This country is being run by crazy people.
A Globe commentor notes “[The Globe And Mail] is so excited about this story they have linked to it on their homepage in two separate categories.”
This country is being run by crazy people.
A Globe commentor notes “[The Globe And Mail] is so excited about this story they have linked to it on their homepage in two separate categories.”
In the photo, I count 15 windmills. Assuming they each generate 1MW each (which I doubt) and they work obnly 20% of the time at rated output, and they are being paid $0.42 per kilowatthour, which is ten (10) times the cost of electricity, then these beasts are nothing more than subsidy farms. They are not economical, even, I suspect, in energy terms.
Fraud!
I suggest, for the most efficient energy source, we use Plasco technology to generate energy from enviromentalists.
We know they agree that their very existance is inimical to planet Earth. They will gladly volunteer for the gas ovens.
Since Steady Eddie took over from Ralph, the Pembina and Parkland institutes have been running the province. Other than the Institute for Policy Alternatives, you won’t find a more far left group of moonbats on the planet.
So it was no surprise that the provincial government put the far-left screws to Syncrude.
I’m a scuba diver who dives the St. Lawrence river. Effing duck shit every where. It’s a biological hazard. People in Cornwall and Montreal drink this water.
It wouldn’t exist if the ducks weren’t effing protected. Duck would be a gastronomic normality in Eastern Ontario and the waters would be clean.
Mike, The Pembina Institute is a Liberal shill. The members should be fed to the ducks and then we eat the ducks. At least, then, the members of the Pembina Institute will serve some purpose.
Now, Mike, you may think this is long-winded. Why not just directly eat the members of the Pembina Institute, rather than feed them to ducks?
My reply to such a suggestion would be along the lines of: “I applaud you zeal but not your methods” 🙂
we canna eat the members of the pembina institute directly for they are a greasy lot. not taken to bathing and very ‘airy in their birkenstock shod legs and nether parts.
meshuggah : RANT @ 12:48: “I always think of this in the sense of darwinism….the ducks were dumb enough to fly into what turned out to be their death, while many other ducks didn’t….c’est la vie….”.
Yeah, a very good point, but in the immutable words of Cliffy Claven to his sidekick Norm, consider this:
“Well, you see Norm, its like this…a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back of the herd that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the killing of its weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beer”.
Don’t newspapers destroy bird habitat (i.e. trees)? If so, the G&M is guilty of mass murdering birds on an epic scale.
I agree that bird deaths can be caused by many agents. Some we pursue some we do not based on optics and politics.
I personally do not blame Syncrude. However, it is tough to feel sympathetic for a group of oil companies that jack up the price at the pumps 15 cents and have that occur simutaneously at nearly a hundred gas stations in the region in the context of a dropping world oil price. Sorry if I do not shed too many tears.
I believe Exxon , the worlds largest private oil company , makes 3% of the world production.
monopolies are presently only a government commodity.
I believe Exxon , the worlds largest private oil company , makes 3% of the world production.
monopolies are presently only a government commodity.
NIMBY’s beware, McGuinty’s edict coming soon:
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/585591
John Luft,
Is it accurate to say that it is a fact that batteries explode and kill people? Because they do, but at such a terribly low ratio that it really isn’t necessary to even note that it does. Batteries _used_ to be more volatile, but they’ve improved. This is the case with wind power. Old models kill birds, new ones don’t, or kill such a small number of birds to be ridiculous to even bother mentioning it.
Gee Bar,
I hope you didn’t hurt yourself with all that hand waving…..wow…
It now appears evident that Superstore, Safeway, and IGA stores are being charged with murder for selling cow butts, legs, and breast milk to people.
Could not the birds be used as meat, for those morons who eat it?
“When I first moved to Alberta in the mid 70’s, the hawk population was at an all-time low. We had a blast hunting gophers. I remember shooting over 100 a day on several occasions. We’d buy 22 shells by the case. Farmers used to invite us onto their land.” –dp
Try that with annoying humans some time. There are equal number of them. Personally, I enjoy hunting human hunters, the ultimate challenge – since humans are harder to hunt than gophers, but humans are twice as annoying and deserve it.