How in the world could anyone say this shit?! Oh my god! One fourth of all the power generated in Ontario comes from burning coal, how could it not affect our environment. Have any of them tried to go outside with asthma any summer in the last 5 years? This is the wrongest thing I've heard in a while.
Jan. 31, 2005. 09:55 AM
Closing coal plants 'ill advised,' study warns Conservative think tanks warns of economic ripple
TARA BRAUTIGAM
CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario's plan to phase out its five coal-fired power plants by 2007 is an "ill-advised decision" that will hurt the province's economy, says a report released Monday.
"Scientific investigation of links between air pollution and increased health or mortality risk suggests that air pollution, at current levels, including emissions from coal-fired power plants, is not harming Ontarians' health," said the report published by the Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Vancouver.
"Despite the continued operation of coal-fired power plants, air quality in Ontario is good and much improved since the 1970s."
Coal plants play a small role in pollution and closing them is not part of Canada's plan for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, the report said.
"The increased prices for electricity that will result from shutting the coal-fired plants will cause reductions in household incomes that fall disproportionately on the poor," it said.
Jack Gibbons, chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, blasted the report.
"Coal is a dirty 19th century fuel which has no place in 21st century Ontario," Gibbons said in an interview.
"It's very ironic that the Fraser Institute, which is based in British Columbia, is recommending dirty coal for electricity generation for Ontario. B.C. has no coal-fired power plants. Is the Fraser Institute going to recommend that dirty coal-fired power plants be built in beautiful British Columbia?"
Gibbons called air pollution "a public health crisis," killing more than 2,000 people in Ontario and costing the province's economy more than $10 billion annually in health-care costs and lost productivity.
"Smog alert days do not create a competitive advantage for Ontario," Gibbons said, adding that there were 35 smog alert days last year in the province.
He said mothballing the coal plants is the cheapest way to dramatically cut down air pollution.
Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan reiterated his promise in October to shut down all the plants by 2007, despite concerns the province could face a power shortage with their closures.
Jan. 31, 2005. 09:55 AM
Closing coal plants 'ill advised,' study warns Conservative think tanks warns of economic ripple
TARA BRAUTIGAM
CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario's plan to phase out its five coal-fired power plants by 2007 is an "ill-advised decision" that will hurt the province's economy, says a report released Monday.
"Scientific investigation of links between air pollution and increased health or mortality risk suggests that air pollution, at current levels, including emissions from coal-fired power plants, is not harming Ontarians' health," said the report published by the Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Vancouver.
"Despite the continued operation of coal-fired power plants, air quality in Ontario is good and much improved since the 1970s."
Coal plants play a small role in pollution and closing them is not part of Canada's plan for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, the report said.
"The increased prices for electricity that will result from shutting the coal-fired plants will cause reductions in household incomes that fall disproportionately on the poor," it said.
Jack Gibbons, chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, blasted the report.
"Coal is a dirty 19th century fuel which has no place in 21st century Ontario," Gibbons said in an interview.
"It's very ironic that the Fraser Institute, which is based in British Columbia, is recommending dirty coal for electricity generation for Ontario. B.C. has no coal-fired power plants. Is the Fraser Institute going to recommend that dirty coal-fired power plants be built in beautiful British Columbia?"
Gibbons called air pollution "a public health crisis," killing more than 2,000 people in Ontario and costing the province's economy more than $10 billion annually in health-care costs and lost productivity.
"Smog alert days do not create a competitive advantage for Ontario," Gibbons said, adding that there were 35 smog alert days last year in the province.
He said mothballing the coal plants is the cheapest way to dramatically cut down air pollution.
Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan reiterated his promise in October to shut down all the plants by 2007, despite concerns the province could face a power shortage with their closures.
2 comments:
...paul sez...
they still send me their student newsletter. I can't remember why they started, but it makes for some entertaining reading. before I'm so mad I rip it to pieces.
Oh man, I couldn't handle that! I listened to the CBC lunchtime show yesterday about gay marriage with all the idiots calling in saying that marriage is for a man and a woman and I almost smashed the radio. I can't listen to stupidity any more, my tolerance goes down with every passing day.
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