tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post6647888940883590687..comments2023-10-25T07:29:40.789-02:30Comments on UNCLE GNARLEY: THE WAY FORWARD A FISCAL DUST CATCHERDes Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566013585647491614noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-28283190224748677232016-11-15T12:36:19.847-03:302016-11-15T12:36:19.847-03:30Funny how the pics used in the document are of rur...Funny how the pics used in the document are of rural newfoundland, the same rural newfoundland the present and all past governments had a hand in destroying. Ironic...this document is just job creation for a bunch of ad executives. So sick of this place and our leaders. :( Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-73115277502247187152016-11-15T01:54:05.687-03:302016-11-15T01:54:05.687-03:30This is the creation of a handful of PR types with...<b>This is the creation of a handful of PR types with access to Tourism’s glossy photographs. </b><br /><br />You noticed, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-242939043249307992016-11-14T19:42:51.330-03:302016-11-14T19:42:51.330-03:30Well put Anon. Don't forget that if the spur f...Well put Anon. Don't forget that if the spur fails it will be 15 billion (18 is more likely now) with nothing to show for it but Danny's monument high and dry and devastation downstream.<br /><br />Why Nalcor continues to be allowed a free hand without scrutiny is astounding given the stakes. <br /><br />Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-38076117638195479402016-11-14T19:34:10.835-03:302016-11-14T19:34:10.835-03:30Yes you have Danny Williams your own demagogue, re...Yes you have Danny Williams your own demagogue, remember?<br /><br />He got you into this mess! Want more of the same do you? <br /><br />Your prescription borders on masochism. Bruno Marcocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076165212559914463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-61439109569108792362016-11-14T17:50:27.538-03:302016-11-14T17:50:27.538-03:30Seems the only way to minimise the impact on the a...Seems the only way to minimise the impact on the average consumer is to actually stop the project: put it ON ICE as recently suggested on Uncle Gnarley. Then assess if even the transmission line is worthwhile, given the reduction in our energy needs going forward, and the cost of energy improvements for our housing to reduce energy needs further. If we have wasted 7 billion , why waste 15.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-72154448538461998572016-11-14T16:18:27.780-03:302016-11-14T16:18:27.780-03:30First, I am struck by the convoluted and impenetra...First, I am struck by the convoluted and impenetrable language/jargon used by the report's authors, as reported here and elsewhere. Second, there seems to be no adequate confrontation with the Muskrat Falls issue. If the project cannot be stopped, it has to be managed in such a way as to minimize its impact on the average consumer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-73794638105441910512016-11-14T13:09:53.488-03:302016-11-14T13:09:53.488-03:30We are doomed...
There is no small irony that de...We are doomed... <br /><br />There is no small irony that despite his nationalistic trite, Danny Williams greatest legacy will be implementing the unsustainable increases in government spending which will force us to go begging to Canada. <br /><br />DW was a disaster as a premier. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-3176804869573074062016-11-14T12:26:34.827-03:302016-11-14T12:26:34.827-03:30I too have wondered how the 'Way Forward' ...I too have wondered how the 'Way Forward' trite addresses this issue. We have not yet scratched the surface of the misery we are facing. What sane businessman would want to pay the pending increased operating costs for electricity. His only solution - layoffs or move. The dire economic snowball picks up speed & people will cry for a pay rise to cope. And what about all those street lights? Will my property taxes increase on top of all the other taxes? Government here seems to think the taxpayer well is self filling. Fools. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-9993135430762160042016-11-14T10:49:20.309-03:302016-11-14T10:49:20.309-03:30On the eve of his termination as Consumer Advocate...On the eve of his termination as Consumer Advocate, Tom Johnson filed his report on the Nfld Power Rate Application. He stated that both Nfld Power and Nfld Hydro had failed in their energy Conservation Plan. Johnson called for targets to be set, and customer incentives. While he was right on their failure of the Conservation Plan,his last minute conversion got no traction with the power companies or the PUB. And serious conservation and efficiency it is inconsistent with the boondoggle Muskrat, which Johnson endorsed. Furthermore, targets being set is little more than PR if there is no consequence to not meeting the targets.<br /> In Ontario, the Minister of Natural Resources issues a Mandate ordering the power companies to reduce Peak Demand on the system. Here we just keep buying more gas turbines and building boondoggles.<br /> Recently we lost our only ice cream manufacturer, with a loss of nearly 200 good paying jobs. I had wondered what role future energy costs here might play. For fish plants and ice cream making, freezing equipment use significant energy.<br /> This month issue of the Plumbing and HVAC magazine has a story dealing with industry`s need to use heat recovery opportunities. They highlight the story of heat recovery of processes like pasteurization in a diary. The photo shows the use of the state-of -the -art CO2 heatpump system recently installed in a dairy, which is justified despite having fairly long paybacks.<br /> If these measures are prudent for industry and Peak Damand reduction in other provinces, is it any wonder that we lose industry here when we are on the road to double our energy costs, and the necessity to increase our Peak electricity Demand to justify Muskrat.<br /> What genius is overseeing the fallout of high electricity costs for our industry and manufacturing here. Where has Ball addressed this in his WAY FORWARD. Seems rather backward. Impact on residential customers is one thing. Impact on business and industry is a double wammie.<br /><br />Winston Adams<br /> If these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235138415013046381.post-75883624889149427692016-11-14T10:43:13.943-03:302016-11-14T10:43:13.943-03:30Oh my. Just thinking about the deficit and accumu...Oh my. Just thinking about the deficit and accumulating debt makes me sick to the stomach. Things will only get worse with the crowd in power now. We are saddling our youth with a problem that may have no solution other than bankruptcy...unless radical steps are taken to cut spending. We need a leader who will start cutting spending and doesn't care about what anyone things about him or her...any home grown Donald Trump types out there? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com