tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151234363885961445.post6043483485394185139..comments2023-07-06T04:14:57.953-07:00Comments on Thoughts on Climate Change: BC Citizens for Green EnergyBernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151234363885961445.post-72843977567439294422009-02-05T15:17:00.000-08:002009-02-05T15:17:00.000-08:00I may be wrong on the amount we are importing in a...I may be wrong on the amount we are importing in any given year, but the data I looked at did not indicate that we have been a net importer at any point in the last eight or nine years.<BR/><BR/>In many years BC sells power to the US for a lot more than we buy it from them. We have been net importers but made a profit on the dealings.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure about the downstream power, as far as I understood we were getting the power, it is worth 1245 Mw/H. Though how it is accounted for I do not know.<BR/><BR/>My main point is that the power we bring into to BC is much more likely to be produced from a source that has CO2 emissions and therefore will increase our carbon footprint.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151234363885961445.post-61439308730763911952009-02-05T14:56:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:56:00.000-08:00You might want to fact check that 15% number. I d...You might want to fact check that 15% number. I don't believe it is that large and if I recall correctly BC is often a net exporter as in 2008.<BR/><BR/>I have to also wonder about our down stream benefits under the Columbia River Treaty. How does it relate to the import balance numbers I see tossed around? Do we import more power than we sell under the treaty? Since BC suffered the enviromental and social consequences shouldn't we at least get to claim that power as ours? Maybe we already do. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately there seems to be a lack of transparency in this debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com