In 2003 a new Ontario government came into power on a pledge to, among other things, eliminate coal from the provincial electricity generation mix. This was for health and environmental reasons. While the health reasons were long on syrupy think-of-the-children…
August 2016: the most expensive month in Ontario’s electrical history
August 2016 likely was a record hot month in Toronto, says Environment Canada. It was a record setter on another related front: electricity prices. I predict that when the data is officially out, Ontarians will have paid over $1.27 billion…
The “dirty bomb” and other bogeymen: why German electricity keeps getting dirtier
We are being bombarded these days with earnest sermons from political pulpits regarding fear and whether it is something we should base decisions on when we, say, go to exercise our democratic franchise and vote. I am always wary of…
First Ontario, now Alberta: the march of the rent seekers
Next time you go to charge your smart phone battery, mark down the time you plug the charger in and the time the battery charge indicator tells you the battery is once again full. If you don’t feel like going…
Ideology, altruism, and money: a brief history of the anti-nuclear movement
The White House is apparently set to eliminate the position of Director for Nuclear Energy Policy at the National Security Council. The civilian nuclear energy establishment in the U.S., as represented by some lobby groups and the technical society, are…
Treading lightly on our planet: energy infrastructure decisions raise a troubling question about our mental health
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