Shocking and refreshing, say Estevan mayor and RM reeve about coal-fired power’s possible revival.
The Estevan mayor and RM of Estevan reeve talk about what this means for the community, and are thankful the Saskatchewan government had the spine to take this action.
Six years ago, Jason LeBlanc, now the reeve of the RM of Estevan, was part of a protest convoy to Ottawa. It was protesting the government’s energy policies, including that on coal. He gave a speech in the snow, because police wouldn’t allow them on the broad, cleared sidewalks. This was about six weeks after he went toe-to-toe with Trudeau at a townhall in Regina.
Apparently, sometimes if you fight hard enough, and long enough, you might win
And the mayor, Tony Sernick, has been fighting for years to “save the bass,” because people tend to care more about critters, like fish, than they do jobs for people.
Also, here’s the statement from the Estevan Chamber of commerce.
Estevan Chamber of Commerce on coal-fired power announcement
Oh, and this was just posted on all Premier Scott Moe’s social media:
Our government has provided clear direction to SaskPower that the top priorities for our electricity system going forward will be affordability and reliability. This is what Saskatchewan people have told us they expect.
With these priorities in mind, we are closely considering… pic.twitter.com/BR9KHKZmDp
— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) January 23, 2025
And on Friday at 1 p.m. Bronwyn Eyre and I will be talking to Minister Jeremy Harrison on the Pipeline Online Podcast, digging even deeper into this enormous story.
Unacceptable ideas-1
Trudeau-0
“Let us start with the fact that climate change is real.” Followed by applause by the brainwash university students. ‘Climate change’ is a stupid term for people, who act like sheep, to rally around. I say brainwashed, because if you were born after 1990, everything from cartoons, to school curriculum espoused the ideas of a non-managed climate killing the planet and that a molecule as harmless as CO2 was not healthy, but deadly.
When I heard that applause it reminded me why he won that election.
The brainwashed masses are allowed to vote.
“tax on pollution”
Guess they weren’t science students??
oh look.
the TURDeau gots his yammering device open aaaaaaand theres the mic close by,
very handy for RAMMING IT DOWN HIS GODAM THROAT so’se we’se never have to listen to the lies and platitudes and false promises.
ever.
again.
Does anyone have a more punchable face than Justin Trudeau?
Watched as much of this as I could handle of Turdy on YouTube, then read the comments.
Amazingly this was posted in the YouTube comments 5 years ago !
” I hate to say this, but the incompetence of Ottawa is getting a bit ridiculous to the point it’s becoming a regional security problem. The United States is facing serious future global strategic issues. We simply cannot allow Russia or China to get a foothold in the arctic. The United States will inevitably need to annex everything west of Ontario to the north passage. Our global strategic needs are far too great. The fact that Canada has been living under the United States defense umbrella for over 70 years with very little contribution needs to come to an end. Eastern Canada has been living under the US defense umbrella long enough, and they have been sucking off the teat of Alberta’s oil revenue transfer payments to feed their aging socialist population. Frankly, everyone’s getting a bit fed up with it.
Canada has the worlds largest shoreline, and only 6,000 sailors to defend it. Canada also has the 2nd largest land mass with some of the most important natural resources in the world, yet only 75,000 soldiers to defend it. I’m sorry, but a nation that cannot defend itself is not sovereign. In reality, Canada really hasn’t been truly sovereign for over 70 years. It only exists because of the United States as an over-seeing protector. You all may need to get used to the idea of statehood. ”
SaskAlta must not let this opportunity go to waste. There will be a window coming, and we have to ready to be strong, fearless, and determined to act, in cutting the ties of our abuser, Central and Eastern Canada !
“only 75,000 soldiers to defend it.”
Army? Try 15,000.
NDHQ another 15,000 defending their desks.
serious but rhetorical Q: how BAD do things have to get?
each place overthrow and revolution happen are different, but the common denominator l see is the tipping point is just about where the plebes have NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE. sadly in Canaduh l can see the plebes are so brainwashed and in a way LAZY about the situation it will get to that point where the energy and tools are so sparse OUR ‘uprising’ will be like the old lady trampled by the horses.
and you all know what l mean by that reference.
at which point the ‘takeover’ by globalists is official, and the nation
never
goes
back
to
decency
and
justice.
Now your turn Mrs Smith. Let’s build some big beautiful clean coal plants.
I’m not going to restate my thoughts on coal vs. natgas, hydro or nuclear -but- I’m surprised they haven’t mentioned a couple things about the saskpower coal stations.
1) No mention of Shand power station which is the newest (1990s), is a zero effluent plant and the only one with a cooling tower instead of a cooling water return canal.
2) Both Shand and Poplar River/Coronach power stations were designed to add more units to the power plant. 1 more unit at Shand, 2 more at Coronach. Is it because other structures have been built over the original design site for the additions?
I knew about Shand’s expansion capacity, but not Poplar River. That’s really interesting. You’d have to do serious upgrades to the grid at Poplar to handle another 600 MW. And the water level there has been REALLY low of late. I don’t know if they could handle the cooling.
Here’s something to consider – Maybe they find rebuilding the 150 MW Units 4 and 5 at BD to be uneconomical, in large part because they’re now considered small units. But instead, they build a Unit 2 at Shand with 300 MW? And rebuild the 300 MW at Boundary? The net effect is the same. But the coal mining is now shifting west instead of east, so that adds many mile of driving for each load to Shand.
I might have to muse about this in a column. Thanks.
In theory, poplar river could adopt the same cooling system as Shand. The water is pumped in by a pipeline, continuously recycled in a man made pond system and cooled in a cooling tower. This significantly reduces water needs. Building at Shand and Poplar would seem reasonable.
Yes afaik, poplar river was designed for 2 more units. My foreman explained this to me when I asked about the strange numbering system based on the location of the 2 units.
Personally, I wouldn’t add on to Boundary Dam. The plant is incredibly old and has outlived its useful life. Problems everywhere. Just leave 300MW unit 6 and the CCS unit 3.
As for coal mining. Poplar River brings coal in by rail from nearby mines. Even for lignite, the coal wasn’t great quality. Shand has a large capacity coal storage facility that is fed by coal haul trucks but could be fed by rail, I think. In fact, when the coal mines were building their new drag line near Shand, they put in a temporary rail line to ship in the large components needed to build the drag line.
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did l get that right?
the ‘bass’ mr may or (may not) is trying to ‘protect’ is a transplant species????
that’s a first.
Some of these environmentalists are just retarded. Especially these bass tards!
Brian, I heard that a hydro dam north of Saskatoon on the N Saskatchewan river was once considered.
Any truth to this?
Might this be what you refer to??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Colle_Falls_Hydroelectric_Dam
In the 1970s there was a study that identified numerous hydro dams all along the north and south Sask. I read parts of it a while back. There’s a fundamental problem, something I learned about when I was in engineering college: for hydro to produce power you need a. lots of elevation, or b. lots of volume, but preferably c. all of the above. As we all know, Saskatchewan gets very little water, so we don’t have the volume. But what shocked me about the report was that there’s only a few hundred feet of elevation change from where the North and South Sask Rivers enter the province to where they leave the province near The Pas. And in between, you could literally put Germany. So each of those dams only had around 100 to 150 MW of hydro potential, which were absolutely not worth the effort or expense.
Perhaps. But I thought it was a location further south.