Category Archives: Energy

Pushing wind

Posted on January 5, 2001 by Other News Sources

(January 5, 2001) I am writing to correct some false assertions you made in a recent editorial (Tilting at Windmills, Jan. 2). Continue reading →

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2) Not in a free market world

Posted on December 28, 2000 by Other News Sources

(December 28, 2000) In my last column which dealt with nuclear power’s inability to respond to another OPEC oil crisis, I made one central point: Nuclear power plants take too many years to plan and build, and are, in any event, too prone to system- wide failure to be part of any sensible defence against a third OPEC oil crisis. Continue reading →

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1) Nuclear power has a future

Posted on December 28, 2000 by Other News Sources

(December 28, 2000) Anti-nuclear activist Larry Solomon needs to update, correct and clarify his statements (Nuclear Power No Defence Against a New Oil Crisis, Dec. 19). Continue reading →

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Nuclear power no defence against a new oil crisis

Posted on December 19, 2000 by Other News Sources

(December 19, 2000) After Egypt and Syria invaded Israel in October, 1973, to start the Yom Kippur War, the Arab oil-exporting nations punished the West for its support of Israel by slashing oil production and raising oil prices. Western governments, seeking energy independence, hastened their plans to adopt nuclear power, which they universally saw as the fuel of the future. Continue reading →

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CD Howe Institute Roundtable discussion

Posted on September 12, 1994 by Other News Sources

(September 12, 1994) Thank you for inviting me to this Roundtable discussion, and for giving me the opportunity to discuss why Ontario Hydro should be broken up and privatized to create a competitive electricity sector. Continue reading →

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