On 5/17/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most early powerplants in Canada (and most of the power capacity > currently) were Hydroelectric. Hence 'Hydro' as a term for electricity, > or more properly for Electricity Producers/Distributors (it's also used > as slang to denote hydroponically-grown marijuana, another major > Canadian export).
In Saskatchewan, its Saskpower or something like that. I was given hell when we pipelined east of Regina, for putting Hydro crossing on the notes, when the pipe crossed wires.. Dave > > Canada's power distribution rules resemble long-distance phone rules. > the local company provides the wires, but 3rd party companies must be > allowed access, and they can buy the power from the producers (since > most of Canada's power comes from either the big hydroelectric projects > or Nukes, most of the country's power distribution is seperate from > production. The exception being rural areas on the provincial Power > Company grid. > > -Adam > > > graywolf wrote: > > They use the greek word for water, to mean electricity? No wonder I don't > > understand what they are talking about. You actually have competing > > electric companies up there? Here, where I live, there is New River > > Electric across the street, Blue Ridge Electric on this side, and never the > > twain shall meet. > > > > -graywolf > > > > Fernando wrote: > > > >> Hi John, > >> > >> that's something I learnt in my first month here in Canada, for some > >> reason here we use "hydro" for "electricity", "washroom" for > >> "bathroom" and "eh?" for "right?" and the list keeps growing, how > >> "aboot" that? > >> > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
