Posted on 01/11/2021 8:56:01 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
If you’re looking for an example of green and clean energy policy in action, let’s take a walk around British Columbia’s massive $10-12-billion hydro dam project. Officially described as the “Site C Clean Energy Project” by its developer, B.C. Hydro, the project on the Peace River — some 1,185 kilometres by flying crow north of downtown Vancouver — is unfortunately a little messy and unstable at the moment, so watch your footing, and your wallet.
Under foot, according to Premier John Horgan, “there is instability on one of the banks of the river.” Early last year B.C. Hydro identified “structural weaknesses” in the project, which has been under construction since 2015. Site C is also said to suffer from “weak foundations.” Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer recently reported that new information on the precariousness of the project, structurally and financially, continues to beg the question: Should Site C be killed and the $6-billion already sunk into it be abandoned?
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Well, we’ve already had the Solyndra rip off, which made Al Bore millions richer.
I thought hydroelectric was out, since it disturbed the harmony of the salmon.
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Every leftist, anti everything group from Boston, NY, etc., will stop any hydro project.
Hydro power like nuclear lasts for 60+ year’s putting out cheap reliable power for decades. Hoover dam is approaching 90 years old it will be providing power and water for well over a century. In addition to providing freshwater supplies and recreation values along with flood control. Dams are by FAR the best bang for the buck when it comes to large infrastructure projects. For the above stated reasons. Dams make sense for a lot of reasons the electricity is a sellable by product their other benefits vastly out weigh the power production. The loss of habitat and fish runs can and should be mitigated but is not a showstopper for most locations.
Few things in this world are more profitable than selling things to morons.
My junior high students loved my lesson on the TVA. “It was a huge dam project, it hired a lot of dam workers, it created a lot of dam electricity, used a lot of dam concrete, created a lot of dam lakes, etc. etc.”
Hydro is great.
It’s when politics get involved...
How is Quebec doing? Still selling hydro to the US? Why?
Start a conservative movement...where others are paid for what they provide...pay for Canada’s water, instead of attempting to steal it like Democrats did the last election.
How come if it is green energy we never see the carbon footprint of dam removal here?
I used to do site evaluations for hydro projects in Alaska. Mostly small ones so the village wouldn’t have to run off of a couple of diesel Caterpillar engines for their electricity. Did a couple for huge projects, but those never got too far due to the size and cost.
It’s just another dam. BC hydro (hydro, see) has tons of them. So many dams and so much capacity that it’s main purpose is to export electricity.
BC itself has had “zero emissions” since the 1920’s I think.
The “green” label is just marketing.
CA does not consider dams green.
The real cost of mismanagement and fraud.
If you head south a few hundred miles you had this
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/wpps-municipal-bond-default-whoops.asp
No, BC Hydro is not. It’s up there for generation capacity, but not number of customers, miles of distribution, etc.
Also note that there are whole-country national electric systems, like all of France.
Only US salmon
Great job grabbing their attention!
Of course on the flip side, "Hey dad, my dam teacher taught us about the TVA project today."
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