Letter: Canadians must stop Trudeau’s climate madness
By Letter to the Editor on November 9, 2021.
Dear editor, We must first understand that what separates our amazing modern world from the Medieval or even the Stone Age is today’s access to reliable, affordable and abundant energy. If that seems like hyperbole, consider that since man walked this earth, we lived in and survived earth’s harsh climate almost like animals until recently. In the last few centuries, what is called the industrial revolution has given an unprecedented leap forward in health, life expectancy and human welfare. And what made the industrial revolution happen was the utilization of coal to power man’s creativity. For the first time in human history we tapped into a reliable and concentrated energy source that changed all the rules. Since that time, we have discovered oil and natural gas which are similar high-density energy sources. As the name suggests, fossil fuels provide today’s world with an unrivalled energy resource that was captured by living organisms from the sun millions of years ago. Organic power! Use of fossil fuels also made possible the creation of nuclear and scalable hydropower, all of which, provide more than 90% of the world’s energy supply today. Let’s now look at wind and solar attempts to provide alternative power. Over time, both typically provide a small fraction of their claimed output capacity and require backup from traditional sources because of their erratic, unpredictable performance. They can best be described as parasites on any electrical grid to which they are connected. Not surprisingly, after decades and hundreds of billions of taxpayer subsidies, these two ugly, environment-threatening alternatives still provide less than 3% of the world supply. In other words, there is simply no viable alternative to our traditional sources of energy at this time. Now we see our Prime Minister strutting up to the Glasgow stage to effectively commit the lowly citizens of this cold country to energy poverty going forward. He appears to have absolutely no understanding of energy systems. For him, what matters is to be able to wear a halo among his cocktail set. When keeping the lights on in our homes, hospitals and industry is seriously threatened by government mandate we have to respond. It is no exaggeration to call this latest government absurdity what it is, climate madness! Lynn Thacker Bow Island 8-7
I wonder if this ignorant senior could prove in court that our oil executives and Trudeau are liars when they are the ones wanting to do something about our pollution problem and what global warming is doing to us, would he like to try? Lawyers tell us he wouldn’t stand a chance, you can’t fight true facts with just plain stupidity, want to try?
The fact that he doesn’t give a damn about our children, and grandchildren’s futures, when they do care, just proves what a fool he is. Hurling sarcastic comments at a student for trying to do something about the mess we are in is just plain stupid.
Ignoring the facts and believing every lie this phoney conservative , Reformer, in Jason Kenney for feeds him doesn’t make him look very smart and with the vast majority of Albertans wanting Kenney kicked out and Notley re-elected it isn’t surprising that the true conservatives are calling him a traitor, wouldn’t you?
For those of you that are dumb enough to believe the ignorance displayed by Thacker I would suggest you google and read what Shell Canada , Town of Devon and the Travers Solar Power projects are doing for the people of Alberta , instead of believing the lies these phoney conservatives have been feeding you.