Alberta said wind turbines threatened the land. Then it approved a $4.6-billion gas plant on the same land, for an AI data centre. Funny how that works.
I disagree strongly with the editors comment that Smith not anti renewable energy.
I discussed her anti green attitude well before she implemented that six month halt for 25 billion in proposed wind and solar. And she will allow Grassy Mountain Coal to go ahead in spite of most Albertans not wanting coal mining . And her corruption goes further with denying the request for an anti coal referendum question
It's her life line, she believes the o n ly future for Alberta is fossil fuels and is willing to help burn up the planet to do it. The farm land scam and view scam is there to promote fossil fuels not protect class2 land.
I used to work with CLI agriculture maps and am now requesting online access which is free but this old guy hasn't figured it out yet. But I look at the acreage proposed to build data centres vs renewable energy. Data centre acreage of farm land is not even considered , yet some of figures far exceed any solar farm. Plus Denmark studied putting solar collection panels vertically and farm between the panels. Huge bonus for farmers and rural municipalities. And very little loss in collecting those rays. And for those who don't know, Denmark is north of Cold Lake Alberta.
20 data centres, 40,000 + acres, not a peep from anyone. It's a scam to promote profit for fossil fuels as our electrical and heating bills will go up. In spite of my MLA denying the following: any search of electricity prices will show Albertans pay the highest by far electricity rates of any market electricity rates in Canada and higher than the majority of USA states. Every province has a different market rate and they are all lower, several less than half of Alberta.
And next scam being worked on right now is gerrymandering our provinces electoral districts so that another party could never be elected. Our 87 will become 91 and my bet is 60 safe seats for the UCP. Rural voters won't, perhaps can't change how they vote after 75 years of marking their x by conservative. And most rural folks i listen to truly believe that climate change is just a cycle. They are not aware how many thousands died in the European heat, nor the 10s of thousands in India from heat and floods.
Smith could care less about climate change, just keep those rural voters high on fossil fuels while the world moves to renewable generation. Investment in electricity production by renewable generation now exceeds investment in electricity by fossil fuels world wide
China itself installs more renewable energy than the rest of world yearly and here in Alberta we are using agriculture land to build and use more fossil fuels. A gap in reality and vision.
Really appreciate the pushback, and I think we agree more than my wording let on.
When I said I don't think Smith is secretly anti-renewable on principle, that's exactly the point: I don't think this is about ideology at all, hers or anyone's. If it were principle, you'd expect some consistency. A "fossil fuels forever" worldview that holds steady across projects. What you get instead is inconsistency that happens to line up perfectly with whoever has a fossil fuel company attached. Grassy Mountain moves ahead. Wind and solar get an eighteen-month freeze. A data centre needs power, and only gas makes the approved list.
That's not a belief system. That's a pattern of who benefits.
So I'd actually push back gently on the claim that "she believes in fossil fuels." I think belief is generous. I think it's simpler and more cynical: whoever's cheque clears fastest wins, and for years now, it's been the same industry, over and over. Appreciate you sharpening the argument; this is exactly the kind of pushback that makes the writing better.
Also, Grassy Mountain deserves its own deep dive, not just a paragraph in a comment reply. Public opposition, the coal policy reversal, the referendum question that got denied. That's a solid Angle 4 on its own. Stay tuned.
Gerrymandering only works re the UCP if people vote UCP. There is the Tory party for those who must vote Conservative come hell or high water. UCP are not a Conservative Party nor have they ever been. They are separatist, MAGA party. They stole the C branding because they know Cons have Albertan’s by the neck. They have no loyalty to their voters. It they feed off the fact their voters have loyalty to anything with a C in the name. Such foolish voters can’t even see they are being used as fodder. Loyalty is to family, not a damn political party. That is the absolute worst voting practice. Everyone else has to vote anything but UCP. Make it too big to rig.
I disagree strongly with the editors comment that Smith not anti renewable energy.
I discussed her anti green attitude well before she implemented that six month halt for 25 billion in proposed wind and solar. And she will allow Grassy Mountain Coal to go ahead in spite of most Albertans not wanting coal mining . And her corruption goes further with denying the request for an anti coal referendum question
It's her life line, she believes the o n ly future for Alberta is fossil fuels and is willing to help burn up the planet to do it. The farm land scam and view scam is there to promote fossil fuels not protect class2 land.
I used to work with CLI agriculture maps and am now requesting online access which is free but this old guy hasn't figured it out yet. But I look at the acreage proposed to build data centres vs renewable energy. Data centre acreage of farm land is not even considered , yet some of figures far exceed any solar farm. Plus Denmark studied putting solar collection panels vertically and farm between the panels. Huge bonus for farmers and rural municipalities. And very little loss in collecting those rays. And for those who don't know, Denmark is north of Cold Lake Alberta.
20 data centres, 40,000 + acres, not a peep from anyone. It's a scam to promote profit for fossil fuels as our electrical and heating bills will go up. In spite of my MLA denying the following: any search of electricity prices will show Albertans pay the highest by far electricity rates of any market electricity rates in Canada and higher than the majority of USA states. Every province has a different market rate and they are all lower, several less than half of Alberta.
And next scam being worked on right now is gerrymandering our provinces electoral districts so that another party could never be elected. Our 87 will become 91 and my bet is 60 safe seats for the UCP. Rural voters won't, perhaps can't change how they vote after 75 years of marking their x by conservative. And most rural folks i listen to truly believe that climate change is just a cycle. They are not aware how many thousands died in the European heat, nor the 10s of thousands in India from heat and floods.
Smith could care less about climate change, just keep those rural voters high on fossil fuels while the world moves to renewable generation. Investment in electricity production by renewable generation now exceeds investment in electricity by fossil fuels world wide
China itself installs more renewable energy than the rest of world yearly and here in Alberta we are using agriculture land to build and use more fossil fuels. A gap in reality and vision.
Really appreciate the pushback, and I think we agree more than my wording let on.
When I said I don't think Smith is secretly anti-renewable on principle, that's exactly the point: I don't think this is about ideology at all, hers or anyone's. If it were principle, you'd expect some consistency. A "fossil fuels forever" worldview that holds steady across projects. What you get instead is inconsistency that happens to line up perfectly with whoever has a fossil fuel company attached. Grassy Mountain moves ahead. Wind and solar get an eighteen-month freeze. A data centre needs power, and only gas makes the approved list.
That's not a belief system. That's a pattern of who benefits.
So I'd actually push back gently on the claim that "she believes in fossil fuels." I think belief is generous. I think it's simpler and more cynical: whoever's cheque clears fastest wins, and for years now, it's been the same industry, over and over. Appreciate you sharpening the argument; this is exactly the kind of pushback that makes the writing better.
Also, Grassy Mountain deserves its own deep dive, not just a paragraph in a comment reply. Public opposition, the coal policy reversal, the referendum question that got denied. That's a solid Angle 4 on its own. Stay tuned.
She is a lying greedy fascist and must be removed.
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'Donbas Dani'.......lol
Gerrymandering only works re the UCP if people vote UCP. There is the Tory party for those who must vote Conservative come hell or high water. UCP are not a Conservative Party nor have they ever been. They are separatist, MAGA party. They stole the C branding because they know Cons have Albertan’s by the neck. They have no loyalty to their voters. It they feed off the fact their voters have loyalty to anything with a C in the name. Such foolish voters can’t even see they are being used as fodder. Loyalty is to family, not a damn political party. That is the absolute worst voting practice. Everyone else has to vote anything but UCP. Make it too big to rig.
Please confirm that we will still be able to blame renewables when we have our grid alerts.