Warning-red flag, warning-red flag....
In an article in the Orangeville Banner about the Dufferin DEEP plant the following is pointed out:
When Dufferin’s municipalities first agreed to upload waste management onto the county’s shoulders more than a year ago, they were hoping to receive 12 cents per kWh and charge a $70 to $80 tipping fee per ton.
At this point, it appears Navitus is currently negotiating for 10 cents, but at eight cents, Taylor doesn’t think it will work “without re-jigging the whole thing.”
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1256956--dufferin-faces-a-deep-dilemma
Really?
Wow, good insight.
The only thing that should happen with this DEEP plant is to
DEEP SIX it now, before it costs Dufferin tax payers money and health.
I mean after all, Eddie has a hard time holding on to physicians, where will the people go when they get sick from his pet project?
Perhaps someone in this community more knowledgeable than I can enlighten me as to how to dispose of the waste we produce without burying it or trucking it off somewhere, how we might contribute to the generation of electricity, and perhaps over the course of the next decade, or so, introduce community power so we could have a secure, reliable electricity supply and hopefully some control over its cost. We don't have to sign up for this particular system, there may other more cost effective systems that can do the job.
ReplyDeleteDon't kid yourself. There is no such thing as "community" power. It all goes into one big pot (the "grid") where others decide what will be paid for the power, and what will be charged to the consumer(same goes for wind turbines). The production of such a plant (as with turbines) would exceed the "local" requirements anyway so the electricity is bound for the larger urban areas in the end. Burning garbage to produce the power? I'm not so sure about that. Needs to be more fully studied (including the economics)
ReplyDeleteI am not kidding myself. I am fully aware of to-day's situation. I want to believe there's enough data worldwide re, let's use the term 'thermally processing' waste, burning is a bit yesterday, but when one gets down to it, perhaps burning is all there is.
ReplyDeleteBurning it, gasifying it whatever, it needs to be done, but do it in the community where it is produced. Since when did rural Ontario become the waste site, the source of aggregate and the place to produce "green/expensive" energy for the GTA?
ReplyDeleteMelancthon became a waste site with 15% of our farm land spread with Toronto Sewage Sludge, prior
ReplyDeleteto our Municipality's commitment to a restrictive Bylaw in 2001.We have seen numerous other forms of local 'violation' to benefit the GTA since then.
9:48 ;without Effective leadership and a united community, we can expect more of the same !