Renewable Energy
A recent phenomenon of political correctness and social responsibility of the Liberal Government of Ontario, Canada points out just how ridiculously inefficient the actions of government can be.
In their rush to be environmentally correct, the Liberal government of Ontario brought in a number of the most ridiculous rules and regulations.
One of those regulations was to give incentive to the private sector to build wind farms in order to replace traditional sources of electrical power supply. The taxpayers of Ontario generally pay $0.05 to $0.09 per KWH. The rate used to be much lower, but government IDIOTIC energy policies are costing a fortune and only the taxpayer pays the price. Incentives for solar and wind power gave long term contracts to builders of those facilities of up to $0.82 per KWH. No one seemed to care that you have to build backup coal generation to support these wind turbines.
In other words, if you build one of these horrendously inefficient facilities, you will get paid for the next twenty years as much as FIFTEEN times as much as you should get paid. If the bumbling of the government were not so transparent, this would have been considered one of the worst scandals of our age, but somehow, no-one seems to care. The effect is that every taxpayer is paying enormous hydro bills every month for no logical reason, except the doublespeak of government.
Wind Power
What the government ignored was that wind power is only generated when there is sufficient wind. For every KW of wind power created, it is mandatory to build one additional KW of conventional power as a back up. Otherwise, if the wind doesn’t blow, consumers and industry would have no hydro power. Pretty Basic isn’t it?
In recent months, there has been so much additional power available in Ontario – very substantially more than any government estimates of future need and availability – that the price of this excess power that hydro is forced to sell to other users outside of Ontario but attached to the Ontario grid, is approaching ZERO in certain periods.
This is not a typo. This is what is happening. Ontario is paying providers up to $0.82 per KWH, and selling that power to outsiders for close to zero. And all the while, the bills to taxpayers are constantly increasing.
Please tell me why the voters are so happy with the Liberals. IS THERE SOME SORT OF DOUBLESPEAK going on? Why aren’t the taxpayers trying to lynch the government?
Solar Power
A similar situation now exists with solar power. Germany, the world’s leader in solar power has cut subsidies to solar power manufacturers. Vast quantities of old solar panels that are available are not being sold. Why? Because mankind does what it always does. Technology moves on.
New solar panels are far more efficient than those of last year or two years ago. Manufacturing costs have dropped dramatically. The solar power world in just a few short years has changed dramatically, and it looks like it will change far more in the next few years.
Those installations that the government provided such lucrative incentives for, are all now outdated and outmoded. A COLOSSAL WASTE OF MONEY that only enriches a few select individuals at all of our expense, for the next 20 years.
Why aren’t the voters angry? Apathy and doublespeak. Strange world that we live in.
