The wisest plan is to push ahead with a big honkin’ nuclear plant. They don’t spew fumes. But good luck convincing the eco warriors that nukes are green.
Now gas-fired plants are on the do-not-build list.
That leaves us with windmills, solar and a couple of hamsters running around on a treadmill to keep the lights on.
Is it any wonder, electricity prices are going up?
Green Grift 
September 25, 2010 at 8:26 am
The recent speeches made by Brad Duguid make me cringe. I think he is the last person in Ontario to realize that “reliable green energy” is an oxymoron. Wind and solar are inherently unreliable. He makes himself look foolish by making such inane statements.
September 25, 2010 at 9:02 am
Hamsters can be trained. But they’ll have to work pretty hard. With all this wind going up, let’s just hope they don’t unionize and go on strike.
September 26, 2010 at 6:37 pm
One thing that ratepayers really need to know is how much of this ‘green’ wind energy ends up as an export loss. This subject has come up on some other blogs, and if their figures are correct, a very significant percentage of the wind energy produced in Ontario is sold at a loss to the US, as it is produced at night when the power is not needed. If people were aware that they are subsidizing cheap power to other jurisdictions, I don’t think they’d be very happy.
September 26, 2010 at 8:41 pm
With each rising hydro bill, the people are beginning to understand something is not right with energy policy in this province. If the opposition plays it right, McGuinty is going to get clobbered. Unfortunately, once all this green power has been procured there will be little a new government can do to unwind it. Basically, we’re screwed.
September 26, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Just the tone of this article suggests attitudes toward wind are changing.
September 26, 2010 at 8:55 pm
And this one too.
September 28, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I am getting to the point where I dread opening the hydro bill each month.
November 2, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I attended the Picton Symposium on Wind Turbine Noise and was fortunate enough to see a lecture by Ross McKitrick PhD entitled “Coal Kills: Where Are The Bodies?” Dr. McKitrick really put the cat among the pigeons when he stated that the Ontario government knew early on that shutting the coal plants would not make a significant improvement in the air quality. Despite having this information, they stifled the report and claimed otherwise. This is a must-read presentation. Look carefully at the DSS consulting studies.
http://windconcernsontario.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/the-case-against-the-case-against-conventional-energy/