RMR: Rick Builds Powerlines

Rick travels to Hanover, ON to help construct 200-foot-tall high-voltage transmission towers to help power southern Ontario.

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Comedy

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• RMR
• Rick
• Mercer
• Report
• Rick Mercer
• Rick Mercer Report
• Mercer Report
• Hanover
• Ontario
• Powerlines
• electricity
• helicopter

[saint2e]

What? No Donut?

Classic.

[lisalynn999]

Rick is soooo AWESOME! I couldn't do it... my knees would be shaking and my stomach would be heaving. Rick earned my respect!

[paulfornasier]

@JoeIsMyName2000 Sorry...no nuclear where I live in BC....and I like that. I'm not arguing with you about the main sources of power. Solar / wind will be a small percentage for quite a long time. If I can invest in solar and recover my investment, I will. It has the least impact on the environment...and the easiest for a homeowner to deal with on his / her own. In the off-hours, I can feed back into the grid and make money to cover other hydro costs. Can't beat it.

[JoeIsMyName2000]

@paulfornasier (continued) Since solar/wind are variables we can not control, fossil and hydro plants must take in the different.

Now another issue with solar panels. Inertia. In order for the grid to be stable generators, being rotating machines, create inertia. Imagine dropping a rock in water vs jello. The ripple is a lot more in water then jello. The grid suffers the same thing with less inertia. One fault causes a bigger ripple effect.

[JoeIsMyName2000]

@paulfornasier Let's talk about the grid. How do we supply base load? That is with Nuclear power. That is the cheapest form of energy at this point. We hit base load point at around 3-4am and 2-3pm, which is conveniently when the solar generation is at its own peak (2-3pm that is).

Now nuclear is not easy to adjust its output, it requires days to do so. This means, what we run our plants at must be at a lower output, all the time.

[paulfornasier]

@JoeIsMyName2000 Diveersity is what is important. Yes...the large amounts of hydro are needed commericially, but solar panels and such can do alot to reduce a home's dependence on the power grid. I just worked on a BC Housing project last year, where all the heating ;/ air conditioning and water heating for all the units was all powered by solar panels on the roof. Solar panels are growing in popularity in leaps and bounds.

[TTCsubway1204]

Now I can get some cable from the 3 hydro fields near my house.

[markus122piesuckers]

Anyone have any idea what the job title of these guys working on this is called? What kind of experience do you need to get this job?

[sadiecorning]

"Did it have sprinkles?"

*In Rick's head- Oh damnit!

[DCoffey2388]

Rick is Jon Stewart with field experience! Love it!

[Bradster863]

When he was climbing that wood pole i made a cruel joke of saying it looks like a green party pole dance... Oh and did it have sprinkles?

[jenandchad1]

@JoeIsMyName2000 Actually look in the back ground of the video,the contractor is Valard. Valard is all over the world. so before u make a statement thinking u know what youre talking about- get your facts straight.