send a letter to all federal leaders to not subsidize new ON nukes
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Steev Morgan
Jun 4, 2009, 9:15:22 PM6/4/09
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Angela Bischoff sent a message to the members of Ontario's Green Future.
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Subject: send a letter to all federal leaders to not subsidize new ON nukes
Recently, the Government of Ontario received the price bids from the three companies that want to build two new nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Station. According to the Globe and Mail, Energy Minister George Smitherman had “sticker shock” when he saw the prices being quoted.
As a result, the McGuinty Government is now asking the federal government to subsidize the construction of new reactors for Ontario. This doesn’t make sense for a number of reasons.
· First, if you want to create a culture of conservation, you shouldn’t subsidize the cost of electricity supply.
· Second, according to a new Ontario Clean Air Alliance report, Powerful Options, Ontario’s electricity needs can be met at a much lower cost with an integrated combination of energy conservation and efficiency, wind power, natural gas-fired combined heat and power and hydro-electric imports from Quebec and Labrador.
· Third, shifting subsidies from one set of taxpayers to another is just a way of hiding the fact that nuclear is not economically competitive.
Please contact Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of Canada’s other federal parties and tell them that you don’t want your tax dollars used to subsidize new high-cost nuclear reactors for Ontario.
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Thank you!
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Subject: send a letter to all federal leaders to not subsidize new ON nukes
Recently, the Government of Ontario received the price bids from the three companies that want to build two new nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Station. According to the Globe and Mail, Energy Minister George Smitherman had “sticker shock” when he saw the prices being quoted.
As a result, the McGuinty Government is now asking the federal government to subsidize the construction of new reactors for Ontario. This doesn’t make sense for a number of reasons.
· First, if you want to create a culture of conservation, you shouldn’t subsidize the cost of electricity supply.
· Second, according to a new Ontario Clean Air Alliance report, Powerful Options, Ontario’s electricity needs can be met at a much lower cost with an integrated combination of energy conservation and efficiency, wind power, natural gas-fired combined heat and power and hydro-electric imports from Quebec and Labrador.
· Third, shifting subsidies from one set of taxpayers to another is just a way of hiding the fact that nuclear is not economically competitive.
Please contact Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of Canada’s other federal parties and tell them that you don’t want your tax dollars used to subsidize new high-cost nuclear reactors for Ontario.
Click here to send your message: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.cleanairalliance.org/send_a_message
Thank you!
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