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posted 28 October 2005 11:05 PM
Hi all,
I was looking around for some property in Ontario for next summer. Summer of 2005 was purely putrified with Smog, hated it. Came across Nanticoke having to close down its coal fired plant cos of what Prov. McDinky said. So thought great, another goal plant shut down. Until I realized what it meant for the folks of Nanticoke. Very bad for them. Especially since their smog doesn't even get into S. Ontario anyway, but flys east and north. http://tinyurl.com/8fjtaSo then continued looking for a spot, away from the angry Nanticoke. Then I saw Bush said Clean Air Act can be scrubbed for the sake of energy for Americans in the Ohio Valley:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2005/05/clean_coal.html so then I thought omg, S. Ontario next summer is going to be six times worse than it was this summer. That sent me further north where I did find a place where they supply their own energy thru wind. And that was fine. Except I can't understand how come nobody is freaking angry about what the air quality is going to be for S. Ont., next summer and all places east, (Quebec). In fact I can't find a word about it. So if anybody knows if people are angry and prostesting, pls. let me know. What's worse is poor Nanticoke is shut down and for no reason that I can see. Pls. let me know what I'm missing here. [ 30 October 2005: Message edited by: robbie_dee ]
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posted 29 October 2005 11:07 AM
Yes of course all SMOG is bad, its killing people.When I was up in Atikokan and their coal fired plant was closed this summer, there was alot of sour faces over the economy. They have since gotten over it and are planning a blitz for tourism, afterall it is the canoeing capital of Ontario. What I am confused about is what good is it going to do for smog filled S and Central Ontario, when we get our air directly from Ohio? And they are firing theirs up. We will have MORE smog, not less, just because of that, whether or not every coal fired plant is closed in Ontario. It just won't matter. The smog will already be here, thicker, before Ontarians say Why is this happening? Haven't all the coal fired plants been closed? Why isn't the prov. gov't telling Ontarians the truth about the reality of what our air quality is going to be by summer 2006? There seems to be a disconnect with U.S. and Canada.
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posted 01 November 2005 09:47 PM
I am not looking for retirement central Rufus.
Besides, I went to UVic and apparently some reputation lingers on. And there are grand children to consider.Look, this is the first time I am buying my own house/land ever. All the others were in partnerships and I was one of those people that signed everything over just for it to be over. Found a magnificient site http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/ I never would have figured Cornwall had the best air quality of the last 2 years. Have you ever asked an innocent question on 50+. Holy shit, they are positively rabid with hate. I will never go in there again, it's scary. I thought 50+ meant tolerance, balance, openness.
At least it helped me to know I never want to live in a retirement community, they're nuts.
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posted 02 November 2005 11:37 AM
Banjo, I never got to ask my question there. I simply read and read and read and was getting more agitated with what was there. So rude. So just didn't ask. But in the site I found above, I simply rounded it out to 4 places that have relatively decent air quality thru the summer months. I'm planning some road trips to visit, over the lakehead. If you know of any other sites let me know.
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