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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1972-02-03, Page 8i• Lifo Holds A LittlerMiire . Because Of Electricity, • See Air Pollution Control In Electrical Power Use now trapped by poverty. Two billion people have no electricity,' and Asia -- with half the world's population -- produces only a tenth of the world's total power. The biggest changes that We ELECTRICAL WEEK rc.U.Z.TR/C/TY 1 /4 5 TOR PEDR.1. A Salute to Na- tional Electri- cal Week, and a pledge to try to make life better and brighter. / \, /SFDAPELIR.F. and all throughthe year The Seafotth -Public Utility CommissiOn • . .••• . urges you to check Your hoitne for ELECTRICAL HAZARDS FUSES Fuses 'are the safety valves in your electrical wiring. Fuses greater.tnan 15 amperes must hot be used in ordinary lighting and receptacle circuits, as the conductors in thege circuits can safely carry on- ly 15 amperes. Never= -"replace blown fages with Pennies, Washers, tin foil or oversize fuses. .1- If 15 ampere fuses will" not allow you to operate. the lights and appli— ances yThich are now connected in a circuit, then this circuit IS overloaded. FLEXIBLE-CORDS Flexible cords must not be • used for permanent wiring, that L is,,, to make permanent extensions to cit-Cuits. These cords are not large enough to safely carry as much . current as the permanent wiring, without becoming dangerously overheated. Flexible cordscreate electrical fire hazards when they are: (a) bare or badly deteriorated; (b) run under rugs; (c) nailed to baseboards, door or-win- do'w frames, walls and ,ceilings; (d) run through partition4s, walls and floors; (e) permanently connected to perman- ent wiring by splices or joints; operating appliances - which have heating elements such as ket- tles, toasters, irons, rangettes and heaters; (F) used to provide multiple branches and Outlets from one socket or outlet. FIXTURES and APPLIANCES All fixtures and appliances must be approved' by the Canadian Standards Association. Check for: (a) home=-Made aria unapproved • tures and appliances; (b) loose or improperly made joints and connections - these may cause overheating; ••• (c) deteriorated wiring in fixtures usually caused by •heat; (d) wattage of lamps (light bulbs) too high for fixtures, causes excessive heating; (e) deteriorated fixtures, denoted by rust, bare wires, broken sockets; (f) drop cords used to operate irons, toasters arid heaters, or other ap- pliances. • If you receive an electrical shock from any appliance, have it checked immediately. ,PERMANENT WIRING Check for: • ..«.(a) bare ,or improperly made.and tap-4 ed joints and connections; loose electrical connections may produce excessive heat; • .1 (b) sparking switches; (c) receptacles (wall plugs) that heat up when in use; (d) objects hung on open wiring; (e) cables connecting water' heaters,• oil burners, sump pumps, dryers and other ectrical equipment, in- securely fastened, giving a poor. ground; (f) switches, receptacles and light out- lets in the kitchen, basement, bath- room,, utility rooms and garage not grounded; (g) interference on radio or' televi- sion receivers; this may, be caused by poor electrical connections ' your-wiring system-. , • (f) If you recognize any of these hazards In your home, ACT NOW. Call your Public Utility eommissionpl)ntario Rural Hydro, or a qualified electrician. • National Electrical Week' ELECTRICAL WEEK va.,EVR/P/T9 • • for Matchless living... GO ELECTRIC' How much home a e you missing through outdate nn:? Let us help yOu get the most out of electricity. Make certain you are taking advantage of a • properly planned electrical service that will avoid overloading — `hat is adequate to, .handle today's additional appliances:' Call Us Now For a Free EStimate NATIONAL ELECTRICAL WEEK • FEBRUARY 6th TO 12th ti FRANK KLING I Phone 527-1320 Seaforth om • •• • • ome,. Exuberant . , noisy , hu-hgr,9 ....derrrending•. , . children. You'd better believe it. And be prepared. . It pays, forinstance. to have the fullIti Stocked, fro'st-free refrigerator-freezer. A temper-saving self-cleaning oven. Small elect frying, percolatin,g•, opening of cans.. And with big chore. ••.'" As fOr the laundry . you can forget it. 'An auto atic washer and eleCtric°olotheS • dryer wilt take loads off your hands. anytime.. • It payS. too, toll-aye lots and lots of hot water .lways at the ready. ,(You can count .on a Cascade' lectric water heater for that one.) In fact, electrical help need never end — as long as your home has ample wiring• outlets and sWitches,e„If it hasn't; speak to' a qualified contractor about Elec- trical Modernization. (And the' Hydro, Fin'ance 'Make it soon. You'll be so much happier when you hear that shout. "Mom . . we're home!" Full-time electrical help depends on up-to-date wiring -$50 BONUS Your PUC will help with the ,cost and pay $50 towards the cost of upgrading any DOMESTIC OR COMMERCIAL SERVICE help pf electricity on your side. A well- odern electric range with time , and. 'cal helpers for quick'rnixing, beating. a dishwasher, there goes another • raIttRitirt9 • NATIONAL ELECTRIC WEEK -- FEB. 6 —r 12 , grn The-NaMe'af the Game is Electrical Living. D'Orlean Sulk , Cnairman Dr.Roger Whitman, Mayor F. G. J. Sills, Commissioners • Walter Scott, Manager, • StAFORTH I:C _-UTILITY COMMISSION " For Information Contact Your Local Utility or Electrical Contractor ELECTRICAL WEEK /A\ /SORPEAMI., IF E ES .6 -112 iffiftiff fff:fff•fftiffNI:,',.f.:p 1' S INSTALL ADEQUATE CIRCUITS Adequate circuits in your home will make: electrical living more comfortable, safer and more satisfying. For peak efficiency, phone for an electrical wiring cheek up nowt —Ask us,too how little it Costs to' up graip your electrical service. AT sow A IL. SC NC WC. dy• ftiluteH Needs: Will Bring New EnergySouges-- - • Immi:HE HURON )cf 0411.0R4 AEAFORTH„ 0 FEB. 3, 197; With, growing world demands. for energy, a U. S. scientist predicts -that deuterium,, Sine of many elements in sea water - and a plentiful source of energy will provide one of the wonder energy sources of the future to fuel electric generating plants. Donald Watt, a consulting scientist at Westieglieuse Electric Corp.'s georesearch la- boratory in Boulder, Colo„ est- imates the energy content of deuterium in the worl'd's oceans at 100 million times that of the world's known fossil fuel deposits. But, Mr. Watt says, nuclear fusion -lutist first become con- trollable', and methods of utiliz- ing fusion heat must be developed to, extract the energy from deuterium. Continued use of irreplaceable uranium, coal, gas, and oil fuels by electric generat- ing plants around the world is constantly reducing reserves of these fossil fuels, he said. Uranium, a case in point, has been mined for only a few years. Already, cumulative production appears to have reached 17 per- cent of the estimated 1.2 million- ton economic deposits in the U.S. In a "scientific paper made available to the E tear-teal Bureau of Canada In connection with National Electrical Week Feb. 7 - 12, Mr. Watt points out that processing of the sea water •to extract the needed deu- terium appears feasible. "One cubic metre of sea water has an energy content equivalent to over 1,000 barrels of oil," -he explains. Mr. Watt also discusses a little-known; fotm of energy that is growing in • importatice throughout the world -- geothermal energy -- con- tained in the steam from under- ground sources of water in natural hot • rock formations Auburn 'several thousne feet below the earth's surface. This form of energy has been used for decades in Italy andIce- land for heating and electric- power production. interest in it is growing, Mr. Watt adds, due to the concern about fossil fuel. ;shortages and the pollution of air and water by electric gen- erating plants. Using the United States as an example, the growth rate of electrical energy produced tram geothermal sources over the ' past few years has been about 45 percent a year. "Ifi 1968, the installed cap- acity of geothermal steam elec- tric plants at The Geysers, 90 miles north of San Francisco, Calif., reached 81,500 kilowatts. "Expansion plans underway are expected to bring the capacity at this location to 300,000 kilo y. - watts in the mid-1970'S." — Present installed 'capacity on a world-wide basis is 900,000 kilowatts. "There is sufficient energy available, and the costs appear low enough, to make its utilizat- ion attractive in areas where natu, al steam sources are likely to be present. "A rough estimate of the worth of U.S. geothermal energy, based on_a typical heat cost rate of 20 cents per million British thermal units (Btu's), is $80 billion." Mr. Watt estimates that this geothermal energy, harnessed at maximum production levels is sufficient to last up to 1,009 years in the U.S. alone. ' The first power generating station to use natural steam as energy was built 'at Larderello, Italy, in 1904. Since then, units have been installed in Japan and Mexico, and a plant has been designed fon New British Island in the South Pacific. . Exploration for steam wells" has been underway in Central Africa. The Russians are exploring the Kamchatka Peninsula and plan, to build •several generating gfants there. The Unite3,'Sations, too, is cur-, rently sponsoring development of geothermal -resources « in Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador. "The economic outlook is good in that prochiction costs are low. and there is considerable need for additional energy," Mr. Watt says. "Except for some of the More favorable 'hydro power areas, geothermal steam plants in good areas can provide electrical ,y cgsts below these of t . sl • e" maximum' ' world electrica 1. energy available an- nually from natural steam sources is likely to be about the level of,, energy now produced_ by hydro-61b6 tr lc' It is estimated there are about 1,000 potential "average geothermal areas" in the world, covering an average area of 100 square kilometres. Since it is essential to have a nearby market for the heat or electrical, energy, it is likely -that only a quartet of these areas could eventually be econcimically developed. Each would be capable of averaging • 400,000 kilowatts,- ' Mr. Watt' said. ' 4 A i r;41 It'is always a popularPastiMe to play a game or peering into an imaginary crystal ball and pre- dicting possible technological, woncleiS of the future. And of late, many of the fore- casts have been a perplexing'm ix- ture. " On the one hand, "people have come 'to " expect continued evolution and fulfillment of the promises of our scientific and' industrial system; that is, aeon:- stant offering. of new products and, services to an ever-increas- ing.fiuniber of people at all levels. Standing, against this is the growing fer that this process leads to; deterioration of the en- vironment. The electrical industry too ig concerned. It is the producer of the nation's pri- mary enei•gy source and the orig- inator of a wide `range of basic products 'and services. '.Canadians are fortunate in 'that this country ranks sixth among the nations of the world in the productlog.,of,electric power"' and second •Ia• water-generated . electricity. , Iii this country, Where the use of abundant elec- tric power is so much a part of our daily lives, we can hardly appreciate the great"ciVilizing" effect of electricity. By marked, contrast, the great deficiency in under- developed countries I s power, and just a few kilowatts per day would make poSsible an advancing living standard 'in-communal6S' can expect to see in the 1970's will result from a mounting pres- sure on-business and industry to bro _,,,den their purposes and to plac 'gape by side with the 'pur- suit of profits the achievements of ad social .cilajectives. he eledrical industry sh s the public's concern over the buse of our resources of air water and land. The ctrical industry is taking all reasonable steps that can taken to minimize pollution, both• in the generation of electricity and in. the manufacture of elec-.. trical . products. The industry is spending more Money on pol- lution control than aii!3, other industry. The electrical. utilitie's, faCed with ever-increasing demands for electrical power, have had their share of problems. These include smokb and heated wafer from power plants and public opposition' to sites for new gen- erating plants and overhead wir- ' The city of the future •envis,, loned by many environmental scientists will be provided with electricity generated by .safe nuclear plants. Most transporta- tion will be electrically powered, all proCesses•in thefactoriesrun • by electricity. Air pollution would be , • non-existent, the air clean. A dream, perhaps? Let's hope that it will come, true. The second card party of the series was held Friday night with eight tables playing in St. Augustine Hall. Prizes went to - First Ladies - Mrs. Ron Delbergue; Low'--Lady - Mary Nevin, London; High• Man - Edward Noble; Low Man - Rev. Father phalen. Door Prize - Margie Mtirry. Miss Ely. Kearney returned from Goderich after spending a week with Mri. Wm. John Foron after the death of Mrs. Foran's brother. • 'Jim Robb an ), Thompson were in Walkerton at- tending a maple syrup convention' on Thursday. A number of farmers from here attended the machinery 'sho w in Toronto inCruclin-g Neil Stapleton, George Smyth, Murry Wilson, and Ambrose Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wright, who have lived on the Brophy farm' for two years, bought the Jack McGee farm south of Dungannon and are moving March list. Mr. Frank Foron of Guelph.. University; visited his uncles for the, week end. Mr. John Foron was called to serve on the Jury this week. 4 ofr FEBRUARY 8th 'TO 12th • Sills Harirdwar e, HEATING — PLUMBING -ELECTRICAL WORK Phone 527-1620 Seaforth • LPL,