Time for my occasional update on my EV’s energy consumption. It was a little cooler on average, and consumption was up a bit. Not quite as high as November when there was a lot of sub -20 days. Pretty much all city driving.

I wonder if there are cheaper ways to support our beloved tweaker population than by giving them EV charger cables to cut.

An occasional update on my EV (Mini Cooper SE) performance in a winter city. It's not very exciting: when it gets colder, I use more power on cabin heating, and the efficiency goes down. All city driving, no long road trips.

Batteries are now $115/kWh, or less on the spot market, and going lower. This is around parity relative to a gas engine. There will still be gas engines in some new products, because gas is better on some axes, but most of the km driven will be electric. Because cheaper.

Here’s what an Alberta drilling rig looks like.

Alberta rig counts, past decade. Utilization goes up and down with prices and supply/demand balance. The fleet size, though, reflects the market’s long term view of the demand for fossil drilling.