Local Electricity Distributors Become Generators?
Nine years ago the UN and the World Bank planned to mobilize financing for Sustainable Energy for All.
While consumers in the broad Great Lakes region squirm over the prospect of a porous limestone depository for nuclear waste along the shore of Lake Huron, some recent readinga prompted the above caption. The story picks up steam in the European Union. Indeed, Germany will likely be the initial market for the 24/7 products of Leonardo Corporation and AuerionEnergy.ca. Of course, solar/wind systems also provide localized clean energy generation, distribution and ownership.
All this transpires while big food processors and manufacturers move south because of Ontario's poor competitive environment, e.g, Heinz and Volvo. The survivors are now reeling in the face of the 30% rate increase on nuclear generated electricity requested by Ontario Power Generation. Meanwhile, state-side, nuclear plants are shutting down and coal-fired plants are being converted to shale gas. And, big retailers and giant internet firms begin to exit the international grid because of unreliability and the real prospect of major electricity brown-outs and further rate increases.
Germany prematurely rejected nuclear-fueled generation of energy to become dependent on Russian natural gas. Big Nuclear conned Ontario politicians into (A) toying with burying radioactive waste in porous limestone along the Lake Huron shore and (B), refurbishment of of aged nuclear reactors, and (C) development of unproven modular fission reactors in the populous Greater Toronto Area. Let's try to block these dangerous energy policies before they become linch-pins in the Province's Long-Term Energy Plan.
For Southern Ontario, the key to attracting and retaining industries is a combination of improved transportation corridors and competitive energy costs.
The beauty of the new LENR-type electricity reactors is scalability, accessability and affordability by small towns, farmers and even by isolated inhabitants beyond the tree line. Hence, policy decisions on energy should not be unduly influenced by lobbyists, their deep-pocketed clients and advertising-compromised media -nor Toronto-centric policy makers.
With another election behind us, let's unite in prodding the newly elected in counties and in small towns to right a badly listing energy boat. Ideally, critical Mayors and Provincial Members of Parliament should unite to influence which energy and transportation platforms are appropriate for the stressful times ahead.
Distributed solar/wind electricity systems have advanced the acceptance of mini-grids. Eventually, local LENR-type electricity generation leads to less dependance on risky nuclear plants and associated vulnerablity of aged electricity grids. More farmers, businesses and industries explore going off-grid to generate and store their own energy.
PS
While consumers in the broad Great Lakes region squirm over the prospect of a porous limestone depository for nuclear waste along the shore of Lake Huron, some recent readinga prompted the above caption. The story picks up steam in the European Union. Indeed, Germany will likely be the initial market for the 24/7 products of Leonardo Corporation and AuerionEnergy.ca. Of course, solar/wind systems also provide localized clean energy generation, distribution and ownership.
All this transpires while big food processors and manufacturers move south because of Ontario's poor competitive environment, e.g, Heinz and Volvo. The survivors are now reeling in the face of the 30% rate increase on nuclear generated electricity requested by Ontario Power Generation. Meanwhile, state-side, nuclear plants are shutting down and coal-fired plants are being converted to shale gas. And, big retailers and giant internet firms begin to exit the international grid because of unreliability and the real prospect of major electricity brown-outs and further rate increases.
Germany prematurely rejected nuclear-fueled generation of energy to become dependent on Russian natural gas. Big Nuclear conned Ontario politicians into (A) toying with burying radioactive waste in porous limestone along the Lake Huron shore and (B), refurbishment of of aged nuclear reactors, and (C) development of unproven modular fission reactors in the populous Greater Toronto Area. Let's try to block these dangerous energy policies before they become linch-pins in the Province's Long-Term Energy Plan.
For Southern Ontario, the key to attracting and retaining industries is a combination of improved transportation corridors and competitive energy costs.
The beauty of the new LENR-type electricity reactors is scalability, accessability and affordability by small towns, farmers and even by isolated inhabitants beyond the tree line. Hence, policy decisions on energy should not be unduly influenced by lobbyists, their deep-pocketed clients and advertising-compromised media -nor Toronto-centric policy makers.
With another election behind us, let's unite in prodding the newly elected in counties and in small towns to right a badly listing energy boat. Ideally, critical Mayors and Provincial Members of Parliament should unite to influence which energy and transportation platforms are appropriate for the stressful times ahead.
Distributed solar/wind electricity systems have advanced the acceptance of mini-grids. Eventually, local LENR-type electricity generation leads to less dependance on risky nuclear plants and associated vulnerablity of aged electricity grids. More farmers, businesses and industries explore going off-grid to generate and store their own energy.
PS
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