Comments on: Power to the people http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/ Current political events, business, real estate, financial and economic news, trends and, above all, the Future. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-43140 Robert Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:19:01 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/#comment-43140 Garth you may not be aware that Alberta is one of only two provinces that actually have regulated caps on the amount of emissions there utility companies can emit. Both Transalta and Epcor have had to go offshore to buy credits at a considerable cost and risk as there is no domestic national or provincial offset market in which to purchase credits here at home. It is my understanding that the Ontario utility companies are in the same boat. If these two provinces are going to regulate their utility companies through legislation as they have done, why then would they not provide a domestic marketplace for them to purchase their offset credits here at home until they could comply with the offset emissions cap in house. Robert St Albert, Alberta Garth you may not be aware that Alberta is one of only two provinces that
actually have regulated caps on the amount of emissions there utility
companies can emit. Both Transalta and Epcor have had to go offshore to buy
credits at a considerable cost and risk as there is no domestic national or
provincial offset market in which to purchase credits here at home. It is my
understanding that the Ontario utility companies are in the same boat. If
these two provinces are going to regulate their utility companies through
legislation as they have done, why then would they not provide a domestic
marketplace for them to purchase their offset credits here at home until
they could comply with the offset emissions cap in house.

Robert
St Albert, Alberta

]]> By: Irate Tolerant http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-43130 Irate Tolerant Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:27:02 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/#comment-43130 To death and taxes, add as inevitable, power plants. If Halton doesn't have any aboriginal residents, then some should be imported (a la McVety) and a land claim registered for the proposed plant sites. This ploy has proved to be effective elsewhere. I'm afraid Halton's option is either smokestacks or casinos. To death and taxes, add as inevitable, power plants.

If Halton doesn’t have any aboriginal residents, then some should be imported (a la McVety) and a land claim registered for the proposed plant sites. This ploy has proved to be effective elsewhere.

I’m afraid Halton’s option is either smokestacks or casinos.

]]> By: Achnad http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-43111 Achnad Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:00:50 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/30/power-to-the-people/#comment-43111 I'm sorry but this reeks of BS. If Milton is growing at 500% of the national average then they're drawing power at that same rate. All this REALLY boils down to is NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). You know what? TOUGH! Where should the power that these determined suburbanites demand come from? Magical pixies? They're CAUSING the problem by flooding to the area but yet want nothing to do with the solution. Let someone else generate our power for us... that sounds like a great plan! If they don't like the standard power plants then they should be given the option for other technologies, be it nuclear, or entirely green - but it should be paid for with THEIR property taxes. Perhaps once the true cost of all the environmental fanaticism starts to hit people's pockets in a significant way they might stop and think about the kinds of pie in the sky BS their all demanding. I’m sorry but this reeks of BS. If Milton is growing at 500% of the national average then they’re drawing power at that same rate. All this REALLY boils down to is NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). You know what? TOUGH! Where should the power that these determined suburbanites demand come from? Magical pixies? They’re CAUSING the problem by flooding to the area but yet want nothing to do with the solution. Let someone else generate our power for us… that sounds like a great plan!

If they don’t like the standard power plants then they should be given the option for other technologies, be it nuclear, or entirely green – but it should be paid for with THEIR property taxes. Perhaps once the true cost of all the environmental fanaticism starts to hit people’s pockets in a significant way they might stop and think about the kinds of pie in the sky BS their all demanding.

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