Quelle suprise.
Gee, who coulda seen that coming?
Coal fired power plants are already under such draconian environmental controls that their contribution to pollution is negligible
No kidding... you mean when the supply of a product or service is reduced, without an equally priced alternative, the price will rise even when demand stays the same? This is a complete and total shock...
Oh, but the AGW crowd doesn’t really care about pollution in the here and now. They care about the climate a couple of hundred years from now, when everybody will be dead from freezing to death because of no electricity...............
[[An Ontario auditor report noted that between 2003-14, the province eliminated 7,546 MW of electricity generation from coal and added 13,595 MW of new capacity — mostly wind, natural gas and nuclear power.
During that time period, Ontario electricity consumers saw the commodity portion of their bill rise by 80%, the auditor found.]]
80% rise in cost and meanwhile their politicians got rich investing in “green energy” they forced the people that elected them to buy.
They need to tar and feather their politicians.
Not to mention all the jobs it cost.
And not to mention that Brazil, Mexico, China, India and every single 2nd World Economy is going to burn the stuff no matter what.
Obama the tyrant knew exactly what he was doing.
The purpose was to raise rates!
Higher costs also raise the extra fees that are tacked onto your bill to pay for gov’t employee pensions.
bttt
Use LNG as fuel for generating electricity. Very clean burning fuel.
If ever ever ever the jurisdiction you’re in looks like they are even hinting at embarking on a ‘green energy’ plan, conduct some serious research on the Ontario experience. Once the scope of the mess has been compiled, present the findings to persuade whoever that the exact opposite should be done. Ontario has become a total disaster because of incredibly stupid, inept, shortsighted, arrogant and blind energy policy....and it’s not too difficult to see that it is going to get much worse. Here’s a head start on the research with a few links of some great warriors in the fight... http://www.tomadamsenergy.com/ and https://parkergallantenergyperspectivesblog.wordpress.com
Who would have guessed that shutting down an inexpensive source of power would cause a shift to more expensive and thus more polluting sources? Inconceivable!