...When the Liberals took power in 2003, Ontario had just 10 wind turbines. Today, there are 1,200, with signed deals to more than double that. Add in new turbines in the approval mill, the citizens group Wind Concerns Ontario calculates the figure could hit 6,400.Read the entire editorial at the London Free Press site
The only real discussion Ontario has had about the issue was in last fall’s election, when rural areas revolted and threw out Liberals.
So, how is force-feeding even more turbines onto those same rural areas a suitable response?
We get that power rates are headed north, with or without pricey green power, and that subsidies should fall with greater economies of scale. Ditto, that Ontario needs new power sources, including wind, to help wean it off dirty coal-fired electricity.
But shoving a new technology on people who don’t want it, with almost no debate, smacks of the same old heavy-handedness that doomed Ontario’s power monopoly.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
McGuinty Liberals blow it on wind turbine debate
McGuinty Liberals blow it on wind turbine debate: London Free Press Editorial
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I’m beginning to develop a theory based on the tactics that the Liberals are using…... talk about strong-armed, ruthless and criminal. Do you think that there might be a connection to the mob and some of it has rubbed off?
ReplyDeleteThe following is a paragraph from the bottom of today’s edition of www.ft.com . Take a look at where the Mafia is investing.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cb41740-a5aa-11e1-a77b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1vq6myWwC
Two years ago police in Sicily made their biggest ever seizure of Mafia assets, valued at €1.5bn, that were linked to Mr Denaro, including profits from wind farms and solar energy. Separate confiscations of supermarkets, property, retail and construction businesses amounting to more than €1bn demonstrate how the Mafia has evolved beyond more traditional sources of income such as narcotics, weapons and extortion rackets.