Canada starting to wise up
From
The London (Ontario) Free Press:
Nuclear way of future, Ontario decides
Six sites, including Tiverton -- home to the giant Bruce nuclear complex -- will be considered for new Ontario nuclear reactors as the province embarks on a controversial strategy to stave off power shortages, sources say.
Another potential site is at Nanticoke, along Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, which already has significant power transmission lines from a massive coal-burning power plant.
Today's expected announcement that Ontario will go nuclear -- costs have been estimated at up to $40 billion -- to solve its energy crunch was foreshadowed by a tough-talking Premier Dalton McGuinty, who said yesterday he's willing to take the risks of a power strategy critics argue breaks an election vow on coal and costs taxpayers billions on nuclear.
Yes, it will cost the taxpayers billions but that is the cost of constructing a new power plant, something that needs to be done anyway whether it is coal or nuclear.
What part of "
zero CO2 emissions" do you have a problem with?
Posted by DaveH at June 15, 2006 10:00 PM