[AMNZ]

Clearly we need to have safeguards that insure we can stand on our own. Canada's Prime Minister has demonstrated his willingness to withhold support from the U.S. I am for backing the good Canadian's up any time we can. But, we must be prepared to stand on our own under any circumstances. Look at the global implications, militarily, of this failure on our part. Frightening.

[Cdnexpat]

The the US and Canadian power grids are very closely tied, it would be difficult to disentangle them. The peak US demand is in the summer, power for a/c; in Canada it is in the winter, for heating. The utility companies sell their excess power to each other during their off season. To be independent the US and Canada would both have to have a huge surplus of energy that would go unused for a large portion of the year. Not very economical, nor environmentally friendly either as fossil fuel plants are most able to start up and shut down seasonably. This is further complicated by the fact most of the cheap generating capacity and potential lies in the northern reagions of Quebec and Labrador. I wonder if the residents of New York state are starting to regret the fact they shut down the Great Whale hydroelectic project. I guess like most good liberals they see no conection between their choices and the later outcomes of these choices.