Can we, maybe, please, start talking about RFI again?
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/17/2012 10:51 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
> On 2012-01-17, at 10:02 AM, David C. Hallam wrote:
>
>> What I don't understand is why electric utilities can charge me to build
>> a nuclear power plant long before they start construction.
> Hi David,
>
> I really& truly wonder what the good people of your State might have to say
> if your power authority did what ours here did (and continues to do)...?
>
> Specifically, the province of Ontario brought in smart meters with the
> express aim of incorporating new time-of-use fees based upon peak hours, vs.
> "off" hours---in other words, under the premise of energy conservation.
>
> The result here...?
>
> In these tough economic times many people are struggling to do their laundry&
> dishes during "off peak" hours to save themselves some $$$---yet, despite
> their efforts, monthly bills have gone up anyway.
>
> And what does our provincial authority do to aid& abet this nobel movement
> toward conservation...? They actually PAID millions of tax payer dollars to
> the power authorities in New York State& the province of Quebec to
> take---FREE OF CHARGE!!!---Ontario's surplus electricity!
>
> That's our reward, on a personal level, for making sacrifices...
>
> But that's not all: the government here now wants to embrace wind turbine
> technology in a big way: and what does that mean to us lowly, beleaguered tax
> payers...? Just this: the kilowatt hour cost of wind generated power will be
> some EIGHT TIMES what it presently costs, there have been no meaningful
> environmental impact studies conducted here as to the effects upon those
> living nearby, and the contract for the multi-millions of dollars (if not
> billions) required to purchase this stuff is to be awarded to---TA DA!!!---an
> Asian manufacturer.
>
> As Forrest Gump said so eloquently, "Stupid is as stupid does."
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
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