Author Archives: energyprbe

Academics: Aliens may threaten to destroy Earth

Posted on September 19, 2011 by energyprbe

Columnist Robin Beres asks, if aliens were coming to judge us for fossil fuel use, wouldn’t they have passed sentence several hundred years ago for, say, coal. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: The forgotten directive

Posted on September 12, 2011 by energyprbe

(September 12, 2011) Parker Gallant’s article discusses the impact of Ontario’s Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) programs on Ontario energy taxpayers. While the FIT programs have been a great investment opportunity for investors, the majority of Ontarians suffered since OPG could not participate in the gold rush. Continue reading →

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Dirty Business: The reality of Ontario’s rush to wind power

Posted on September 9, 2011 by energyprbe

(September 9, 2011) Dirty Business, a new book that focuses on wind power’s impacts on Ontario’s power systems and rural communities, features three Energy Probe directors (retired banker Parker Gallant, economist Michael Trebilcock and Globe columnist Margaret Wente), and a … Continue reading →

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Harvey M. Sheldon: Candidates Disappoint on Science and Climate

Posted on September 9, 2011 by energyprbe

(September 9, 2011) In this post by the American Thinker website, Harvey M. Sheldon shares his opinion on the concerns over man-made global warming. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: OPG’s creative accounting

Posted on September 1, 2011 by energyprbe

(September 1, 2011) Ontario Power Generation recently released its 2nd Quarter results. On the surface all seems well with OPG — it announced an after tax (Payments in Lieu of taxes) profit for the quarter of $114 million for the 6 months ended June 30, 2011 versus $40 million for the comparable quarter in 2010. Continue reading →

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Aldyen Donnelly: California stars and Canadian environmentalist protest Alberta heavy oil

Posted on August 24, 2011 by energyprbe

(August 24, 2011) Californian stars and Canadian environmentalists protest Alberta heavy oil while making no effort to stop the California regulators from going out of their way to over-allocate excess free GHG quota to subsidize more GHG-intensive California heavy oil. Continue reading →

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Parker Gallant: Hydro One’s free pass

Posted on August 17, 2011 by energyprbe

(August 17, 2011) Hydro One’s financial statements are out, yet despite all of the media attention about the electricity sector in Ontario, the financial results of the publicly owned power utilities attract no attention. Odd, since they are the instruments that the government uses to execute its controversial policies under the Green Energy Act. Continue reading →

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Local Distribution Companies – Is Anyone Watching?

Posted on April 18, 2011 by energyprbe

(April 18, 2011) Parker Gallant argues that Ontario needs to set cost and performance benchmarks for local electricity distribution companies, and encourage mergers amongst them to increase efficiency. Continue reading →

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Aldyen Donnelly: Politicians ignoring the constitutional crisis that would accompany cap and trade

Posted on April 13, 2011 by energyprbe

(April 13, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly takes issue with the federal parties that are advocating for cap and trade, while ignoring the likely blow-back from the provinces. Continue reading →

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French geophysicist dissects global warming theories (Video)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by energyprbe

(April 4, 2011) Professor Vincent Courtillot, one of France’s top scientists, dissects global warming theories by using real data rather than relying entirely on computer models. This excellent 32 minute lecture touches on global cooling, the role of the sun, Climategate, and the Hockey Stick graph. Most of this lecture is accessible to the science-oriented layman. Many without a science orientation will also find it helpful in understanding broad global warming themes. Continue reading →

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