Question for SK

[chuckChuck]

Coal is the past, just like Moe and Smith who want to protect the old jobs and economy at the expense of diversifying to future jobs and prosperity.

Moe now knows nuclear is a long way off and very expensive. So lets just keep aging coal plants.

Alberta built lots of gas plants and renewables a way ahead of schedule. They now have several new gas plants that cover needs and are at least 50% cleaner when it comes to emmissions.

We are still going to need fossil fuels for some time. Oil will be available for petro chemicals and other uses. Gas is a decent option for the interim because it allows for flexibilty with more renewables.

Build enough renewables at a much lower cost. Back them up with hydro and gas and strong connections to other provinces and you can reduce emissions and keep costs down.

But Alberta and Saskatchewan are laggards and using all kinds of excuses that it can't be done.

[goalieguy847]

This is excellent. The small nuclear reactor bit.. not the coal thing. Burning coal is dumb. Its bad for everyone except for the company selling it.

my grandparents burnt coal in the house we live in now. They went away from it in the 40s because it was, and i quote, " dirty as shit".

Nuclear.
natural gas.

Solar. Hydro. Etc etc. So many better sources.
but.. whatever to make a buck i suppose.

Big question is.. will it make electricity cheaper?

( it wont)

Just lIke the genesis plant or a local urea plant wont bring down fertilizer price.
so.. under the guise of jobs.
may as well burn coal like my grandparents did.... 100 yrs ago.

Real smart.
i get.. i do. Because of the situation we are in..
westmoreland coal. Same.company thats filed for bankruptcy 3 times in the .u.s.a and has cut benefits of almost 400 million $$ to retired workers?
same one thats been lobbying the alberta govt on the definition of " open pit " mining?



Same one?

Yeah. What a Huge win for sask..
Yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!

Get bent.

honestly.

[blackpowder]

And really at the end of the day, you Upper Canada Loyalists see a one way street. Us buying from you.

[blackpowder]

The ENERGY Corridor that Carney talks about in Canada.... Should mean clean Hydro from Manitoba,B.C and Quebec. Here in Sask we need more Electricity and Manitoba has LOTS.
Instead of investing BILLIONS on small nuclear plants that wont be here for 30 years get talking to Manitoba. But no these idiots want to go back to the 1800's and extend coal

Balance my friend, oohsah...
It's terrible that you were picked on in school but we're adults now.
I've done a little coal coring from Obed Mountain to Bienfait SK. My uncle, from Coal Valley to Grande Cache to Elkford to Campbell River to Minot.
Although some coal plants were purposely past their prime, why shut a resource in before you have a replacement. Yes, gas. Which we can sell, lignite not so easily.
If we apply the same decision making process, when gas is gone we will truly be in the dark.
Hydro from QC wouldn't be impossible I suppose, but the transmission distance compared to NY seems an obstacle.
We allowed our coal plants to obscelesce. We married all gas.
And we sat in the mud.
Your bestie Chuck keeps touting US stats. Selectively ignoring stable long term investments in base load sources. ND and TX did not.
Nuke is a long term dream, hydro a smoke dream, gas is finite and provides export cash flow.
So flip the game board because you're losing? Is that why we legalized pot?
Get your hydro done for sure, but what are you exporting for cash in the meantime.
And just maybe, someday, where half the world's population is still forced to use coal, they'll come up with new tech out of necessity, we sure as hell won't. If we're even around.

[furrowtickler]

Word has it the Sask government is working on a massive plan for small nuclear modules all through northern Sask with First Nations
Its the only viable long term plan , fuel supply under their feet and if they can work out a partnership it will greatly benefit all of the northern communities for decades
solar and wind are useless in the northern communities as a viable , reliable source in one of the coldest winter climates on earth south of the arctic.
Its time to do the right thing

[furrowtickler]

What’s clean about a hydro ?
sure once set up after a massive environmental impact , massive carbon footprint to build , lost productive land for generations.
Yes a few positive things and decent 24/7 energy after the fact
Far far better than wind or solar , which are just feel good green temporary projects .
But Like all leftists you only point out part of the picture to keep the green dream alive

[TSIPP]

While we after Notley, seal off a useable resource to burn a sellable resource, at retail, to stay warm with no real plans for nuclear yet.
Good for SK!
Guess we're waiting for QC and BC to "give" us hydro.....

We’re here for you buddy, next cold snap and you’ll have lots of coal electricity!

[furrowtickler]

The ENERGY Corridor that Carney talks about in Canada.... Should mean clean Hydro from Manitoba,B.C and Quebec. Here in Sask we need more Electricity and Manitoba has LOTS.
Instead of investing BILLIONS on small nuclear plants that wont be here for 30 years get talking to Manitoba. But no these idiots want to go back to the 1800's and extend coal

Go ahead , try to build another hydro dam in Sask , good luck .
First Nations will make it completely infeasible and it will not even make it to a feasibility study
man some of you are totaly stunned

[TSIPP]

Ratsass why don’t you just come out of the closet and tell us you’re loving the NDP….

[rastafarian]

The ENERGY Corridor that Carney talks about in Canada.... Should mean clean Hydro from Manitoba,B.C and Quebec. Here in Sask we need more Electricity and Manitoba has LOTS.
Instead of investing BILLIONS on small nuclear plants that wont be here for 30 years get talking to Manitoba. But no these idiots want to go back to the 1800's and extend coal