Quote:
Originally Posted by Riverman
ALL "green" power is like this, it can't exist without massive subsidies. Same with ethanol production. Truly there is nothing green about any of it. Thank goodness we have a federal government that recognizes this.
|
yeah cutting green energy funding and replacing it with more investment in antiquated energy sources is visionary leadership....the rest of the world seems to make green energy work.
the conservatives are huge supporters of ethanol....and pretty much any other half-assed environmental strategy that keeps the money flowing into alberta.....'clean' coal technology, oil sands carbon capture technologies....ethanol...all lipstick on a very dirty pig.
Canada Keeps Ethanol Subsidies
The Conservative Government has been a strong supporter of the use of biofuels, particularly Ethanol, which is produced from corn. In the 2007 budget the Conservatives introduced a $2 billion subsidy for biofuels, most of which went to the ethanol industry. The Conservatives also amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to require refiners to add 5% ethanol to their gasoline.
http://forourgrandchildren.ca/?p=952
Ethanol subsidies won by corporate lobbyists
http://www.harperindex.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00151
and lookey here, they even support wind farms...i wonder how oil is connected to it.
Harper Government Funds Nova Scotia Clean-Energy Wind Farm
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/harper...arm-2011-03-02