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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
Persistent, stealthy nuclear PR
(June 8, 2005) The letter “Getting figures wrong: U.N. monitoring committee sees no rise in number of birth defects or leukemia, only in thyroid cancer” published June 6th, was authored by a nuclear industry employee, Andrew Daley. Unfortunately, Mr. Daley failed to identify his affiliation when attempting to argue that the Chernobyl accident only caused 1,800 extra cancers thus far. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Safety
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Flying windmills
(March 19, 2005) Don’t like fossil fuels? Nuclear power? Hydro dams? Go fly a kite. Really. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Renewables
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Re-defeat the nuclear industry
(January 20, 2005) The federal government, and three provincial governments, are about to sink billions more dollars into another attempt to salvage the nuclear industry, the country’s least economic energy industry – and its most dangerous. Continue reading
New nuke sinkholes
(January 14, 2005) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has cost federal taxpayers an estimated $17-billion in failed attempts to develop commercially viable nuclear reactors. Even the sales that AECL has made have proven to be wildly unprofitable, going back a generation to its perplexing reactor sale to Argentina, when AECL agreed to price its contract in pesos. Today, the federal Crown corporation is poised to blow more billions. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, New Brunswick Power, Nuclear Economics
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Time to move energy-intensive industries offshore
(October 16, 2004) To counter the high energy prices that consumers now face, governments in Canada and the U.S. have been subsidizing domestic energy production. This dirty government business lowers the bill a little for consumers but raises it a lot for taxpayers, making us worse off in the exchange. Continue reading
Why we should conserve
(August 28, 2003) Some Ontarians don’t understand why they should conserve electricity, as Ontario Premier Ernie Eves implores them to do. For these dunderheads, let me connect the dots. Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy Probe News
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Nuclear power a dinosaur
(November 26, 2002) Power blackouts in Ontario are likely this winter or next summer. Last summer, we had barely enough power to scrape by, relying on emergency imports of power to make it through. The next time harsh weather drives up our need for power, the power system will be even weaker than it was in the summer. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Towards Shutdown
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Alarm over inexperienced Bruce operator
(November 19, 2002) We would like to comment on three related regulatory matters of great importance – one past, one present, and one future. We believe that each of these matters involves the recognition of an “obvious truth” concerning nuclear-safety regulation. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Safety
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New Approaches to Energy Conservation
(November 11, 2002) Ok conscripts, straighten up. Shoulders back, tummy in, turn down those thermostats. Uncle Jean wants you – and you and you – to reinsulate your homes, to change your driving habits and to think twice before you take the minivan to the corner store for a loaf of bread. Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Electricity, Energy Probe News
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A real power break – meters help capture low prices
(September 22, 2002) With interval hydro meters, consumers can buy power when the price is right. Continue reading
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