Getting off of coal, is not the problem….we could have easily replaced it with a combination of gas, nuclear, and hydro. The problem is, the money which should have gone into updating our aging infrastructure, was wasted on unreliable, inefficient, unaffordable faux-green energy. They made this expenditure, complete with crippling 20 year contracts, without even doing a cost/benefit analysis, to see if it was a worthwhile endeavor, and if it would be any improvement to our environment whatsoever. They did not do the cost/benefit analysis, I am afraid, because they would not want the public to know the answer! Shellie Correia
Ontario goes coal-free: Toronto suffers a blackout within 24 hours
Posted: April 16, 2014 by Rog Tallbloke in Carbon cycle, government, humour, Incompetence,Legal, Nuclear power, Politics, Robber Barons, wind
From the too not-funny to be as funny as it should be dept:
Ontario is now the first jurisdiction in North America to fully eliminate coal as a source of electricity generation. The Thunder Bay Generating Station, Ontario’s last remaining coal-fired facility, has burned its last supply of coal. Operated by Ontario Power Generation, Thunder Bay Generating Station was the oldest coal-fired station in the province. The plant is scheduled to be converted to burn advanced biomass, a renewable fuel source.
The province has replaced coal generation with a mix of emission-free electricity sources like nuclear, waterpower, wind and solar, along with lower-emission electricity sources like natural gas and biomass. The move to bio-mass rather than to natural gas has raised concerns in Thunder Bay. NOMA and Common Voice Northwest, and the City of Thunder Bay have all expressed concerns.
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But then…
TORONTO – A large swath of the city’s west end was left in the dark for a few hours Tuesday night as a blackout hit the area. The outage began around 9 p.m. and ended about 11:30, Toronto Hydro said. The area affected was bound by Yonge St. in the east, Mississauga in the west, Lawrence Ave. to the north and Dupont St. to the south.
The power utility said the outage was caused due to a Hydro One transmission issue.
Subway service was back up and running as of 11:05 p.m., the TTC said, after having been suspended between Jane and St. George Stations due to signal problems in relation to the outage.
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