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"“This is what happens when ideology runs the power grid,” said Alberta Premier
Danielle Smith in July 2023 when asked about the province’s sky-high
electricity rates.
Smith was attempting to cast blame on renewable energy policies of the former
New Democratic Party government that had left office more than four years
earlier.
Just one month later the premier abruptly signed a moratorium on all wind and
solar projects followed by additional onerous restrictions that eventually
drove almost 11 gigawatts of proposed renewable electricity projects out of the
province.
Alberta currently has the highest electricity rates in the country by a wide
margin while also producing almost eight times the emissions per kilowatt hour
compared to Ontario.
Political hypocrisy aside, Premier Smith might at least be given credit for
being ahead of the curve in terms of weaponizing the powers of the state
against renewable energy generation.
This month the Trump administration abruptly ordered Danish wind company Orsted
to halt to an almost complete $4 billion offshore wind project in New England
citing “national security interests” — a move that Rhode Island Governor Ned
Lamont called “sudden, erratic and insane.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
