Let's stop ruining the rivers and get some nuclear power already.

Site "C" is good. It will create lots of jobs and supply cheap, clean power. From looking at the picture, the Dolly fishing should be pretty good also. The biggest challange the people of B.C. will have is to try and keep the government from privatizing it. This would be bad for all of B.C.

Very good point giterdun!
And my guess is they WILL try to privatize it, so we may as well let them know right from the start that is NOT acceptable to the people of B.C.

Dam good lookin project!

BC should never get nuclear power. take a closer look to all of the current nuclear power plants. all of the radioactive waste has to remain on the site, basically for millions of years, becouse the government cannot find a suitable location to place the waste in canada. the main issue with the nuclear waste is the very slow decay of the waste. in just about every country, there has not been a "landfill" yet. if there was one, over time, the earth will shift, and the waste will leak into our groundwater sources. just trouble waiting to happen.

hydro on the other hand, may flood some land, but its cheap, and can be designed to minimize environmental impact. As long as the Ministry of Environment does not cut any red tape, the design should be fine for the provence.

with the increasing fossil fuel prices, uranium prices (for you neclear guys)... the cost of making the electricity does not increase, as long as its kept government owned, and not privite.

the electricity by hydro might be the answer for the guys in the north that need to cheaply heat their homes.

maybe the government needs to have a contract with the population in BC such that they will not sell the dam, and all electricity will be kept in the provence so everyone can benifit from cheap power. if we sell out of the provence, its just asking for more profit, but the people in the provence do not benifit.

"cheap electricity" compared to what?

So what will be the "carbon tax" on this called?

So all you Site C cowboys dont forget to fill in the survey that BC Hydro is doing. Remember to mention the P3 project (three way project between Hydro Government and run for Profit by a private corporation)If this is how they want to do it "let the river run".

BC Hydro needs to build this project and run it for our Province. this is not a project for Gordos freinds to make money.

What I would like to know is do we realy need this project or are we building it to provide power for our freinds in California? How much power is now being exported by PowerX ?

Cheers

RUEZ

"Let's stop ruining the rivers and get some nuclear power already."
I AGREE it's time we go Nucler.

giterdun

" From looking at the picture, the Dolly fishing should be pretty good also."

Do you mean Dolly Vardon or BullTrout?

Bridge

" What I would like to know is do we realy need this project or are we building it to provide power for our freinds in California?"

Of course the plan is to provide California and other U.S. grids.

Most resource production is geared for the our brothers south of the border.
Lets face the facts, the only thing that makes us Canadian is a Flag...
So July 1st a will hang out the stars and stripes.

Yeah Site C is a terrible idea! No way! They dangle this carrot with the forestry industry hanging by a thread. Our rivers have been privatized. The public voted this down many, many times. They are hoping to cash in now that unemployment is freaking people out. They should (govt) be focusing on mining! Dredge our rivers, protect our fish, maintain our existing infrastructure...NO MORE DAMS. I don't eat the spin...go back three spaces and lose a turn.

Gordon and friends WILL privatize site "C" it will go to his best buddy Arnold in California. BC Hydro as a provincially owned asset is on it's way out. (That's why BCTC was formed) Remember BC Rail? Gordo and his corporate friends will fill their pockets with of our money and we will be paying higher prices for electricity to boot. Just wait and see.

Cheap power, where? It sure isnt in BC. and it isn't going to be anytime soon either. Don't get your hope up thinking you will get a deal on this so called cheap power. It will be higher than what the Californians pay that's for sure. If the government built this dam for the benifit of the BC people then I would be all for it, let all British Columbians get a share of the profits it will bring in and I'm in, to sell it to the south, forget it.

"the electricity by hydro might be the answer for the guys in the north that need to cheaply heat their homes"

Not only that, but the railroads should be electrified for many reasons. In addition, if electric vehicles became popular for short trips, then they too would be putting a considerable burden on the grid.

Just read the vision of a $250/barrel oil Canada ..... electrification not based on fossil fuesl would certainly keep the price down.

here's the link to the $250 oil article
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5garWwAyeF9HcCBAAT2NqrpTeYH_Q

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWwoUcZaR5BY&refer=home

Another article ....

"At $7-a-gallon gasoline, you're probably looking at food prices almost double"

What was someone saying about that Agricultural Land Reserve and how useless it is?

With oil prices going that high the prediction would then be tht the airport runway extension will have to wait till more energy alternatives will drive the price back down, the trains will run fewer containers, the container ports will be less busy, the warehouses built at the airport will become empty shells, and potential agricultural land close to the city will have been ruined.

So, whose prediction do we go with in planning for the next 10 years??????

Isn't decision making fun? I bet you forestry workers would be really good at making such decisions. They organize "stuff and things" so well!!!

And, if we know something from the past, those who make the decision today, will not be around in 10 years time to take the credit or the blame for that decision.

;-)