Natural Gas Up, and So Is Meisner's Dander!

Friday, September 16, 2005 04:00 AM

Have you ever heard when the price of natural gas has gone down in Canada?

We got hit by yet another increase of 13.3 per cent yesterday about $150 to 190 a year to heat your home.

The reason, says the BCUC, is that there has been a heavy demand for our gas south of our 49th. Increased use of natural gas to power turbines to make electrical power for air conditioners was said to be one of the main reasons.

So we bite the bullet in order to buy our own gas coming from supposedly Crown land.

The whole idea doesn’t seem to wash very well.

Does the US then in turn offer us a cheaper rate for the gas because we face a much harsher winter, colder temperatures and we must burn more gas in order to get out there and find more of the stuff for them? Of course not.

Case in point, FT. Nelson where the price just jumped 28%, and if you look around the region you’ll see gas wells everywhere.

There is something wrong with that picture.

Meantime the US lumber coalition is heading to court to try and overturn the NAFTA agreement.

Had we not sold out or Canadian heritage, then perhaps we could say okay folks stuff the NAFTA, you now will pay world prices, but we sold the farm for cheap, very cheap long ago.

I’m Meisner and that is one man’s opinion.

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Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 04:00 AM in Views by Ben Meisner

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Comments

Posted by: acrider54 on September 16 2005 6:23 AM

It's only just started! Just wait till KinderMorgan really takes over.

Posted by: SpeakingOut on September 16 2005 8:39 AM

They actually have the audacity to say "we" have to pay more because "they" need more? Wow.....

Posted by: Opatcho on September 16 2005 9:45 AM

I always thought the more you use a product the overhead goes down and the product becomes less expensive.

Posted by: spanky on September 16 2005 11:19 AM

ya ya ya ya. just set the heat at 5 dgrees and sleep under 10 blankets. nothing a little improvisation can't cure. what about older people on fixed incomes? they will turn the heat down. what a reward for being an elder citizen. gordie campbel freezing you out for the benefit of his yankee doodle dandie friends.

later.........

Posted by: Chadermando on September 16 2005 1:22 PM

Wow that a $9 Million dollar tax on the homes of PG this winter. If you add industry into the factor its probably double that.

I wonder if the Northern BC Rail fund will make up for the short fall through investment....

Posted by: tami on September 16 2005 11:05 PM

Time to put in a wood stove. Two cords a winter pretty much heats my whole house, and at $110.00 a cord, it's a LOT cheaper than gas...

Posted by: gypsy on September 19 2005 3:05 PM

So who really cares how we feel???
I do not think any man's so called "opinion" is going to make one iota of difference.
Get used to "biting the bullet."
Time to just "go with the flow."
Pay up-or pull out.
Like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer!!
It feels so good when you quit!!!