Comment: People in Canada do not want uranium mining or nuclear power! Is that the reason for Canada to come south to take America's uranium? Canada, we are not welcoming your uranium mining, we do not want uranium mining in Virginia or anywhere else in America!July 03, 2009
Re:Nuclear delay called risky,
July 1
Several assumptions need to be corrected. Canada's energy mix is 59.8 per cent hydro, 16.1 per cent coal, 11.6 per cent nuclear, 6.7 per cent oil, 4.9 per cent natural gas and 0.9 per cent renewables.
Hydro will continue to produce the same amount of electricity every year; however its proportion of the energy mix will decline due to net increases in demand. Wind generates power 30 per cent of the time, solar 20 per cent and other renewables 30 to 50 per cent.
Replacing all nuclear and fossil fuel energy sources with renewables by 2040 would result in this mix: 47.2 per cent hydro; 13.8 per cent wind; 7.2 per cent solar; 5.5 per cent tidal/wave; 23.1 per cent geothermal; 3.2 per cent other renewables, such as biomass and waste water.
This is a manageable expectation, especially in Ontario where we have made a commitment through the Green Energy Act. The GTA has made significant progress in both renewable sources of energy and energy conservation.
Renewable energy is clean, safe and cost effective. The same cannot be said about nuclear.
Uranium mining is not clean; the transport of radioactive materials is hazardous; waste management solutions do not ensure safety; and nuclear weapons proliferation is a serious threat.
Amy Collard, Natural Resources Critic, Green Party of Canada
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/660100
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