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BroadHopper · 12-12-2014, 02:44 PM

What Northern Pass won't tell you is that Hydro Quebec can and will control the cost of the electricity we use. Definitely something we have no control over. Something we really need to think about before relying on foreign energy.

In the past HydroQuebec connected the price of electricity to the market price of a barrel of oil. Oil goes up and electricity goes up. I am not sure if this hold true today.

HydroQuebec did substantial environmental damage in Northern Quebec. There is a National Geographic article in the amount of floodings the dams created. It is a known fact that the floodings had disrupted the caribou migration and cause substantial thinning of the herd. Going 'green' has its drawback. The darling of the green movement, the Prius, has a larger carbon footprint than a Ford truck!

The folks in Groton may have seen a reduction in the town property tax because of the wind farm, but they found out they had to pay out more to the state for education and they also have to pay out more to the county. This was after the fact so the folks are having second thoughts.

The folks in Dixville NH are welcoming the addition of a mega ski resort to upgrade the Balsam Resort, but it may not happen because they allowed a wind farm along the very ridge of the current resort! You can't have it all!

12-12-2014, 02:44 PM	#26
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,589 Thanks: 3,230 Thanked 1,107 Times in 797 Posts	Price of electricity. What Northern Pass won't tell you is that Hydro Quebec can and will control the cost of the electricity we use. Definitely something we have no control over. Something we really need to think about before relying on foreign energy. In the past HydroQuebec connected the price of electricity to the market price of a barrel of oil. Oil goes up and electricity goes up. I am not sure if this hold true today. HydroQuebec did substantial environmental damage in Northern Quebec. There is a National Geographic article in the amount of floodings the dams created. It is a known fact that the floodings had disrupted the caribou migration and cause substantial thinning of the herd. Going 'green' has its drawback. The darling of the green movement, the Prius, has a larger carbon footprint than a Ford truck! The folks in Groton may have seen a reduction in the town property tax because of the wind farm, but they found out they had to pay out more to the state for education and they also have to pay out more to the county. This was after the fact so the folks are having second thoughts. The folks in Dixville NH are welcoming the addition of a mega ski resort to upgrade the Balsam Resort, but it may not happen because they allowed a wind farm along the very ridge of the current resort! You can't have it all! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.