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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-10-22, Page 2828 News Record • Wednesday, October 22, 2014 letter to the editor CONTINUED FROM > PAGE 5 some obvious questions: Apparently the Canadian dollar rising from the 70 cent level to par or above with the US dollar, is not even worth mentioning in it's effect on Ontario's manufacturing competitiveness, nor is the price of oil rising during the graph time period ,therefore supplying lots of dollars to attract workers in Alberta, a factor either. Nope it is all electricity price but only from wind energy even though the graph period showing electricity prices shows jobs moving TO Alberta when electrical rates were higher there. (Obvi- ously not related, but now that the dol- lar is at the 90 cent level, The London Free Press reports that auto parts plants in the area are operating at capacities at the early year 2000 levels -when we now have even more renewables on stream! using simplistic conclusions ,which the author seems to like ,I guess we could prove an inverse relationship to jobs and low electricity prices ) The jobs graphs used in the report use time periods showing job decline hap- pening in Ontario years before there was even a wind turbine or solar panel to be seen in Ontario! The report uses a graph to describe how industries' electrical costs have fallen to roughly 33% of their total energy costs but fails to mention at all what effect that the other 66 % of their energy costs did to business' bottom lines when oil prices were rising! As with all of us, a small increase at the fuel pump costs us all more in energy from the production, transport and personal transportation of our goods and services than renewable energy does- again not worth mentioning! Of note, under most graphs "author's calculations" What did the author want to find?? Scatter graph 3.4, pg 16, no matter how you look at this graph, more electricity is exported when wind energy production is at 0 than when it is higher -due to excessive base load nuclear (this fact is omitted in the report. Ifyou want to get rid of exports, wind, hydro electric and natural gas are the ways to do it), which is whywind is described on the IESO website as one of the most useful tools in the toolbox as it can be dispatched most rapidly given the rise and wane of demand. Whenwe exportwind electricity we may subsidize the electrical rates of oth- ers but when we export nuclear based power we subsidize them AND build a storage for their nuclear waste also! In summary, the Fraser Insti- tute's report on Ontario's Green Energy Policy wants to conclude that Alberta has a utopian electri- cal system, whose low costs have drawn jobs from Ontario which has wind turbines. In reality Alberta has a privatized electrical system were demand is bid for. The result; Alberta was years ahead of Ontario in wind energy If you think supporting 'youth & local causes is good for the cheek muscles... l i b ro is you Giving makes you feel good. Giving locally is even more of a smile. So here's a simple idea. Join Libro, do some banking with us and well give $50 of our money to any youth group or local charity you choose. Everyone wins — because everyone deserves a little financial happiness. Make sense? Then it's a sure thing. Libro is you. Give $50 of our money to any youth or local cause of your choice by joining Libro today! 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I can understand how some may like to score political points but last weeks News Record's interviews showed many candidates expressing concern with wind turbines, of which there are tens of thousands in the world and they con- tinue to be built all over the world, but when the 2 richest countries in the world try and fail to build a deep geo- logical nuclear waste storage and CBC news announces last spring that Central Huron has made it to the "short list" of "hosts" for a storage site -only 1 candi- date finds it worth mentioning?? Thank you John M. Brand R.R.#3 Clinton, ON 519-482-7226 For an honest and common sense approach Re -Elect Alex Westerhout for Councillor Ward 2 (HuMett/Clinton), Municipality of Central Huron • Born and lifelong farmer in the Clinton area • Served on various boards and organizations as member and chair If you have any issues with our new telephone/internet voting ystem, feel free to call me @ 519-525-0406 or the Municipal office @ 519-482-3997. There is also a Voter Help Centre with voting space set up at the Municipal Office, 23 Albert St. in Clinton.