Another reality is that contracts which obligate the sales and purchase of hydro-electric from north of the border, have built-in locks in terms to contract time and costs to the purchaser. And, more, I believe what is produced in Canada from hydro sources may well be a substantial surplus over what is needed for domestic use there. And, just thinking about Hydro-Quebec, anyone interested and able ought to take a trip up there, and look at the magnitude of that engineering marvel and ecologic environmental disaster. There are very real costs involved in most if not all electric energy sources we have available today - some certainly more visible than others. Sam Conant Colchester, Vermont ----- Original Message ----- From: "KIM BRENNAN" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:35 PM Subject: Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
> 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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