tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post3628605980505615826..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: STAN MARSHALL DOUBLES DOWN ON BLUSTERDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-89248839124552151882018-03-05T02:24:13.840-03:302018-03-05T02:24:13.840-03:30Winston,
Are all mini splits created equal or a...Winston, <br /><br />Are all mini splits created equal or are there<br />specific features that one should look for when <br />purchasing one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-53113596734836200612018-02-26T16:43:06.909-03:302018-02-26T16:43:06.909-03:30There is no such thing as NL Power. Why can no one...There is no such thing as NL Power. Why can no one in Newfoundland get this straight?<br /><br />Newfoundland Power.<br /><br />Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.<br /><br />NL stands for Newfoundland and Labrador, NOT Newfoundland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-64023077040557346222018-02-26T14:43:09.530-03:302018-02-26T14:43:09.530-03:30Forward, at what cost, and to what end?Forward, at what cost, and to what end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-43262389130146315182018-02-25T21:06:08.139-03:302018-02-25T21:06:08.139-03:30Stan is a business person and not a politician. W...Stan is a business person and not a politician. Would we prefer a great orator of no substance or a pragmatic business person? There is a fallacy in this province that leaders are these larger than life personalities with the grace and charisma to please and move the masses. In my experience, the great CEOs are often mild mannered and of few words. They are to the point and experts at moving the work along and to a end goal. Most are humble and super listeners and organizers. I know this drives so many nuts, but yes a few hundred thousand a year is absolute peanuts to CEOs of successful mid sized and large corporations. Not a lot of ppl can do it no more than a lot can be a professional athlete or 1 in a million enteratainer. These are the ppl we rely on to take responsibility to keep companies afloat and ppl working. We rely on these ppl to manage and allocate billions in capital properly. These are the ppl responsiblvfor the equities component of the unions, seniors and all working ppl savings. Not everyone can do thesecjobs. And a whole lot of them burn out early under the stress. We have this problems as Newfoundlanders - we don’t want others to be given too much credit and especially not that rich crowd. If we are ever to see the best and brightest take on these jobs, we need to knock it off with the foolishness. I don’t see Stan has pursuing the limelight - he is there to do a job. He is pushing that horrific mess of a project forward. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-85076907926646943472018-02-24T17:52:01.619-03:302018-02-24T17:52:01.619-03:30PENG2, no one considers the Baie Comeau-Goose-Stra...PENG2, no one considers the Baie Comeau-Goose-Straits road and then into Newfoundland (whether by ferry or tunnel) as the alternative to the Maritimes and Gulf route.<br /><br />But when the 138 is finished... everything changes.<br /><br />Look at a map.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-39884784447137703262018-02-24T00:26:33.808-03:302018-02-24T00:26:33.808-03:30PENG2, none of that shows D.W. saying, in 2006, th...PENG2, none of that shows D.W. saying, in 2006, that *Muskrat Falls* was a "go".<br /><br />In fact, well into 2010, the charade continued to be that the "Lower Churchill" would be "developed". The Muskrat-only option was a very late bait-and-switch.<br /><br />Read the 2007 "Energy Plan" BS to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-63102758565712822792018-02-22T17:35:11.492-03:302018-02-22T17:35:11.492-03:30It's called nation building. How many roads an...It's called nation building. How many roads and highways across this island, nation or contenient have been built on a strickly commercial basis. I would suggest very few, but put the infustructure there and people will come use, and conduct their business. Maybe none of the highways in labrador were based orgionally on a commercial basis, but have become very commercial. Maybe we should not have a highway to burgeo, or have connected new world islands to twilingate or the road to the ferry on fogo island. But over the years millions of dollars of fish products have even shipped to market over these roads, but they were built on a strickly commercial basis. Yes, highway 138 for sure, but I am not certain about the tunnel because no comphrenesive re<br />Orr or study is available. Let's see, a proper study first. Lots of roads and highways in this country were built for political reasons, or by nation builders as we might say, and their construction cost has paid for themselves in spades over time. Sometimes we have to think outside the box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-12120313652754464852018-02-22T07:40:42.543-03:302018-02-22T07:40:42.543-03:30Anony @ 22:11:
I am just saying it wont make comm...Anony @ 22:11:<br /><br />I am just saying it wont make commercial sense because its offers no practical savings when conducting business. I put this in the same category of other ideas such as the Anglo-Saxon route or a road network going up the Labrador coast---not viable on their own unless there is another driving factor.<br /><br />So we all understand, the entire BC-BS route is about 1100kms (some 450kms left to build)---close to the same distance from BC to Goose or BS to Lab City.<br /><br />Technically, I would enjoy the challenge---but unless a political decision is made, I don't see how it would proceed.<br /><br />PENG2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72234856806746828982018-02-22T07:28:09.213-03:302018-02-22T07:28:09.213-03:30PF:
1 correction: I have never said I "woul...PF:<br /><br />1 correction: I have never said I "would prefer such minutiae be buried?"---I have no staked in the inquiry except that of a citizen. Infact, 2 things I can say would be shown if you were to check my historical posts<br />1) I have always said that the ToR are find provided LeBlanc uses a wide interpretation; I have never tried to discount that work or it value. Infact I would suggest I was one of the first here to provide some support to LeBlanc and the potential value of the Inquiry---though I have never passed judgement on the Inquiry or the Justice, I believe me and you went over this 1x already?<br />2) I gave reasoning for my stance that the point of no return was when the construction contract were signed,. Even if we consider what Vardy suggested was an amount to remediate Site C (~$2B) adding that to the money spent and committed means that it would have made little sense to stop once construction was in full swing---some would benefit from a good cause/effect analysis of what pausing a project like this actually entails.<br /><br />Also, it would be wise to check out the term sheet as to the definition and results of a default---it is no where near the same scenario as if you cant pay your truck note and the back seizes. you and others should review those conditions before suggesting default as an option.<br /><br />PENG2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-79187353186152618382018-02-21T23:28:15.617-03:302018-02-21T23:28:15.617-03:30PENG2
You also, in your defence of Stan, mention ...PENG2<br />You also, in your defence of Stan, mention spin,which you do not see Stan doing.<br /> Importing small amount of coal fired power, while saying every bit saved in cost helps, which is true as to cost, is nevertheless, a minutiae, and has negative environment effects, not significant, and no difference to Ed Martin promising "gravy" from export sales. So, in my book,it is spin on truth, half truth or less, and misleading. The uniformed public think this is a big deal.....it is not, you know it is not. <br /> As the coal power import is actually a minutiae, it is hypocritical to accuse other of dwelling on small things , while this in itself is a small thing.It provides less power and less security that the 123MW gas turbine at Holyrood, and more pollution.<br />PF<br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-39680114621138436552018-02-21T22:22:01.543-03:302018-02-21T22:22:01.543-03:30I have been saying that for a while..may be better...I have been saying that for a while..may be better to default on the whole shebang, than face the 57 years. And saying that the ball govt. should have had economist and legal bengals working on the alternatives, so we know we are going ..before we go. Maybe some reputable school of economics (not lock) would study our current situation and give us some alternatives. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-27499170756801290612018-02-21T22:11:29.205-03:302018-02-21T22:11:29.205-03:30Lol, guess I am not going to get too many to agree...Lol, guess I am not going to get too many to agree with me, right in the middle of this boondoggle, and can't blame them... It is the old fool me once...etc. But as you said maybe if we didn't have the current boondoggle , maybe some of the 12 $ billion could be used. But only time will tell...what if every second spring a iceberg scoures the sea bed in the straits of belle isle and takes the cables with it, may wish the god we had it in a tunnel then. Or would we finally give up on the boondoggle. But looking forward when the study comes out, hope it is not being done by Eddie, hopefully it is those that have built many tunnels like the Norwegians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-61431538815732447742018-02-21T21:42:30.906-03:302018-02-21T21:42:30.906-03:30No worries Winston, suffice to say there are very ...No worries Winston, suffice to say there are very few who would put much credence in the ideologically-addled blather of a political refugee from NL whose legacy is, oddly enough, inextricably linked to the genus Cucumis sativus.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-30126488585055747202018-02-21T21:37:08.809-03:302018-02-21T21:37:08.809-03:30Not surprised that a well drilled 4400 feet down p...Not surprised that a well drilled 4400 feet down produces water at 174 F.<br /><br />I spent a couple of hours in a mine (close to 2km deep) a few winters ago. You would not believe how hot it is down there. (Mine LaRonde, between Rouyn Noranda and Val d'Or).Ex-Military Engrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209511368820589727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-60623087194553124172018-02-21T21:13:53.310-03:302018-02-21T21:13:53.310-03:30If Nfld voted to join the USA, then yes, Canada wo...If Nfld voted to join the USA, then yes, Canada would say we will connect you with a tunnel.....call it nation building.<br /> Canada might have lost BC to the USA if not for the railway.<br /> But for economics, I agree with PENG2.........not there, not now, unless firm good fixed prices that cannot escalate. Maybe not make enough money to pay the lights and vent system needed for the tunnel. Nice idea, but seems a pipe dream for now. But if we had some of that 12.7 billion back......who knows? <br />WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-51247534522935774182018-02-21T21:02:47.929-03:302018-02-21T21:02:47.929-03:30Cute take on the sunshine phrase, and you have Pec...Cute take on the sunshine phrase, and you have Peckford sized up pretty good. Peckford made us proud standing up to an arrogant, yet intellectually strong Pierre, but the cigar smoke and gold chain must have had some negative effect. He did post one comment I made on his blog, that the Atlantic Accord was not more important that Confederation, so I give him that, whether he left it there?<br /> We need to be a member of a larger and greater country, that Confederation provides, though like the small country we were in the British Empire, little clout, and robbed of our resources, helped by some of our own. <br /> Yes , Peckford , an oil man, oil more important that our fish, or fresh air, or our climate, or our children and grandchildren. Little else matters. Many of the most corrupt countries are oil rich.......and look at what we achieved! <br /> UG........seems not shining Peckford shoes. One up for UG.<br />I seldom read Peckford 42, mostly opinions(not facts) of others, but never miss the Uncle.<br />WAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-35344191237141798782018-02-21T20:41:41.401-03:302018-02-21T20:41:41.401-03:30PENG2 has replied to my posting of Feb 20@11:30 (s...PENG2 has replied to my posting of Feb 20@11:30 (see above for full reply) but in summary he says<br />Putting MF "on track" means to limit the blood letting going forward, but admits that MF cannot be put on track, a bad choice of words.<br /> Agreed, as under Ed Martin to finish would cost billions more, and even longer.<br /> He says 2 groups will we held responsible for MF: Danny Williams et al, and Dwight Ball et al, with PENG2 believing most if not all the blame goes with DW and EM<br /> Agreed most goes to DW and EM , but disagree all goes to them.<br /> PENG2 says it galls him that Paul Davis now suggests that MF should have been halted in 2015. Agreed.....He was a cheerleader and did nothing to stop it.<br /> That once a bucket was in the ground and the ink dried on the contracts , there was no stopping it, no going back.<br /> Disagree. More contracts were signed after, as NS kept tightening the screws. More was given away each time. <br /> A study by the Chicago School of Economics came to the conclusion that in 1934 it would have been better for Nfld to have defaulted than to go with the Commission of Govn, which was designed to protect the British Empire reputation. Almost a decade of poverty and dole and misery, changed only by WW2.<br /> This is again what we now face. Default or threat of default would have forced NS, Ottawa, and bond holders , to take a hair cut , as they say, and share the burden, or face a worse situation, real default. <br /> I have seen private Nfld companies that endured for decades, that got into trouble and filed for bankrupcy, and re-started again, and received credit and carried on. Lesser of the evil , I suggest than stay tied to unconscientable contract conditions.... that ties us to decades of hardship, already taking hold with services in this province. And this just starting. <br />You drown me, you go with me, or together we fix what has been royally screwed up, by, yes , traitors to our fellow citizens, by what some would say are uncaring sociopaths. Or we beg and get a mild bail out from Ottawa, with harsh strings attacked.<br /> That MF is a political failure . Agreed.<br /> That MF is also a engineering failure . Agreed.<br /> That MF as a engineering failure, is not proven, and yet to be decided. Agreed.<br /> That I meld the two: engineering and political failure. Agreed , I do. And that unless the engineering flaws and false assumptions are exposed, by the Inquiry, the enablers, engineering consultants and engineers get off scott free of blame. Such engineers may include Stan Marshall, and Nfld power engineers,perhaps if only by their ommisions and silence, but some co-operations,(colusion) though less so than paid consultants to deliver favourable reports to move sanction forward. Perhaps 6 or a dozen key engineerings aspects that should have never got accepted as reasonable, being unsound engineering practise.<br /> Melt the two , yes, as without the assistance of such engineering skullduggery, this would never have proceeded. They needed engineering consultants and engineers onboard......and so it went down. <br /> Appears PENG2 , and Marshall , and perhaps the DB appointed Leblanc would prefer such minutiae be burried? If so, then save millions; lay blame on DW and EM.......this a known already, no need to inquire into that alone. So, a farce inquiry from day one. <br /> PENG2 admits an engineering failure, so let the Inquiry prove it. Encourage them to prove it. Offer our evidence.<br />PF Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-49259792513281872562018-02-21T19:54:56.971-03:302018-02-21T19:54:56.971-03:30Looking at the website for NALCOR, I cannot find a...Looking at the website for NALCOR, I cannot find anything on Long Term Strategic Planning.<br />Curious. Does the Corporation have a Strategic Planning Organization? What does it say?Robert G Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356463540446993862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-36392034530543446552018-02-21T18:23:18.610-03:302018-02-21T18:23:18.610-03:30Well, it has to do with nation building. If we tak...Well, it has to do with nation building. If we take that attitude, the Rockies would still be a barrier between BC and Alberta. So if the 138 were extended to blanc sablon, and that would be a Ottawa/Quebec thing, nothing to do with us, and it would get done as I mentioned, nation building. And costal Labradors freight would come to BS, to be des tributes up the coast by road or ship. Even if 20 hour drive, from BC to BS and probably shortened with 138 up grade, the competition to nfld would be by sea, ocean x. So how that competition would work out, I don't know, but guess ocean x would say ...nooooo way. But all around our shores the sea has always given way to roads. As for the tunnel itself, guess we are awaiting the ball study. Yes would be a blunder if it said the tunnel would cost one billion and actually doubled or tripled, that would be another muskrat blunder. But if it were completed at assigned cost then can't see how it could be a boondoggle. How much does the st. Barbe ferry cost annually. And hope this would be a Norwegian Annalise and company contracted to do the work, hopefully private enterprise money, not public. Hope the report gives specific detail, as I am no expert on these matters by any means. But given the plans most rational people can use their common scense assessment. It was done with must rat, and most rational people saw it as a boondoggle from the beginning, except those that were blinded by politics or self interest, or in haste to get one up on Quebec. Hope it this case it would be in cooperation with Quebec .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-58754681537477759702018-02-21T17:11:34.497-03:302018-02-21T17:11:34.497-03:30This blog will soon censor me, I being stirred by ...This blog will soon censor me, I being stirred by the Stan Marshall performance, sponsored by MUN's Locke. And I hold off on the latest "Peer Review of the North Spur"<br /> Many readers of this blog now know of 300 percent efficiencies of heating equipment, using outdoor air, or ground source heat low grade heat, 10 to 200 ft down and 30 percent efficienies of coal and oil fired generation plants, losing another 10 percent getting power to you.Power Systems 101.<br /> But what of heat one mile down?<br /> Everyone knows hell is hot, right? And hell is down not up, ask any child, or priest. Oil pumped out is hot, so must be near hell.<br /> Well the Peppermill Hotel at Reno, Neveda, don't go 2000 miles away for energy. Their hot water for pools, resturants, shops, and 2000 rooms comes from a well drilled 4400 feet down. It produces water at 174 F at a rate of 2000 gallons per minute. It has reduced their natural gas consumption by 85 percent. Return on investment : 3.2 years.<br /> This type of energy use is growing world wide. Instead of heatpumps that is often limited to heating water to 130F, 300 percent efficient,(used now in some buildings in Nfld ) this approach gives much higher temperatures. And the source.....less than a mile away, near where the devil lives.<br /> What engineering opportunities lost by 12.7 billion that cannot get payback after 57 years. And APENG not complaining of all this waste! The cost of Hundreds of engineers and trademens jobs, for good projects, for decades, gone ..........enough to make your blood boil, as John Efford might say. And our expertise at MUN?<br /> Well, There once was a guy called Locke........, who proudly crowed like a cock, ....til he ran out of wind, ....and reality sank in, .....and his office prudently locked.<br />WA<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-38828369068456734122018-02-21T16:42:11.953-03:302018-02-21T16:42:11.953-03:30Anony @ 15:00:
A tunnel while novel, will never r...Anony @ 15:00:<br /><br />A tunnel while novel, will never redirect the freight from mainland Canada to Eastern NL (or anywhere else in NL for that matter) through Labrador.<br /><br />The overland route from Baie Comeau to Blanc Sablon is about 20hrs non-stop in good season along a desolate route by pickup; by comparison Baie Comeau to North Sydney is about 10-12hrs and is a significantly easier drive physically/mentally. Also, trucks delivering freight coming up from BC would empty out in Lab City/Goose and then backhaul, they wouldnt take a bit extra on to drive empty to Eastern NL. Trucking power breaks areas up in regions, not doing miscellaneous stops along a longer route--wouldn't even make a lot of sense to divert coastal Labrador traffic via Lab City.<br /><br />Despite what DD promotes, the current system is about as efficient as it can be and will remain, unless we take on another blunder like MF. If the tunnel were proposed and if the 138 were extended along the north shore it would be tourist fodder only, not commercially viable now or then.<br /><br />PENG2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-541868576920361142018-02-21T16:40:54.055-03:302018-02-21T16:40:54.055-03:30So you read Brian's blog, I did too some time ...So you read Brian's blog, I did too some time ago, and posted a few comments, but because I was not in agreement with him, he blocked me. I disagreed mainly with is take on Trumpie, I am always respectful all blog members and try and stay on topic, and on this blog all my comments are published, so I can't be too bad, at least for UG. I even agreed with Brian on his cucumber venture, but after that brief agreement, he blocked me, he said he wanted facts and not opinions. Hoops !!! Nooo... He is not a muskrat man, just an oil man, and the Atlantic accord, and I even gave him credit for that. But think one wrong word with him and he brings down the hammer. Now maybe UG don't want me taking about our Brian either on here, so this may not get by him... But I respect that... At least he won't block me. Nope Brian doesn't believe in wind or sunshine just oil. Except some day the sun will shine, and those who have not sunshine, will be have nots no more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-61415092065314419832018-02-21T15:41:34.473-03:302018-02-21T15:41:34.473-03:30FYI the transmission grid is congested and underca...FYI the transmission grid is congested and undercapacity between Quebec and Nova Scotia. Upgrades mainly through New Brunswick would cost well over $1B. <br />This is cited in documents of Emera executive testimony to the NSUARB hearings for Muskrat approval. <br /><br />Power delivered to Newfoundland from NS in the winter must be generated solely in NS from low efficiency fossil fuel plants. Come on Liberal Stan and tell us it ain't so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-21399294307671511462018-02-21T15:00:59.241-03:302018-02-21T15:00:59.241-03:30Agree with you, and even if the distance from Chur...Agree with you, and even if the distance from Churchill to Boston or St. John's were similar, look at the two markets in terms of customers. A few thousand vs. Millions. And as you said from Churchill through the maritime across Cabot strait to the Avalon, the longest way round for sure. Now how about the tunnel across the belle isle strait. The opponents call it linking Labrador to nfld, not worth it, but the proponents call it linking nfld to the mainland, and I think it is worth it, as many others do. Maybe not ocean x as that is their reason for being, or north Sydney for their reason too. But most of our goods come from Montreal, ask ocean x, and they are efficient, but so would tractor trailers from Montreal to the Avalon and all points in between. But ocean transport could remain if they were competitive with road goods, and would give some completion. As for pab to Sydney, that is in the terms of union, let Ottawa pay for that as the demand required. The st. Barb ferry could go, saving millions. Tourist would increase, come one way and go out the other, as one required, tunnel or pab ferry. Or fly in to St. John's and drive out either way, leave the rented car at either terminal, those coming in through pab, would pick up a rental there and leave it at st. Barbs or St. John's for the next tourist. The west coast and northern peninsula would flourish with shorter tractor trailor routes and tourism. Tourism galore to Labrador from Montreal . And for God' s sake don't anyone mention the north shore road of Quebec, build the bridge (tunnel) and the roads will come to it. That's right think big... Not St. John's airport is the beginning and end of nl, unless you live in airport heights, then you are forgiven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-52518325265653167832018-02-21T14:47:41.982-03:302018-02-21T14:47:41.982-03:30More BS from Peckford blog:
It has to do with spec...More BS from Peckford blog:<br />It has to do with special materials needed for manufacturing wind generators, solar panels cell phones, military applications etc, that the USA must import. So the solution is to open park lands, areas off limits now for mining, and regardless of environmental consequences, a very Trumpian idea.<br /> To bolster the idea, one can easily get the impression(from the article) of the scale of the problem, and picture the USA needing 100 million 1.8 MW wind generators to replace exists power generation.......so where to get the essential minerals?<br /> However a close read says 100 million such wind generators is needed to offset, not the USA power needs, but the world power needs.<br /> Further, not just the power needs for a day, but battery storage for seven days worth of power , assuming the wind stops blowing for 7 days. <br /> Such is the use of statistics to misrepresent a situation. <br />One gets the picture of 100 million large wind turbines needed for the USA, one for every 3 people!<br /> For Nfld , if wind generators are 3 mw ( some are now being designed for 15 MW), then 1750 MW peak load would need 1166 operating at 50 percent average capacity, one for every 441 people, not every 3 people.<br />If we were to charge batteries, say double the quantity , so one for every 220 people. And we need not store for 7 windless days, as 2 windless days is surely a miracle for Nfld.<br /> So the numbers stated , is a 99 percent error of what is practical, at least for Nfld, if we were to worry about shortage of these materials.<br /> Guess Peckford learned nothing from the cucumber affair, and the economics and efficiency of energy needed to grow cucumbers in a Sprung greenhouse here. <br /> As Clyde Wells (who has been silent on Muskrat) stated.......it may be technically possible to grow cucumbers at the North Pole , but is it economic to do so? Back then, he and JC had some guts, long since lost.<br /> Peckford has a certain facial resemblence, and gift of gab, to Joey Smallwood, and worse, similar ability for foolish ideas such such as chocolate bar factories. <br /> That Peckford re-posts such silly ideas ,a statistic, so intentionally distorted to cause a panic.......like Russell at the Telegram saying they did a good job covering all aspects of Muskrat, having published some 3000 letters and opinions..........statistics: Lies and damm lies, as is well known, and as trustworthy as expert witnesses in court, paid for an opinion, and exempt from perjury for such opinions!<br /> On the other hand, Peckford did see flaws with Muskrat, how did that insight happen? <br />Winston AdamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com