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Re: The provincial government's renewed plans for gas-fired power plants, including at the Port Lands in Toronto where council recently voted against them.
Autocratic decisions lead to poor outcomes — the blackening of Ontario’s green energy supply.
In Ontario, our clean electricity supply is a point of pride and one of the factors that enticed Volkswagen to invest heavily in Ontario.
The money being spent on expanding gas-plant capacity should instead be invested in sustainable fuel sources (solar, wind, off-shore wind), use reduction and storage. Viable alternatives are ready to implement now.
Natural gas is a fossil fuel. Not only is the methane generated through the process of producing fossil gas 80 times worse than carbon dioxide in escalating climate change, pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide will cause health concerns for Torontonians.
I have spent my 30-year career on improving efficiency and effectiveness. Recent decisions by the Ontario government make no sense functionally or fiscally. The cost of gas is reaching record highs, while renewable energy is the cheapest source of electricity.
Undermining the decision of Toronto city council does not reduce red tape, it ignores our community’s voice.
Just because the province has the authority to do something, doesn’t mean it should!
Leslie Yeates
Newmarket
