The Telegram editorialists are finally putting it all together, at least when it comes to the provincial government’s energy company, the Muskrat Falls project and taxpayers: It looks a lot like the province would prefer all its eggs in one baske…
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Battling Ontario’s Anti-Wind NIMBYs
Environmental Defence has a nice take-down of John LaForet and the gang at Wind Concerns Ontario. Below is my favourite bit, because it answers a question that has bothered me for awhile:A big part of the anti-wind activists’ argument regarding viabi…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Gas Prices Are Too Low
Everyone loves to talk about gas prices, but few can agree what to do about them. Pointless boycotts of local stations have no real impact on the price of gasoline because they are very temporary and not widespread despite organizing attempts on the Internet. It’d be almost like trying to control how much water is […]
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Wind-power take-down
Over at The Disaffected Lib you can find a first rate take-down of wind-power opponents, including Progressive Blogger’s own Wind-Concern Ontario. The problem, as Disaffected points out, is the single-mindedness and ill-informedness of the opposition:…
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