Get Mad At SaskPower

I don’t know why I’m mad today at SaskPower. It’s not like they’ve gone out of their way to piss me off lately. I simply started thinking about how unjust it is that there are unscientific smear campaigns against wind power, but there aren’t as many well funded groups of citizens spreading FUD about coal plants (Maybe because there are heaps of evidence of death and destruction to throw, Fear Uncertainty and Doubt get left unused.)

By the way, have you heard that living near a coal plant makes you unattractive to the opposite sex?

Anyway, back on track…

Take a look at the “research” done by SaskPower, into solar electricity generation. Their webpage cites a study from 2000. In solar electricity terms, that may as well be a 1998 study talking about the Internet! A year ago I spoke with a senior person at SaskPower who told me they expected solar power installations to be on the market which would break even with coal generation costs, within just 10 years instead of 17 years. Why do they not have that sort of research on their website promoting solar PV installs that could be net metered?

It’s a bloody disgrace, and another reason why Saskatchewan lags behind most of Canada in renewable energy and green jobs.

Fortunately there are people who care, who are dragging SaskPower along with us into the 21st century. It should not take thousands of years to convert the province to renewable energy, but at the current pace that SaskPower is working at, it could not happen earlier! We need more electrical and construction professionals.

Speaking of those sorts of people, if you’re looking for renewable energy professionals, Sound Solar Systems I like to recommend because I know James (and I get a little cut of big installs if my reference is mentioned ;-). There are amazing solar and wind technologies available for purchase today that will get you off off the coal burning treadmill that SaskPower has us hooked on.