the best alternative get over it.
Funny you should say that , Couple of more years at this pace and bingo……. Make sure your ax is sharp.
You do realize that none of the power or funds goes to bc or canada? It all goes out of country, at our expense, with nothing gained for us Canadians, besides the loss of 1/5th of the farmland in BC. It is a corporate oligarchy disgrace, sold out by our fake traitorous governments that are actually corporations pretending to be government.. We are letting foreign corporations pilfer our resources. Wake up and smell the treason...
it would be interesting to see time lapse cameras set up to see the long term flooding and effect, even once the water levels even out
Thanks for watching that would be fun to see. I am saving Google search pictures to show growth when finished. I will do an update video.
Cool to find another local creator!
Are you from the peace region also?
I host a tv show based just east of Prince George. I frequent the peace. One of my favourite places. Thanks for watching. What are you filming?
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 off grid life. We live totally off grid just outside of Fort St. John.
I can’t seem to find you. What’s a link I can look at?
“Clean power”
Nice. Thank you. I worked site A @. B in rebuild. Refurbishing the generators.
I've spent a lot of time around Williston lake up stream of it, and the environmental damage from that dam is horrendous. This is anything but green energy. It is an ecological disaster in the making.
Your not wrong
Not sure why we speak to natives gathering and all that. This day and age that’s not happening and hasn’t for decades.
Going to need all that power to charge those EVs!
This is for 400000 homes?!!!
I would hope a project of this size would produce a lot more power than that!!!
And the Multinational corporations will get free energy why the taxpayer pays for it. As usual... "Corruption = BCs number one business."
The way of the world ATM
There is more to the issue than is spoken here. I do appreciate the somewhat balanced reporting, but.. Reservoir production of methane and methylmercury are significant and long lasting affects. Fish migration, aquatic life and land based wildlife also is altered. Transmission and use of this power is a very significant issue. For example; exportation of liquid natural gas has caused first nations much grief and both massively expands Canada's carbon footprint and takes a resource out of the range of domestic use.
This damn is causing problems downstream. It shouldn't have been allowed.
I had a Quick Look lacking time at the Taylor bridge. I have huge concerns regarding fish stocks for starters. I guess it’s late enough to not worry about farm irrigations. What are you seeing as issues?
@reelisticoutdoors4358 I can walk across the peace river in alot of different spots. And fishing sucked this year.
That’s not the halfway
You did read the text that corrected myself right?? Thanks for watching. Keen eye.
...flooding 1/5th of the good farmland in BC, and all power and money generated by said dam goes out of province. We get nothing from this dam except the giant loss of good farmland. It is a disgrace.
This dam, when compared to 5 other mega dam projects world wide, is a joke! When compared to dams in Pakistan, China, Venezuela, cost almost double. $5B as opposed to the enormous $12B!!Those other dams will be producing 4-5 times more electricity. 5GW compared to the pitiful 1.1GW of Site C!!! The number of homes that will be served by Site C is 450,000 homes. Doing the math, that an expenditure of $24,000/ person being spent on this abomination!!!
I’m not defending the price however the labour costs in the places you mentioned are by far only 1/20th or less than our workers.
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 yes, I’m sure that’s a huge part of the cost. Those dams have more power, and are there to serve millions of homes. So. why is Canada spending so much money for < 0.5 million homes??
It's sad tje first nations are right
“Site c still sucks” unknown
I noticed that you haven't mentioned anything about the fact that this damn is not stable, only a matter of time , it will be disastrous....
I was unaware of any instability. Where can I find this research?
@@reelisticoutdoors4358story float around is that the initial group of engineers, said this was not a stable site for this dam….they were all let go and new ones hired….thats the story, truth or not one wonders but the history of slides should speak volumes….the agriculture land taken from this flooding is an abomination in our ensuring food supplies.
Are u a civil engineer?
@@bhavjotkang8004 I certainly am not, thats why I was hoping to see the research. Id love to know where the info came from. I have followed this project for 10 years, that's the first time I have heard of instability, there than all the dams are LOL
@@reelisticoutdoors4358 I was referring to the other guy. He pulled that info from his ass.
It'll never pay for itself. Total waste of taxpayer money.
So called ‘clean energy’.
When does that narrative end?
I am all for energy generation from coal, gas, hydro. Stop the moaning about ‘clean energy’.
Wahhh!!! It’s done get over it.