NIMBY65 April 14, 20091

I used to love kayaking, beach combing and hiking in the bluffs. But that was before I became 'green' like Dalton. Now I am all about ditching my hiking boots, my mtn bike and my little boat and watching my 52inch LCD TV. I'll be using up my 2000 watts a day playing video games and watching those great nature shows on Nat Geo. I agree with McGuinty and Smitherman. We need watts for all our stuff people!! If you want a real natural high, just save up your carbon credits and fly to a city that chose not to take a dump on its most pristine natural feature. That's what I'm gonna do. The Earth rocks!

P88 April 15, 20092

Build the windfarm.

People need to get over their precious, stupid, ignorant NIMBY selves.

Laforet: “If Hydro can’t even organize a simple community meeting, how can they be expected to manage a project of this scale?”

What a ludicrous meaningless comment.

And the 200 watt challenge is ridiculous for countries with winters like Canada or Scandinavia.

Maurynna April 15, 20093

I still don't understand the people like Laforet - Toronto Hydro has tried to engage them already 3 time, and all they do is show up and yell. Hydro has been giving them answers, just not ones they like. If they would just calm down and have a civilized discussion, I'm sure things would have gone better. All of this angst may be for nothing if the wind resource assessment finds there isn't enough wind. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill!

As to the 2000 watt challenge, not all of your household wattage is taken up by heat - many of our homes are heated by natural gas, so cold winters are not necessarily an excuse. I would expect that Scandinavian countries still use less wattage than we do in North America. Turn down your a/c, hang your laundry to dry in the summer, turn off your lights, get rid of the 30-year old beer fridge in your basement, unplug appliances when not in use - there are hundreds of easy little things you can do that will reduce how much electricity you use on a daily basis. While we may not get down to 2000 watts, I'm positive we can come down from 12,000. Consider this: most European homes don't even have a dryer, just a washer!