Kyle Olsen
@kyleolsen.com
Vancouver based lobbyist. Former political staffer (Edmonton), lobbyist (Toronto, Calgary), and tax policy practitioner (Calgary)
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May 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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And?
You end up some economies of scale going higher voltage/capacity, but labour is still the big one.
If UHVDC was a crazy awesome technical breakthrough driving down costs by an order of magnitude, we’d see it popping up everywhere. You can’t just project costs across borders.
You end up some economies of scale going higher voltage/capacity, but labour is still the big one.
If UHVDC was a crazy awesome technical breakthrough driving down costs by an order of magnitude, we’d see it popping up everywhere. You can’t just project costs across borders.
March 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And?
You end up some economies of scale going higher voltage/capacity, but labour is still the big one.
If UHVDC was a crazy awesome technical breakthrough driving down costs by an order of magnitude, we’d see it popping up everywhere. You can’t just project costs across borders.
You end up some economies of scale going higher voltage/capacity, but labour is still the big one.
If UHVDC was a crazy awesome technical breakthrough driving down costs by an order of magnitude, we’d see it popping up everywhere. You can’t just project costs across borders.
That’s a bogus number. The two Alberta lines which totalled 800 km or so were the price you quoted a decade ago!
March 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
That’s a bogus number. The two Alberta lines which totalled 800 km or so were the price you quoted a decade ago!
OneWeb today it seems, Lightspeed eventually.
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
OneWeb today it seems, Lightspeed eventually.
With already having comprehensive defence and or basing rights in Canada and Greenland, how would you apply the lines on map framework here?
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
With already having comprehensive defence and or basing rights in Canada and Greenland, how would you apply the lines on map framework here?
The thing not said…the choice left on the table that the Mayor won’t consider, is raising property taxes like other municipalities do across the country to fund operating costs. That 50% service cut threat is entirely a choice.
January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The thing not said…the choice left on the table that the Mayor won’t consider, is raising property taxes like other municipalities do across the country to fund operating costs. That 50% service cut threat is entirely a choice.
Not like tech exists in a vacuum though. There is the feedback loop from stimulus to tech. AMT both personal and corporate, accelerated capital cost write offs, changing attribution of foreign earnings, intangible property earnings, CHIPS&S. The loop just runs faster in the sector.
January 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Not like tech exists in a vacuum though. There is the feedback loop from stimulus to tech. AMT both personal and corporate, accelerated capital cost write offs, changing attribution of foreign earnings, intangible property earnings, CHIPS&S. The loop just runs faster in the sector.