It could be dead, Jim.

25 Replies to “It could be dead, Jim.”

1. You say that as if it is a “bad thing”.

2. So Alberta is giving notice they may want to leave….
   Son of a gun. Prez Trump may get his 51 state after all. LOL

   1. Praise the lord and pass the ammo!!!

3. Please for the love of God, let it be dead. Spending 400% on any product is insanity, on an inferior product is lunacy. Have the Spanish taught us anything?

4. Look what happens when reliance is placed on Green energy. Spain went down. Texas went down. We could die if our grid goes down. It will be good for us if this project does not go ahead.

   And there are a half a billion dollars then available that could be used for reliable power like nuclear or gas or even coal.

   Do not make the changes RM of Weyburn.

5. With the amount of materials needed to build a 180 metre tall wind tower and the amount of concrete and rebar needed to anchor it in ground, I doubt there’s anything green and clean with these wind towers. Add in that they usually only manage to produce, at best, around 20% of their rated capacity and have a short lifespan relative to conventional baseload power stations. What a waste of raw materials.

   I suspect that these wind farm companies are in a rush to build in Saskatchewan because Alberta’s new wind and solar farm restrictions and regulations have shut down new builds in Alberta. Saskatchewan needs to have similar regulations and restrictions, for the same reasons as Alberta.

   1. They’re in a rush to build them because they are rent seekers. None of this works without massive ratepayer/taxpayer subsidies. The Chinese build all this crap, sell it to us and use the money to build reliable baseload power to out compete us. They must marvel at the stupidity of the round eyes.

      1. Yep, our political leaders are dumber than rocks.

         1. But apparently not dumber than the aggregate of the electorate.

            1. Are rocks dumber than aggregate?

   2. But…a crooked politician, a corrupt bureaucrat and a crony capitalist stands to get filthy rich off the taxpayers with this boondoggle.

   3. LC, I completely agree. I have been saying similar things for years. The CO2 emissions necessary for the mineral acquisition to build all of this “Net Zero” stuff like vast wind farms, solar farms, transmission lines, EV batteries, etc. would be humongous. If we are supposedly already on the edge of this supposedly CO2- caused “climate emergency” cliff, this huge increase in emissions would surely push us over the cliff.

6. I signed a petition in Weyburn to shut down this infernal project. I couldn’t be happier for my friends there who dread what happened in Assiniboia (the other end of Hwy 13) could happen in Weyburn.
   Driving past that community on my way to Alberta, I passed that wind farm, and it was quite intimidating, downright scary, and a blight on the otherwise picturesque landscape, and I wonder why oh, why would this town allow this blight to take place right on their door-step???
   I was awestruck at the shear size of these bird-killing windmills, and that there were so many of them!!!

   1. yep.
      snuffing out 10,000s birds including migratory and endangered.
      casually dismissed by the likes of the dyke kathleen wynnedfarm whose people merely adjusted the perimeter at the base of the tower when counting the deceased animals.
      THAT ALONE riles me beyond the goofy economics and bizarre engineering.

   2. I was driving on Alberta highway 41 and passed a small wind farm. I counted 17 towers. One the way south there was 3 towers turning. A few days later driving home there were 5 towers turning. What a ridiculously inefficient way to generate power.

      1. With them all turning it is an inefficient and idiotic way to generate power.

         1. I usually compare wind and solar power to owning a crappy car. Every day you have to wonder if the engine will start, how long will the car keep running before stopping and you have no control over the speed during the drive.

7. Good, let it die.

   If only every other wind project was opposed as effectively from the get-go, the moronic, anti-scientific lie of AGW would have damaged Canada far less. Our electrical grid would still be stable, and energy prices would be waaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaay lower.

   1. Absolutely. We’re paying about $0.19/kwhr here in Nova Socialista, bankrupting us while chasing all our good paying industry from the province. Except for Michelin and the latest incarnation of the mill in Port Hawkesbury, they got special deals, courtesy of ratepayers to stay. Dumb squared, i.e. really stupid as in rock hard stupid. Scott Moe should remove all subsidy from wind development, I was going to say moratorium, but that is the same thing.

8. This type of project fits in perfectly with the green net zero globalist subsidy skimming schemes so favoured by Laurentian elites and the World’s Best Economist. After all, life is a carnival and we have Carney Man as our “leader”.

9. At every townhall and commission meeting re solar and wind farms the overarching question should be, “Is this really about the climate?”
   Citizens of those parts of the world where reliance has been placed on wind and solar boondoggles are being forced by grid failures into questioning why they were ever built. Each project proposal should be met with scepticism regarding its justification. Weyburn citizens would be better off, if economic benefit is desired from a “green” project, to build a metal forest which would be far kinder to nature, and then advocate for coal, gas or nuclear power as a kindness to themselves.

10. Well, if it’s alive, it’s not life as we know it. I think people are being a little harsh on Blinky because he has been trying to point out the positive side of this thing. I think he’s done a very good job of getting the project and its merits examined thoroughly and seriously, and the community benefits from that, whatever they decide.

11. If the jobs are that important, why do they have to be different than the ones we already have management and infrastructure for. For instance, there might be something along the lines of a coal mine or maybe even some oil/gas in the area that could provide stable power and jobs.(sarc) Why aren’t we frantically pleading for permission to expand/ enhance that? Why does it always have to be the sparkly beads that get the attention?
    I’m not against these developments as much as it might sound. I don’t care for them but it’s just plain foolish to pour taxpayer money and guarantees into money losing ventures that enrich the multinational corporations that operate them.

12. “It is commonplace for municipalities across Canada to amend bylaws and zoning to accommodate developers and developments.”
    …but for some poor slob who wants to build an outhouse, a guest house or some other outbuilding, well, you’re outta luck.
    Dick the Butcher was right.

13. LC, I completely agree. I have been saying similar things for years. The CO2 emissions necessary for the mineral acquisition to build all of this “Net Zero” stuff like vast wind farms, solar farms, transmission lines, EV batteries, etc. would be humongous. If we are supposedly already on the edge of this supposedly CO2- caused “climate emergency” cliff, this huge increase in emissions would surely push us over the cliff.