To stop or even reduce green…

To stop or even reduce green energy projects will have long-term implications. I cringe if I think that we haven't yet fully paid for the construction of nuclear power plants built decades ago and are borrowing many billions more to restore those plants. On top of this there is still no solution for the disposal of high level radioactive materials that will have to be stored safely for many 10s of thousands of years to become harmless. Nuclear power plants have only produced electric power for about 60 years. Then add the cost of decommissioning nuclear power plants, which will cost many times the original construction cost. Politicians must start to think way past the next election and plan for a longer term future. This cannot go on the way it does now. Producing energy using renewable resources must be included with an eye on the long-term future. I do not want to leave sorting out this problem to my grandchildren.

There are already three long-distance high tension power transmission lines coming out of Bruce. If green power, such as solar, is not produced locally, how many more of these expensive lines will be needed as the population in major centres, such as Toronto, continues to grow? Just as the demand for air conditioning in summer is greatest, solar power fits perfectly into the mix to supply the peak demand locally without the need for more transmission lines with it's inherant line losses. Please take politics out and insert science into the decision making process. We don't need more politics, we need long-term solutions.

We must do better, it's 2016 after all.

Hartmut Kayser

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