The combination of greedy private enterprise (there is no other kind, that's just the nature of the beast) and the radical environmentalist fringe (horses and bicycles are good enough for me; sorry about the rest of you folks) is always fatal to the public interest. Somewhere in the golden middle between these two extremes lies a public policy that can insure adequate power for all of us. Unfortunately, in this country, the Republican contingent frequently only caters to the private enterprise side of the equation, and the Democract contingent only has eyes for the radical environmentalist fringe (if your only concern is global warming, who really cares if there is no electric power?).
I'm afraid that there may be no good "in the middle" solution.
Uhm, Ontario not wanting to build more plants in that province is incorrect. In fact, it's exactly the opposite.
The Provincial Conservatives ( REPUBLICAN equivalents ) decided to de-regulate the PUBLIC power industry in Ontario because they wanted to trim their budgets, believing the free market economy would lower rates, and private companies would pay for and build new infrastructure.
The people voted the Conservative in for that very reason, because building more plants may mean tax increases later.
The government was assured by the private contractors that the power stations would be maintained, not sold, because Ontario was supposed to build more power plants actually, and the promise was the 8 plants were to be closed and REPLACED.
Instead the private contractors closed and ABANDONED them because these were around for extra capacity for HYDRO 1, and nothing else. The private contractors didn't want to spend any money on EXTRA UNPAID contingency.
So to me it seemed obvious that for every nickel saved then, Ontario is now spending a dollar later.
Cheers
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