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June 12, 2006

New Nukes for Ontario

The environmentalists and the not-in-my-back-yard liberals will surely protest this news. I'd suggest that the citizens of Ontario have left themselves with few options. Alternative energy sources won't come close to providing the anticipated 12,000+ megawatts of continuous capacity needed to meet demand over the next 20 years. It's either nuke plants or turn off the lights.

From TheStar.com:

The provincial government will announce tomorrow that Ontario is embracing more nuclear power plants, sources told the Toronto Star.
Premier Dalton McGuinty has privately spoken of his government's plans to confidants for days, insiders say.
In an off-the-record speech on Saturday night in Ottawa to the secretive Bilderberg group, McGuinty discussed the pros and cons of more nuclear plants.
While he did not divulge the government's plans to that audience of 160 business and political leaders, the premier privately admitted the public will officially learn of the plans tomorrow when his government announces its long-awaited response to the Ontario Power Authority's report on the province's energy supply mix.

The Sierra Club and Greenpeace have already weighed in with their disapproval. Nevertheless, it appears that $40 billion worth of new and refurbished nuclear generating capacity is now on the table as the primary focus of the Ontario Power Authority's next 20 years.

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Posted by: Mike Pechar at 06:55 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 If the Canadians don't jump on the band wagon in Iraq perhaps some middle east country like Iran will light them up for free.

Posted by: greyrooster at June 12, 2006 07:10 AM (KM2nY)

2 Way to go, Ontario! Nuclear is so much cleaner and safer than people think. I wish we would build more here in the US.

Posted by: The Gentle Cricket at June 12, 2006 08:05 AM (USZUJ)

3 Tell the antinuke granola munchers to go ride the bicycles clear across the atlantic ocean and stop boing so dumb

Posted by: sandpiper at June 12, 2006 01:41 PM (kexrr)

4 greyrooster you make as much sense as Prez Bush without a teleprompt. sure its cleaner, as long as you have some place to put the waste.

you'd be surprised to see how many non-granola intellegent people are against the idea. at the end of the day I like my room colder and my air cleaner. too bad i can't have both

Posted by: hillbilly-bob at June 12, 2006 03:32 PM (fANv+)

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