Wednesday’s letters: Cold snap shows false promise of green energy

This cold spell clearly demonstrates the folly and false promise of renewables. The AESO stats at 7 a.m. Jan 13, (-36C) are: Load 10.8 gigawatts (GW); gas at 8.8 GW, hydro at .2 GW, storage at 0, solar at 0, wind at .2 GW, coal at .8, other at .8 GW.  Wind and solar have an installed capacity of about 6 GW but .2 is all it is contributing Read More