Comments on: Conserve energy, raise your energy bills http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2007/03/conserve-energy-raise-your-energy-bills/ Mid-40's feminist engineer talks about everything not about BPM Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sandy http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2007/03/conserve-energy-raise-your-energy-bills/#comment-1693 sandy Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:30:37 +0000 http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2007/03/conserve-energy-raise-your-energy-bills/#comment-1693 If you look at the <a href="http://www.portlandsenergycentre.com/qa/index.html" rel="nofollow">Q&A page for PEC</a>, it says: Q: Why can't energy conservation be the answer to meeting Toronto's growing electricity needs? A: This Spring the Ministry of Energy launched an aggressive program to conserve 300 megawatts within the GTA. If Torontonians respond, these savings will dramatically improve Toronto's energy future. However, experts agree that conservation alone cannot fill the rising gap in demand resulting from a growing population and economic activity. Seems like we *are* conserving -- either this Q&A is wrong, or the CBC article is. If you look at the Q&A page for PEC, it says:

Q: Why can’t energy conservation be the answer to meeting Toronto’s growing electricity needs?

A: This Spring the Ministry of Energy launched an aggressive program to conserve 300 megawatts within the GTA. If Torontonians respond, these savings will dramatically improve Toronto’s energy future. However, experts agree that conservation alone cannot fill the rising gap in demand resulting from a growing population and economic activity.

Seems like we *are* conserving — either this Q&A is wrong, or the CBC article is.

]]> By: pat http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2007/03/conserve-energy-raise-your-energy-bills/#comment-1690 pat Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:33:04 +0000 http://www.sandyofftopic.com/2007/03/conserve-energy-raise-your-energy-bills/#comment-1690 Plus: If we really conserve energy like we could (and like we're trying to) then there is no money or reason for them to (a) build the Portlands Energy Centre (PEC) or (b) insist that we need the PEC, like Peter Tabuns has been telling the government. since the PEC was announced. We can make do without. And, I hope, we can turn off those coal-fired electricity generation plants like Nanticoke. Plus:
If we really conserve energy like we could (and like we’re trying to) then there is no money or reason for them to (a) build the Portlands Energy Centre (PEC) or (b) insist that we need the PEC, like Peter Tabuns has been telling the government. since the PEC was announced. We can make do without. And, I hope, we can turn off those coal-fired electricity generation plants like Nanticoke.

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