Much of North America was in a deep freeze as 2017 waned and turned into 2018. Across Ontario temperatures two hours from midnight on New Year’s Eve in the relatively populated “south” part of the province ranged from minus 31…
Category: Electricity
The “green” grocer’s lucrative side-business: Merry Christmas, low-income Ontarians
As we all head into the allegedly merriest but unquestionably darkest part of the northern hemisphere year, it might be instructive to read, critically, between the lines and past the buzzwords, the self-congratulatory (and effective) 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report…
Ottawa Food Bank: does cold weather + high electricity prices = new clients?
The Ottawa Community Food Bank’s client list is doing what I and my fellow consultants always wish our client lists were doing more of: growing. I doubt the OCFB is happy like I am when my client list grows by…
Ontario’s real energy peaks, stated and understated: today’s focus, Thunder Bay
Outside temperatures in Thunder Bay Ontario at around 7:30 local time this morning are -14°C, which with the windchill feels like -20°C. It’s probably safe to say that most of Thunder Bay’s 121,000 residents are indoors: either inside the city’s…
Yawning China dominates Bitcoin mining with cheap baseload electricity: Canada can help
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