Dear Sir/Madam:

It is not credible for Elizabeth May of the Sierra Club to suggest the provincial government ignore the Ontario Power Authority’s recommendation to invest in clean, safe, reliable nuclear energy (“Ontario government too hasty on nuclear power,” Feb 28). Instead, Ms. May states, “California experts should be brought to Queen’s Park to share their economical and environmentally sound electricity strategies.”

Yet, according to the California Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology, California imports 21 per cent of its electricity from out-of-state, pollution-prone, greenhouse-gas emitting coal-fired power plants. These plants release 67 million tons of carbon dioxide annually – as much as 11 million automobiles.

California environmentalists say that if the state continues to use these coal-fired plants, their emissions will eventually cancel out all of the global warming reductions made in the state.

Is this the example Ms. May wants Ontario to follow? In fact, it’s California that could learn a thing or two from this province. Conservation can help, sure. But investing in a nuclear energy infrastructure is the only realistic means of reducing fossil fuel emissions while meeting our growing energy demands.

Sincerely,

Dr. Patrick Moore
Chairman and Chief Scientist
Greenspirit Strategies Ltd.

www.greenspiritstrategies.com