Alternate Energy Secrets

This really upsets me!

It was reported that as much as $6 billion dollars in wind-power proposals in the province of Alberta, Canada (total population of 4 million people), have been put on hold. It would seem that the “Alberta Electric System Operator” thinks that the current 300 mega watts of wind power in the power grid should be capped at a total of 900 MW. The proposals CURRENTLY on the table call for up to 3,000 megawatts of wind power to be generated. The ratioinale is that wind power does not produce power at a reliable enough rate, (some days there is no breeze or wind), so we don’t want more than a certain percentage of our power to be solar or wind generated. So much for a deregulated market place. So what if a coal or gas fired plant needs to operate for a period of time below a certain capacity, that is the power of the Free Market. Private industry wants to build it and take the risks, so why not let them build them. If you think this position should be changed, here is a link to the office of the Premier of Alberta. Call them and complain. Ask the office of the premier to respect the de-regulated power grid that they implemented. The only wind blowing here is coming from the “Alberta Electric System Operator”. Let’s put a cap on him and fire his butt out the door! We want Green Renewable Power and finally industry is willing to build it and some Government employee bows to the lobby of big business. This is a bad day for change.

Here is the story as it appeared in the newspaper. (more…)

This building project demonstrates some creative thinking by eliminating the use of traditional energy and the energy consumed by municipal utilities to treat wastewater. Zero impact living may not be acheivable but this project comes close. Read how your next project can be built for less, operate for less and reduce the stress on the environment. (more…)

does Canada’s ‘centre of the Universe’ (Toronto), not do the obvious. For all the flapping of the mouth that people in Toronto do to try to make the rest of Canada and the World believe that they are the only forward thinking advanced community in Canada; you sure couldn’t tell it by how they have chosen to handle what they leave behind themselves each day.

This story document what can be done if your city is motivated to solve a problem and continues to work at a problem. See how the garden grows and the house stays lit and warm in this interesting story of using waste to create energy from methane and gasify wood waste.

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