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Article #6134Re: Ontario’s Power Trip: Generating losses
From: Viejo Vizcacha
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:42
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:42
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On Dec 4, 12:36 pm, "$27 TRILLION to pay for Kyoto" <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 4, 12:24 pm, Last Post <last_p...@primus.ca> wrote: > > > Ontario’s Power Trip: Generating losses > > The C. D. Howe study promised in that article never saw the light of > > day, for some reason. Which is unfortunate. It might have ended the > > Ontario Ministry of Energy’s claims to be saving money when the > > opposite is true. At least 10% of electricity output in the province > > is unneeded production, mostly from wind, that is exported at a loss > > to all ratepayers. > > > Financial Post > > Parker Gallant is a retired banker who looked at his electricity bills > > and didn’t like what he saw. > > Two things; One excess power in non-peak times of the year is not a > vice. It means (thankfully) you won't be suffering from blackouts or > brownouts in peak times. To have excess power is good, as long as that excess power does not come from power generated by fossil fuels. If it is, then Ontarians are not just subsidizing New YOrk, but also polluting the province without any economic activity generated in the province, while allowing the US to get energy at lower price pollution free, for them. VV > Two, GET RID OF $0.80 PER kWh SUBSIDIES FOR > SOLAR AND WIND GENERATION!! The closure of coal plants and adoption > of those two sources is costing Ontarians far beyond inflation > increases in the cost of power each year for the next SEVEN!
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From: Viejo Vizcacha <nats_uglyman@yahoo.com>
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