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Re: Global Warming -

Submitted by athena on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:59.

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Would we pay more for electricity produced from coal and less for wind generated power? If it's all averaged for the consumer and subsidized the way it is now, the individual will have little motivation to conserve.

Waste Management is a US company that is just setting up a local generating plant using methane from a local dump. It will cost $10 million to set up and will produce 6.5 megawatts (enough for 6400 homes) for 10 years.

Waste Management gets paid 11 cent/kwh from Ontario Hydro and consumers buy it for 4.3 cents/kwh. (regulated retail price) and make up the difference with their taxes. The Mericans get paid $62,634,000 over ten years.

If we had to pay the 11 cent /kwh for our electricity there would be a strong incentive for 6400 homeowners to invest $1562.50 each for a $10 million plant and get free energy for 10 years.

That delivery-ownership-management-banking-political-corruption-graft-overhead sure drives the price up!

 

 

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