Is it possible that the Canadian power generating stations are at least partially owned by Americans....or Brits or Dutch for that matter? Just because the plant is in Canada doesn't mean that its ownership is completely Canadian. It seems to me that the very important trade between Canada and the U.S. goes both ways to the benefit of both Canadians and Americans! Anthony '89 syncro GL (Hidalgo) KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: If Canada were to stop exporting its electricity to the US, then more of that electricity could be used domestically to power electric vehicles. On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:18 PM, Greg Potts wrote: > We do > have wind, hydro-electric and nuclear power generating here but since > all of that output is already spoken for the reality is that an > electric Vanagon in Toronto is in actuality fueled by coal burned in > Nanticoke On, or Ohio.
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