The Saskatchewan Legislature ended its 2022-23 session on Thursday. The very first bill was about keeping the lights on, and the very last debate was also about keeping the lights on. This was the keeping the lights on session.
The Saskatchewan Legislature ended its 2022-23 session on Thursday. The very first bill was about keeping the lights on, and the very last debate was also about keeping the lights on. This was the keeping the lights on session.
“Despite the amendment being defeated, the NDP still supported the overall resolution.”
Heh…I’ll bet they did. They desperately want to separate themselves from their Federal counterparts.
There’s only one reason we find ourselves at the receiving end of Trudeau, Guilbeault and his cadre of environmental apparatchiks and that reason’s name is Jagmeet Singh.
“NDP Leader Carla Beck’s amendment to calling on the government “to make significant investments in renewable power to ensure reliable, affordable, sustainable power and seize the economic opportunity that comes with the green jobs.”
Utter nonsense. As absurd as “net zero”.
Typical NDP. Despite taking a rare common sense approach by supporting the resolution they simply can’t resist throwing their two cents worth in just to reinforce the fact that they are completely out of touch with reality. What the hell is a “green job”? Assembling wind turbines and cleaning up the mess when they self destruct? Clearing snow from solar panels?
It’s actually a very old NPD slogan. When I was senior reporter with the Battlefords News-Optimist 2003-2008, Lorne Calvert frequently spoke of “green, new jobs”
Here’s an example:
“We are steadfast in this pursuit as recently affirmed in our Throne Speech. We dream of a province where no one is left behind on the path to opportunity, a province with an unbreakable social fabric, built on the foundation of diverse and growing communities, in a green and prosperous economy,” Calvert added. “It is to the service of Saskatchewan people we commit all efforts of our government. Ours is a vision sharply focused to fulfill our four-year plan.”
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2006/february/03/calvert-announces-new-cabinet-responsibilities
It was taken up by the Ontario Liberals under scamster Dalton McGuinty. He gave a huge contract to South Korean solar panel maker Samsung. It included enormous guaranteed power purchases at over 50 cents/kWh, first access to the grid, and free grid connections which were to be paid for by the rest of the electricity suppliers to Hydro One. In announcing this deal, McGuinty claimed that it would create thousands of jobs in solar power in Ontario.
He was lying of course. there’s a reason why McSquinty fled to Harvard immediately after he was forced from office in 2013 by the gas plant scandal.
All leftist politicians have been lying about renewable power for at least five decades.
Did the lights stay on or did they go out? Inquiring minds want to know.
So far, so good.
I was reading an article on cbc this morning, here is the federal government’s vision for Saskatchewan:
“Maenz also referenced the Canada Energy Regulator’s model for Saskatchewan’s electrical supply, under which in 2030 Saskatchewan would put 10 per cent of its electrical weight into hydro, 24 per cent into natural gas, 11 per cent into solar and 55 per cent into wind.”
66% of power from intermittent wind and solar to power a modern economy in a place with one of the most extremely cold weather on Earth. Only 34% of ekectricity from reliable baseload power. FFS, the federal government is insane. An energy mix like that only ensures that people freeze to death in the dark, especially if electricity is used for heating, lighting and transportation.
So I tried my hand at Reddit the past few days. Turns out anyone who disagrees with the left wing climate cult on r/Saskatchewan gets voted out of oblivion. Most perfect example of groupthink I’ve ever seen. If you feel like upvoting any of my stuff, the handle is PipelineOnline.
I noted this in one of my posts. And note, this was a day in May, a nice day, not -34 C.
According to SaskPower, on May 21, our total generation was:
Hydro 11%
Wind 5%
Solar negligible
Natural Gas 40%
Coal 39%
Other (small power producers, imports from Manitoba, biomass, etc) 5%.
These are the hard realities, not the fantasies many are dreaming about regarding hitting next zero by 2035. May 21 was a low power usage day – about 800 megawatts less than a cold day in January. And on that day, we would have needed a minimum of 7 small modular reactors, at 300 megawatts and $4-$5 billion each, to replace coal and natural gas.
This site updates at midnight, so you need to look at it Tuesday to see these numbers. They will be different tomorrow. https://www.saskpower.com/Our-Power-Future/Our-Electricity/Electrical-System/Where-Your-Power-Comes-From
Climate change zealots prefer idyllic energy transition models instead of understanding reality. Only nuclear power could get us anywhere near net zero but to build the amount nuclear power needed right now and the near future (4500 to 6500MW) would take decades and billions of dollars. Unless the federal government is going to cough up the billions needed for saskpower to build those nuclear plants, it’s not going to happen.
Agreed, entirely. What makes it even more difficult is that those very same climate change zealots oppose nuclear power ferociously. Canada’s Minister of Global Warming made his entire career as a Greenpeace antinuclear activist in Quebec. The former head of the federal Green Party, Elizabeth May, is nearly incoherent with how much she hates nuclear energy.
Brian forget it. You can’t have a rational debate on Reddit as it is infested with minds that place ideology far, far above common sense. Your karma will go so negative that you can’t post anymore.
Remember the saying “never argue with an idiot because they will beat you with experience.”
I am rapidly coming to that conclusion. It is the closest real-world example of George Orwell’s 1984 groupthink I have ever seen.
After a couple comments, as someone totally new, my karma went negative. I had to join some other groups and say nice things about Ukrainian refugees and finding work in the oilpatch just to get enough karma back to play in r/saskatchewan. This experiment may be ending soon.
It is the duty of provincial governments to not permit their citizens to suffer energy or food shortages. THEIR FIRST DUTY. Tell the feds to go straight to hell.