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Category Archives: Conservation
Parker Gallant: Bright Ideas from Toronto Hydro discloses they failed math
(September 13, 2013) For the approximately 700,000 customers of Toronto Hydro who have either received or are about to receive their latest hydro bill they should pay attention to the brochure enclosed with the bill, titled, “bright ideas” and the subheading: “Electricity rates are rising. We want you to know why.” Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: New glory for Greece
(February 17, 2012) A deregulated free-market Greece — in tourism, energy, transportation — could transform the broken country. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Natural Gas, Oil
Tagged Cyprus, energy, EU, euro, eurozone, Greece, Greek default, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, Mediterranean gas, natural gas, Oil, Turkey
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Lawrence Solomon: Harper’s mission
(February 3, 2012) He is the only PM in memory who has shown any spine in his dealings with China’s brutal plunderers. Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil, Uncategorized
Tagged China, China trade, environmental lobby, foreign investment, Gateway, Hu Jintao, Keystone, Lawrence Solomon, Obama, Stephen Harper, trade
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Lawrence Solomon: Tyranny of the north
(August 19, 2011) Venezuela’s dictator, Hugo Chavez, was in the news this week for brashly announcing an expropriation of the mineral rights of the citizens of his country. We don’t seize private property that way in our democracy. We seize it silently and in plain sight, as seen in the province of Alberta, which so deftly passed stealth legislation two years ago that most Albertans are only now discovering the government’s audacious takeover of their property rights. Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Power Industry, Climate Change, Coal, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Tar Sands
Tagged Alberta, carbon dioxide, centralization, Climate Change, CSS, Global Warming, Hugo Chavez, Lawrence Solomon, oil sands, sequestration, tar sands, transmission lines
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Parker Gallant: The wind industry’s spin
(August 2, 2011) In Greek Mythology Aeolus was the “King of Wind” but in Canadian Mythology the King of Wind is CanWEA; a not-for-profit association of 420 members including public and private companies, legal firms, manufacturers, ect. and others who feed off of the largess of taxpayers and ratepayers to ensure they retain their mandated (Ontario’s Green Energy Act) place on the energy podium. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables
Tagged CanWEA, demand periods, energy diet, forms of electricity, Parker Gallant, wind power, wind power production
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Lawrence Solomon: Israeli oil could bust the OPEC cartel
(June 13, 2011) The old energy order in the Middle East is crumbling and a new energy order is emerging to give the West some spine. In this new order, Israel is a major player. Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil, Oil
Tagged Harold Vinegar, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, POEC, shale
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Aldyen Donnelly: Why California will not be imitating Ontario’s Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program
(June 6, 2011) From Glen Murray’s twitter: P Gipe from California FIT programs in Ontario best in World, others are imitating it… Aldyen Donnelly responds. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Oil redeems Israel
(June 6, 2011) A huge strike will bring back a world bought by oil interests.
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil
Tagged Human Rights Commission, Israel, Oil, oil prices, OPEC, Palestine Liberation Organization, United Nations, Yasser Arafat, Zionism
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Lawrence Solomon: Greening Harper
(May 6, 2011) Fiscal prudence and smaller government could go hand in hand with environmentalism — really! Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Electricity
Tagged AECL, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, CCS, Climate Change, EDC, electricity, energy conservation, energy subsidies, environmentalists, ethanol, Export Development Canada, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, privatization, subsidies
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Parker Gallant: Ontario Ministry of Energy: Not so Smart Spending
(April 30, 2011) In the final week of the Federal Election if you live in Ontario you might be confused based on the daily press releases emanating from Queen’s Park. Those releases would lead you to believe that the incumbent Ontario Liberals are in the final week of the Provincial Election. Continue reading
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