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Clean electricity [1]

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Date: 2023-09-27  

I wish this was my story. It is not. It is straight from the Ontario Government.

For those not familiar with Ontario, it has a larger population, and a much larger area then Pennsylvania. It is also colder. Ontario's electricity system is 90% emissions free and accounts for just 3.4 per cent of the province's total GHG emissions.

Ontario has been switching to nuclear energy since 2005. Since then, emissions have dropped by 90%. Nearly 60% of Ontario’s electricity is generated by nuclear energy. Ontario now plans to add small modular reactors to its nuclear energy fleet.

I point this date out for three reasons. First that is an impressive change in a relatively short period of time. Second, it has been going on for long enough to allay any fears folks might have about their nuclear energy technology. Third, they obviously are pleased enough with their results to keep moving in this same direction.

I was going to write, “We should be so lucky.” That would be wrong. It is not luck. It is a question of will. We need to will ourselves to this level of success.

I was in contact with one of the planner’s of Ontario’s energy program. They figure they have the clean electricity problems pretty well licked. Now they are working on how to retrofit older gas-heated buildings as cost-effectively as possible. That is a good place to be in the Climate Change fight. We should earn so much luck.

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