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[grsthegreat]

That was a big issue around here a number of years ago. The city absorbed a mountain that’s had people living on it for many years.

They don’t have much for services (before or after) mainly just power but the city was quick to start enforcing the tree cutting ban.

This is a very remote area and most people heat with wood and have 10+ acres they use to supply firewood and replant continuously. Suddenly it was $1200 permit to cut a tree, replace 4 for every 1 cut etc etc. These people have managed their wood supply for years and rely on it for heat.

I don’t remember the outcome of that issue but I’ve read several articles since where they state they now pay 5-6 times more in property tax and get nothing more than they did before - less actually since the city does less to repair and clear the roads than the provincial highways contractor did.

Some university grad who grew up in the city drafting bylaws for people they know nothing about. Cities are much like big companies that way.

you need a permit to cut a tree....holy cow

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

This is the California if Canada after all. In a neighbouring city where my in-laws lived on acreage, not only do you need a permit, you need to put up a bond of 1200 dollars on top of the permit, plant 4 or 6 (don’t recall the exact number) then prove they are all healthy and alive 4 years later to get your $1600 back. And you can only get a permit if a tree is diseased or a significant danger. That’s per tree removed. The city however cuts down trees by the hundred when they need to.

Getting back to a generator related, slightly political topic, they spent almost as much on after treatment (that wasn’t actually required by current standards) as they did on the gensets on this recent project here. These are 95L gensets - the largest 1800rpm engines made making them about 30% smaller than any other with the same kw output with are typically 1200rpm. The video shows the move and the units when they were being wired.


Major Move Brings Backup Power Update to Annacis Wastewater Treatment Plant on Vimeo

 

[CobyRupert]

It drives me crazy to see people lined up maybe a dozen deep at a drive through to get a coffee! If I'm in a big shopping comples, I may walk a quarter of a mile between stores, rather than getting back in my truck. I also don't need a gym membership.

Like when people circle the parking lot 3 times looking for a parking space that saves them 50' of walking so they can then go inside and walk 2 miles through mall stores and aisles. :confused3:

 

[Industrial Toys]

And at night they plan on going to the gym! Probably drive ten times around the gym too, looking for a close spot.

 

[ultrarunner]

Speaking of firewood for emergency heat--------------

Our community while rugged forestry is within city limits and one neighbor's trees (20 ish) were attacked by some bugs.
So to comply he needed a permit($$) to down those dead trees.

Get this----------
The permit specifies that he must plant 20 new replacement trees !

LOL, in the forest!

I thought this only happened in California?

Needed to get $400 permit with neighborhood posting and letters for hearing to remove the back yard walnut tree the previous owner planted 35 years ago... during a storm a large branch fell and clipped the corner of the house... took 6y weeks for approval and the city licensed tree contractor charged $1600... it was not technical... but he did bring it down in sections and chipped the small stuff.

 

[ultrarunner]

I have mixed feelings about such rules. If it fosters a mindset of appreciation of nature and resources, it's not a bad thing. On the other hand, people are earning a Government paycheck and probably look forward to a Government pension, as they enforce such rules. Meanwhile, your average working Joe stuggles to make ends meet and goes farther into debt, (and while paying his many taxes) with no government pension to look forward to.

What I have seen is people saying the heck with it and letting nature take it's course... not removing and dealing with the city and simply waiting until it falls... honest truth.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Locally you can heat with wood if you want to self insure.

 

[grsthegreat]

Oh my lord.... I can cut any tree I want....no issues. I could never live somewheres where every aspect of my life is governed. That remind me, I need to stoke the firebox with wood and toast my feet. Rainy cold outside right now.

 

[ultrarunner]

What is the entry model for a very quiet Generac?

The reason I ask is people are asking me as the HOA groups they live in have strict noise limits... such as when a power mower can be used... etc.

Unfortunately... some also live in Berkeley which is trying to get rid of residential natural gas...

When I run the Honda 2200 or my neighbor runs their Honda 3000 no one would even know except for the lights are on when the neighborhood is dark... my Honda 1000 is even quieter... one of the Docs has a Honda 7000i and has not issue so far in his HOA but would like to automate it and eliminate extension cords...

 

[Industrial Toys]

I guess you get into the liquid cooled models, and I am sure you are up there in price. A friend has gas wells and runs a 1800 Generac Isuzu based generator. Probably not cheap. He was pissed though, when he found out he had to replace the timing belt periodically and that it is an interferance engine.

I love my Cummins/Onan Quiet Diesel Inverterer genertor. It's probably about the quietest machine you can buy. But the project is not finished and I have never used it for real. Ask me how much I like it, when the Permanent Magnets fly off the Rotor and destroy the stator.