Drivers grumble about high gasoline prices all over the world. But with oil prices at record highs, many countries are saying goodbye to gas subsidies, making a trip to the filling station more expensive than ever. Fill ’Er Up  Global gasoline prices vary enormously, thanks to widely divergent subsidy and taxation policies. Just look at what it costs to fill the 13.2-gallon tank of a 2007 Honda Civic around the world: It’s pocket change in Venezuela, but more than $30 in the United States. If you think that’s pricey, try driving in Turkey, where a full tank will set you back nearly $100. Cost to fill a 2007 Honda Civic GRAPHICS: LINDA ECKSTEIN/5W INFOGRAPHICS
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Saturday Jun 23, 2007 Here's a note for people looking to buy a new big-screen TV. Big screens can often mean big energy bills. I dug up a US government report
that lists energy consumption ratings on TVs and VCRs that were on the
market in 1999. Most people looking to upgrade their sets are probably
using one from this time. According to the document, an average 27"
CRT-based TV uses 90 watts actively, and 4.9 watts when in stand-by
mode. Compare this to stats for a Panasonic 50" plasma TV (which I
bought recently): 499 watts actively and 0.2 watts in stand-by.
The improvement in stand-by consumption is significant. But look at the
active numbers. In order to get a TV viewing experience that is 85%
bigger, you have to consume 454% more energy! The numbers are less
scary for LCD and rear-projection TVs. more
Monday 18 June 2007 Put home energy hogs on a diet
Electronics devices like computers, PVRs and audio systems make hypocrites out of even the environmentally conscious
My PC was continuously drawing 134 watts all night.
The more devices I checked, the worse it got. My TiVo digital video recorder was sucking down about 30 watts when it was not playing or recording a show. A Comcast digital cable set-top box made by Motorola that I tested was drawing about 40 watts. My DVD player was drawing 26 watts while idle, and my audio system — which I rarely turned off — was using 47 watts. This was in addition to the numerous power adapters and chargers, each drawing 1 watts or 2 watts, not to mention several other devices sipping energy to keep clocks running or to be ready to turn on at the push of a button.
I'm partly to blame for the audio system and DVD player. They do have on/off switches that I was failing to use. I had falsely assumed they were using relatively little power. But I tested DVRs from Comcast, Dish Network and TiVo, and none went into a low-power mode. All of this wasted power was costing me money and pumping unnecessary CO2 into the atmosphere. My PC alone was contributing 2,000 pounds of CO2 annually. The DVR was adding another 543 pounds.much more
Friday 14 December 2007 Dirty little secrets Why dry-cleaners are becoming wet
FRESHLY minted engineers down from university with dreams of designing more elegant bridges or swifter planes used to find themselves pounding the factory floor in greasy overalls in order to learn how things were actually made. Only after being the butt of countless practical jokes by old hands (“Quick, son, fetch a glass-hammer from stores!”) were they allowed near a drawing-board.
I THOUGHT I was pretty good about energy conservation, but it turns out that I’ve been a bit of a hypocrite. I drive a reasonably fuel-efficient car, I work at home so I don’t use fuel to commute and I am replacing incandescent bulbs in my home with energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.
But I am also a prodigious computer user, and it looks as if that makes me an energy hog. I started checking how much electricity my electronics were consuming when I wasn’t using them. I used a Kill A Watt EZ energy meter (available online for about $25) and began measuring. My PC was continuously drawing 134 watts all night.
Wed1317 May 30
Canada, Kyoto and sustainable consumption
The visit of Governor Schwarzenegger to Canada has generated considerable interest, is regarded as having been productive and has also elicited a number of comparisons to the leadership in Canada, with a definite tinge of envy on the part of Canadians for his enthusiastic leadership on environmental issues and his attitude that "it’s possible to take care of our economy at the same time we take care of our planet". This attitude was greeted with some scepticism by some Wednesday Nighters, but ardently championed by others.
The Governor's visit to BC also generated discussion of the Hydrogen Highway planned for the 2010 Olympics
With more evasion than leadership from our federal government, it is virtually certain that our commitments to the Kyoto Protocol will not be met because there are not the carbon-reducing technologies with which to do so. Canada has fallen behind the world, in part perhaps, because we speak of cost rather than investment in becoming more energy efficient. Certainly motor vehicles and farm equipment are more costly than horses, and mechanized equipment more efficient than hand labour, but had the Luddites prevailed, it is doubtful that society could have reached its current level of sophistication. It has been reported that Alberta oil and gas companies are currently supporting Kyoto as the world reacts to Canada’s apparent indifference. We could go back to consuming only local production of food and produce in order to reduce fuel consumption but that would result in inbreeding and protectionism, a retrograde step.
To date, the most realistic solution is nuclear energy released by fast breeder reactors. Unfortunately this initiative would take up to twenty years to develop. However if the past is any indication, the development phase is infectious and new technologies appear and are developed in a parallel fashion, the most efficient normally winning the race until it, too, is superseded by another generation of technology. There are currently twenty-eight nuclear plants being built in twelve countries, a figures that is miniscule in comparison to the 850 coal-fired plants due to come online in China, India and the United States by 2012
- What is the fine if Canada doesn't making Kyoto targets, what are the consequences internationally and what is the monetary cost?
- It's not the environment at the cost of the economy – it's an opportunity
Sunday 06 May 2007 ts A Swiss company has created a solar-powered barbecue. Using no charcoal, wood, or propane, the Solar-Grill consists of a flexible mirror that focuses the sun's rays onto a food tray.
A field of 600 mirrors reflects rays from the Sun
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bbc Thursday 03 May 2007 Power station harnesses Sun's rays
There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant "tractor beam" of energy at Earth in order to extract a massive payment.
Well, the memory of it kept me chuckling as I toured the extraordinary scene of the new solar thermal power plant outside Seville in southern Spain.
From a distance, as we rounded a bend and first caught sight of it, I couldn't believe
From a distance, as we rounded a bend and first caught sight of it, I couldn't believe the strange structure ahead of me was actually real.
Thursday 25 January 2007 Wind power faces gathering storm
Canada's wind power business could face a tough year in 2007, with increasing doubts about this green energy source promising to buffet the industry.
While a record amount of wind power is likely to come on-stream next year, with close to a dozen projects across the country set to be commissioned, questions about the safety of the turbines and the reliability of the power they generate are blowing across the landscape.
Friday 12 January 2007 HALIFAX: CITY WILL BEEF UP WIND POWER ELECTRICITY
The city of Halifax, Nova Scotia plans to buy up to 25 gigawatts of electricity a year for the next 20 years from two wind-generation power companies. City officials say they hope to save between $8.3 million and $28 million over the life of the contracts. The officials say wind power could provide as much as 40 per cent of the city's energy needs by next year.
NYT on climate change and the various policy and technology choices involved, have you seen the following NYT collection of stories...?You reference everything so well, I'm sure you must have pointed us here at one time. Anyway, in case not: The Energy Challenge Guy & Yvette Stanley
2006
Sunday 26 November 2006 TORONTO: WIND INDUSTRY WANTS OTTAWA'S SUPPORT
The Canadian Wind Energy Association has called on the federal government to restore a previously planned expansion of a program to encourage wind-energy projects. The Association says wind power is consistent with such government priorities for climate change, clean air, rural economic development and innovative new technologies. The 2005 budget of the former Liberal Party government expanded the Wind Power Production Incentive program to support the development of 4,000 watts of wind energy. But the program was put on hold by the governing Conservatives, pending a revision of its energy priorities. The wind energy has installed 657 new megawatts in 2006, a record, bringing current production to 1,341 megawatts.
Thursday 16 November 2006 The Ontario Power Authority has recommended that the provincial government continue to allow coal-fired power plants to operate for another eight years, despite the risk to public health and the environment due to the pollution which they cause. Premier Dalton McGuinty reacted by saying he'll consider the recommendation but that it's important to try to strike a balance between the goal of elimination of the five facilities and the reliability of the province's power sources. Mr. McGuinty's government has already broken a campaign promise to shut down the coal-fired plants by next year. The premier's energy minister, Dwight Duncan, says the OPA's recommendation won't stop the province from reducing the use of coal but didn't say whether the plants would stay open until 2014. An electricity ratepayers' lobby, the Clean, Affordable Energy Alliance, says there's no proof for Mr. McGuinty's assertion that pollution from coal-fired plants is taking thousands of lives each year. The lobby says coal should always be part of Ontario's energy sources, and that expensive wind and solar sources will never replace coal.
Saturday 02 September 2006 OntariOWN farms creating huge gusts of opposition
Growing opposition tOWN farms in Ontario has led to the delay or cancellation of at least three electricity-generating projects in recent months, prompting the province's energy minister to warn the not-in-my-back-yard phenomenon is a threat to the province's energy security.
TORONTO: U.S. BORDER INSPECTIONS DENOUNCED
Canada's airline and trucking industries have denounced the plan by the U.S. agriculture department to levy fees on all air travellers and commercial shipments from Canada. The fees are to pay for new inspections to guard against pest, disease and bioterrorism and will go into effect on Nov. 24. The Air Transportation Association of Canada says the fees are unnecessary and seem more aimed at generating revenue than anything else. The Association says it's ludicrous that agricultural inspection will apply to every airline and airline passenger. The Canadian Trucking Association also is critical, noting that the U.S. agriculture department seems to intend to inspect every truck crossing the border, regardless of whether it's carrying fruits or vegetables or machine parts. In response, the department says that the inspections have been in effect since the early 1990s, Canada alone being exempt, explaining as well that random inspections have found fruits and vegetables labelled as originating in Canada which in fact came from third countries.
Thursday 03 August 2006 21:31 UNDATED: U.S., CANADA SWELTER
Residents of central Canada and the eastern U.S. endured broiling temperatures on Tuesday amidst an intense heat wave. In Quebec, Montreal sweltered in temperatures of 44 Celsius including the humidex. The neighbouring province of Ontario set a record by consuming 27,000 megawatts of power, 1,000 more than the previous record in July 2005. The authorities have asked consumers to reduce their use of power to avoid blackouts. In the U.S., New York, Boston, Washington and most of the other east coast cities also had temperatures of more than 40. In New York City, a state of emergency was declared for the first time in the city's history.
Wed1267 The average (wind) turbine will be 3 to 5 million watts within the next five years
Thursday Jun 1, 2006 rci TORONTO: GOVT. COMMITMENT TO CLOSE COAL-FIRED PLANTS UP IN AIR
Ontario's energy minister, Dwight Duncan, on Tuesday declined to confirm the Liberal government's commitment to the closing of his province's four remaining coal-fired power generation plants. Mr. Duncan says the government stands by its commitment to cleaner air but has also said all along that the plants won't be closed until a replacement source is found. The four plants provide as much as 30 per cent of Ontario's power. The Independent Electricity System Operator warned on Tuesday that the projected peak demand of 25,500 megawatts was almost 5,000 megawatts higher than the previous record for May.
Sunday May 28, 2006 2 Industry Leaders Bet on Coal but Split on Cleaner Approach Coal is poised to once again become the nation's favorite fuel, but its role in global warming causes concern.
Saturday May 20, 2006 rci GATINEAU: PM SAYS NUCLEAR TO PLAY ROLE IN FUTURE ENERGY POLICY
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says nuclear energy will be a more important source in his country's future energy policy, as his government refashions that policy in a direction away from the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. The prime minister says the future policy hasn't been drawn up yet but that it will definitely put the accent on nuclear energy. He made the comments after two days of talks in Ottawa with his Australian counterpart, John Howard. He says they are studying American proposals concerning world production of uranium and nuclear energy. Canada and Australia account for 43 per cent the world uranium production. The Canadian leader says they also talked about possible Canadian membership in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, which presents itself as an alternative to Kyoto. Canada is a party to the Protocol, but Mr. Harper's government has said its emissions reduction targets are impossible to meet. Australia didn't sign Kyoto. The Greenpeace environmental group has denounced the alternative initiative as a fraud thought up to help coal-producing countries evade the Kyoto standards.
Friday May 19, 2006 Renewing America's Commitment to Research in High-Energy Physics America should build the next big particle accelerator here.
Monday Feb 6, 2006 nyt Next Steps on Energy
The biggest shortcoming of President Bush's plan to wean the U.S. from foreign oil is the absence of a program that will deliver new technologies to the marketplace.
Sunday Feb 5, 2006 ts Could we get by without new power?
If most of us lived like Dave Braden, could Ontario get by without $40 billion worth of new nuclear power plants? Feature writer Peter Gorrie investigates.
Airtight case for efficiency
DAVOS, Switzerland, January 29, 2006 World Economic Forum: No Looming Energy Crisis
(ENS) - There are adequate world energy supplies, and the market and governing energy institutions will be able to absorb energy shocks, according to energy chief executives speaking at the World Economic Forum annual meeting that concluded today in Davos. More than 2,300 participants from 89 countries spent five days seeking workable responses to the global challenges of energy, environment and sustainable development.
Wednesday Jan 4, 2006 nyt Black Gold or Black Death?
By JEFF GOODELL
If coal is going to be taken seriously as a fuel source in the 21st century, it's up to federal and state regulators to make sure that it's safe
2005
CALGARY: RISE IN ENERGY PRICES NAMED 'EVENT OF THE YEAR'
The massive increase in energy prices was the economic event of the year in Canada. That's according to a majority of the 61 news editors polled by the Canadian Press. They point out that the unprecedented levels reached by the price of oil and gas had a direct impact on consumers, while making the western part of the country richer and the center poorer. In August, after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the southern United States, the price of oil went above 70$/barrel for the first time ever, pushing gas prices at the pump above 1,40$/liter in many places across Canada. Other economic events named by the editors include the rising value of the Canadian dollar, the increasing strength of China and an increased interest in Alberta's oil sands.
Monday Dec 26, 2005 Wed1242
The same arguments that have been made in the issue of the Alaska wildlife reserve were made during the development of James Bay, which has provided us with clean energy with relatively little environmental destruction. [But would that have been the case without the activists who expressed their environmental concerns?] And now, Boralex Inc., Gaz Métro and the Séminaire de Québec have signed an exclusive agreement to assess, develop and exploit the wind power potential of lands located in the Côte-de-Beaupré and Charlevoix regions, owned by the Séminaire de Québec. The area under study is far from inhabited areas, close to electric power lines, and is currently being exploited for its timber resources.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2005 rci A lobby representing big business in Ontario has demanded that the province's electricity utility return rebates after announcing a profitable third quarter last week. The Association of Major Power Consumers Ontario lobby says that while Ontario Power Generation earned a quarterly profit of $181 million, its members have had to cut jobs and close plants because of high energy prices. The lobby represents such large corporations as Dofasco, Inco, Ford and Molson. Ontario's energy minister, Donna Cansfield, replied that the utility's earnings will be used chiefly to pay off its debt and for station upgrades, only a small amount being retained.
Hydro-Quebec looks tOWN power
A natural combination, resources minister
says. Corbeil said network could handle 3,600 megawatts of
wind-generated power without major constraints
MIKE KING The Gazette
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Electricity and wind are a natural combination that can work
together to provide the province with clean renewable energy,
government and Hydro-Quebec leaders told a conference on the subject
yesterday.
"Wind power isn't a substitute for hydroelectricity, but an ideal
complement to it," Natural Resources Minister Pierre Corbeil said in
his featured address to a symposium sponsored by the Association
Quebecoise de la production d'energie renouvelable.
In stressing the importance of jointly developing wind and hydro
power, the minister suggested the province could practise integrated
management by levelling the variations of production from wind farms.
"When it's windy, we can focus on our wind farms, reduce our
hydroelectric production and thus retain water in our reservoirs,"
Corbeil explained. "Then, when the winds aren't as strong, we'll
dispose of the water necessary to turn the turbines."
Citing results of a government-commissioned study, Corbeil said
Hydro's network could handle 3,600 megawatts of wind-generated power
without major constraints.
That's slightly more than the 3,500 megawatts of wind power Quebec
plans to be generating by 2013, an enormous jump from the 200 megawatts
now being produced.
Quebec has already established a $1.9-billion,
1,000-megawatt-producing wind-power project to be in place in the Gaspe
by 2008. On Oct. 31, the province put out a call for tenders for a
second project to add another 2,000 megawatts of wind energy by the end
of 2012 with an investment of $3 billion.
Standing to benefit from the infusion of government cash are
landowners, power-generating companies and manufacturers of such
wind-generating machinery as turbines.
Hydro-Quebec Distribution president Andre Boulanger pointed out in a
presentation following Corbeil's speech that the second project should
produce enough power to feed more than 350,000 homes.
Boulanger said the new power could be delivered in five stages - the
first expected beginning in December 2009 - and that Hydro-Quebec
Distribution will sign supply contracts for a maximum of 25 years.
"For Hydro-Quebec Distribution, the 3,000 megawatts from the two
projects represents 50 per cent of the increased demand in Quebec
between 2005 and 2014," Boulanger added, predicting wind power will
account for nearly half of it.
He later told reporters it would take "a massive investment" to
increase the network's capacity to handle more than 4,000 megawatts of
wind energy.
mking@thegazette.canwest.com
© The Gazette (Montreal) 2005
Tuesday Oct 25, 2005 ts
Wind industry putting down roots
It didn't get much attention outside of wind-industry circles, but last week a North Dakota steel components maker called DMI Industries announced the purchase of a manufacturing facility in Fort Erie that will employ about 100 people within a year.
Monday Oct 17, 2005 A four-day conference and trade show organized by the Canadian Wind Energy Association called on Sunday for more government support and incentives for wind energy production. One delegate, Sean Whittaker, said that a program of government rebates would encourage farmers, small businesses and communities to set up small wind turbines. Mr. Whittaker estimated that between 600 and 800 small wind turbines are sold in Canada annually, compared to more than 13,000 in the United States. Another conference participant was John Rinella, senior advisory to Ontario's energy ministry, who said that the government had set a target of producing 1,350 megawatts of renewable energy within two years. Canada's Environment Minister, Stephane Dion, will attend the conference on Tuesday.
Thursday Sep 29, 2005 rci TORONTO: NUCLEAR REACTOR BACK IN SERVICE
One of four nuclear reactors at Ontario Pickering A nuclear facility has gone back into operation after eight years. The reactor began generating electricity on Monday evening, having been out of action since December 1997. It had been refurbished over the past 15 months at a cost of more than $1 billion, a cost overrun of more than $100 million. The Independent Electricity System Operator says that the additional power from the reactor and from eight renewable energy projects will enable the province to fulfil its energy needs next summer, provided that the weather is normal. Last summer, exceptionally hot weather taxed the electricity grid to the utmost, with the public being asked on 12 days to curb energy use.
Monday Sep 26, 2005 rci NORTH CAPE: PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY
Canada will become a major producer of alternative forms of renewable energy, Prime Minister Paul Martin promised on Saturday. He made his statement while touring the new Canadian Wind Energy Institute in North Cape, a village on the north-western part of Prince Edward Island. One day earlier, the federal government announced that it was contributing CDN$3.6 million to the institute immediately, and would contribute CDN$1 million annually for the next two years. In its 2005 budget, the government increased its contribution to the Wind Power Production Incentive by four times. The Incentive has built 13 wind farms across the country so far. About CDN$920 million will be spent on promoting wind power over the next 15 years. The 16 turbines that make up Prince Edward Island's wind facility generate 10 per cent of the province's energy. The province hopes to increase the output to 15 per cent within five years.
Tuesday Sep 20, 2005 rci Canadian homeowners might get some money to help pay for soaring energy costs if the federal government approves a home-heating rebate program. The program is now being considered by the Liberal Party government. It would be a one-time program that would deliver about CDN$1.5 billion to millions of low-income Canadians. Several options are being considered, but one of them closely resembles a program that raised controversy when it was employed five years ago. Critics of that program noted that it inadvertently provided money not only to homeowners but to students and prisoners. The finance minister, Ralph Goodale, says that he wants to help people who must pay for dramatically higher home heating costs.
Saturday Aug 20, 2005 ts Nuclear plants needed: Duncan
Ontario needs more nuclear power plants and will soon have to decide how many and where new reactors should be built, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan says.
August 23, 2005 enn Tax Credit Energizes Wind Farms .....new energy bill signed recently by President Bush, but he applauds the tax credits offered to wind-energy producers. Hanger believes the number of wind farms in Pennsylvania could double -- maybe even triple -- by the end of 2007.
Saturday Aug 20, 2005 arc Enbridge, Suncor to Build Alberta Wind Power Plant
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc., a subsidiary of Suncor Energy Inc. and a unit of Spain's Acciona group have teamed up to build their second wind power plant in southern Alberta, the firms said Wednesday.
Friday Aug 19, 2005 ts Power boost from $1B tunnel
A $1 billion hydroelectric project at Niagara Falls, billed as "one of the biggest tunnelling projects in the world," will help feed the province`s growing appetite for power.
Saturday Aug 13, 2005 ts Energy bill leaves U.S. in policy limbo
Had the author of Earth in the Balance become the U.S. president in 2000, his conception of the axis of evil would likely have been SUVs, climate change and U.S. over-reliance on imported oil.
Fri 8/12/2005 nbc Change is blowing for wind power industry
Technology helps wind compete head-to-head with fossil fuels Canada`s military turning on tOWN power
Friday Jul 15, 2005 ts High-priced hydro imports soaring
The summer heat wave is forcing the province to import near-record amounts of electricity to prevent blackouts and it`s costing us up to seven times the regular rate.
Monday Jul 18, 2005 rci The chances have increased that Manitoba will resurrect a multi-billion-dollar hydroelectric project after Premier Gary Doer signed a power deal on Saturday with 14 U.S. states. Part of the deal involves a cooperation agreement to construct transmission projects across the Canada-U.S. border. The new deal could apply to Mr. Doer's dormant plan to build a large dam on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba. Manitoba sells about CDN$600 million of electricity to midwestern American states. Manitoba is also discussing a electric power deal that would further encourage construction of a new dam.
Thursday Apr 7, 2005 ts
Power outage review rejected
A U.S. watchdog for the continent`s electricity system sees no need for a broader review of a brief May power outage in Ontario, despite critics` suggestions it could have sparked a blackout rivalling the August 2003 disruption.
Thursday Apr 7, 2005 ts
Ontario needs a bolt of energy
Just last month Energy Minister Dwight Duncan predicted that demand for electricity in Ontario would peak at about 24,500 megawatts this summer. He also predicted we will need about 26,500 megawatts by 2014.
Thursday Apr 7, 2005 lp
Musical Chairs at Hydro Québec - André Caillé becomes Chairman, André Bourbeau is out
Le contrat d'André Caillé à titre de grand patron - président directeur général - d'Hydro-Québec ne sera pas renouvelé.
Aujourd'hui, le Conseil des ministres accorderait immédiatement le droit à sa pleine retraite à M. Caillé; Il aura droit à plus de 300 000$ par année. [M. Caillé] a accepté de présider, gratuitement, le conseil d'administration d'Hydro ..[et] continuera de siéger à la présidence du prestigieux Conseil mondial de l'énergie.
Monday Feb 7, 2005 ts
A moody sky sets off Toronto’s sole wind generator. On again, off again tax credits in the U.S. have created turbulence for B.C.-based Xantrex Technology and others in the renewable energy sector."
Wind power buffeted
Xantrex Technology Inc. made a huge splash with its initial public offering last March, creating a buzz in the clean technology sector and raising the over-all profile of renewable energy technologies coming out of Canada. Tyler Hamilton reports.
Friday Feb 4, 2005 ts
Wind power buffeted, but clearer air ahead
Xantrex Technology Inc. made a huge splash with its initial public offering last March, creating a buzz in the clean technology sector and raising the over-all profile of renewable energy technologies coming out of Canada.
Tuesday Feb 1, 2005 ts The wind turbine at Exhibition Place, a joint venture between Toronto Hydro and the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative, is generating electricity at a cost of 9 to 11 cents per kilowatt hour."Wind power buffeted
Xantrex Technology Inc. made a huge splash with its initial public offering last March, creating a buzz in the clean technology sector and raising the over-all profile of renewable energy technologies coming out of Canada. Tyler Hamilton reports.
Tuesday Feb 1, 2005 ts CNE windmill declares first dividends
That giant three-bladed propeller at the Canadian National Exhibition hasn`t quite gone from White Elephant to Cash Cow with the disbursement of $32,000 in dividends to investors, but it`s a welcome breath of fresh air for alternative energy proponents.
Monday Sep 20, 2004
 Britons 'in favour of wind farms'
Three-quarters of Britons believe wind farms are necessary to help meet demand for energy, a survey by the British Wind Energy Association suggests......are enthusiastically backing wind energy - thus confirming the arguments presented by Jack Layton in favour of the same energy source - sounds better to us than LNG.
Thursday Aug 12, 2004 ts
Energy minister plugs national power grid
Canada should consider building a multi-billion-dollar, coast-to-coast electricity transmission grid to give the country a more secure source of clean electricity, says Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan.
Tuesday Aug 10, 2004 cbc ONTARIO POWER SUPPLIES UP 7 PER CENT SINCE BLACKOUT
Almost a year after a massive blackout hit Ontario, the province's
electricity supply has seven per cent more capacity, which may make it
better able to weather a similar blow.
Monday Jul 26, 2004 Energy consumption rises sharply
Oppressive heat and thick smog hovering over parts of the province in recent days have sent many Ontario residents in search of air-conditioned refuge, causing a sharp spike in energy demands that experts say topped even last year`s pre-blackout levels.
Monday Jul 26, 2004 tc
DICK LOEK/TORONTO STAR
An eerie orange sky remains as the sun sets over hydro towers on Argentia Rd. in Mississauga. With coal-burning plants set to be closed by 2007, the province needs to find long-term energy solutions. " Grid expectations
Nearly a year after the lights went out across Ontario in the great Aug. 14 blackout, the company that churns out close to 70 per cent of the province`s electricity has no permanent chief executive or board of directors.
Tuesday 8 Jun 2004 Electric & Gas Utilities
Reducing Targets on Positive Economic Data
Continuing positive payrolls and employment data out of both the U.S. and Canada, healthy retail sales growth and strong CPI and ISM numbers all suggest that interest rate hikes (especially in the U.S.) are imminent. We are reducing our target P/E multiples for all regulated gas and electric utilities stocks to 13.5x-16x (from 14x-17x previously) to reflect the increased risk and magnitude of interest rate hikes. All our targets have been adjusted accordingly. We forecast the U.S. Fed will raise its Central Bank rate 8x by 25 bps and Canada will raise 5x by 25 bps by late 2005. There is no change to our ratings. Enbridge (Target $54 was $58), TransAlta (Target $20 was $21) and ATCO (Target $54 was $58) remain 1-Sector Outperforms on the back of their relative EPS growth opportunities. –– Sam Kanes
Friday Apr 9, 2004 ts
Energy sector`s $100,000 club surges
More than a third of employees at provincially owned Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation made $100,000 or more last year, says Energy Minister Dwight Duncan.
Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 cbc
ONTARIO NEEDS MORE NUCLEAR POWER TO MEET ENERGY DEMANDS: REPORT
Ontario must build more nuclear power stations if it wants a reliable
supply of electricity, a review panel concluded in a report released
Thursday.
Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 cbc
ONTARIO SETS ELECTRICAL OVERHAUL AT $40B
Ontario will have to spend as much as $40 billion to upgrade its aging
system of electricity-generating plants, the province's energy minister
said Wednesday.
Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 cbc
 FINANCIAL AUDIT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT OPG FINANCES
A new financial report released by Ontario Power Generation paint a
gloomy picture of the Crown corporation's financial situation.
Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 ts
OPG`s viability is at risk: Review
It took the board of Ontario Hydro a single afternoon in the summer of 1997 to consider and approve a $1.6 billion plan to launch 66 projects that would supposedly fix Ontario`s sputtering nuclear plants.
Wednesday 17 Mar 2004 ts
OPG takes $576 million writeoff
Ontario Power Generation Inc. has taken the Liberal government`s promise to close Ontario`s coal-burning generating plants seriously and written off the value of its coal plants at a cost of $576 million before tax.
Saturday Jan 3, 2004 TORONTO: ONTARIO SAID TO NEED NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS
Canada's most populous province, Ontario, is said to need eight
nuclear reactors to supply its needs in electricity over the next 20
years. That's the recommendation of the Canadian Nuclear Energy
Agency. The agency was reporting on how to avoid a recurrence of last
August's energy blackout that left most Ontarians without power for
more than a week. The province's energy minister, Dwight Duncan, says
the while more nuclear power plants are an option, other ones will be
considered as well.
2003
Sunday Nov 9, 2003 WASHINGTON: BLACKOUT REPORT COMING SOON
A US-Canadian task force will release its interim report on the cause
of the August 14th power blackout on November 18th. US Energy
Secretary Spencer Abraham says the report will reflect "enormous
amounts of data and information" that have been compiled and
analysed. Mr. Abraham had said previously that no single cause would
be found for the blackout that left 50 million Americans and
Canadians in the dark. Canadian Natural Resources Minister Herb
Dhaliwal is co-chairman of the task force along with Mr. Abraham. Mr.
Dhaliwal says he's pleased "with the progress and co-operation shown
on both sides of the border" in the investigation.
Monday Oct 13, 2003 cbc
ENERGY STOCKS LEAD TORONTO MARKET HIGHER
Energy stocks piggy-backed on rising commodity prices to lead the
Toronto stock market to a higher close Friday, while U.S. markets
treaded water.
Monday Oct 13, 2003 cbc
CANADA'S FOREIGN TRADE DIMMED BY AUGUST BLACKOUT
The August power outage that plunged most of Ontario and the
northeastern United States into darkness caused a dimming in Canada's
international trade figures during the month.
Wednesday Oct 1, 2003 ip
9/30/2003 5:00:00 PM Q9 adds global redundancy service in wake of blackout
Awareness grows around need for multiple hosting sites, client says
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Much of Italy remains without electricity after a major power cut similar to the grid failure that hit the US last month. |
Friday Sep 19, 2003 cbc
DISASTER AGENCY FLAWS BEING FIXED: MCCALLUM
Problems at Canada's top disaster agency that cropped up during
Ontario's blackout are being rectified, Defence Minister John McCallum
said Wednesday.
Monday Sep 15, 2003 OTTAWA: LITTLE REVEALED SO FAR ON POWER BLACKOUT
Authorities continue to say little about last month's power blackout that struck Ontario and the northeastern United States. The Canada-US task force investigating the power failure has released a chronology of technical glitches in the electrical grid prior to and during the August 14th outage. So far, no overall analysis has been offered. The report says officials need to collect more data. A senior Canadian official says more than 50 experts on both sides of the border have been working "day and night" to solve the mystery. The key question of why the blackout, which originated in Ohio, wasn't contained may take several months to answer. Canadian Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal says the grid is designed to contain disturbances. Meanwhile, US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham is discounting speculation that computer hackers may have attacked the system.
Saturday Sep 13, 2003 cbc
BLACKOUT BEGAN IN U.S., INVESTIGATORS SAY
The problems that caused a widespread blackout in Ontario and the U.S.
northeast began in Ohio, the Joint U.S.-Canada Power Outage Task Force
said Friday.
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Tuesday Sep 9, 2003 GROTON:
EASTERN PREMIERS, GOVERNORS WARNED ON POWER GRIDS
Canada's eastern premiers and governors of American New England
states have been told that their transmission lines have to be
upgraded to avoid blackouts like the one that struck on August 14.
Fifty-million residents of northeastern and midwestern U.S. states
and the Canadian province of Ontario were without electric power for
several days after power grids failed in Ohio. Grid experts told the
eastern premiers and New England governors that their region
succeeded in isolating itself from the affected area of the
continental power grid after the blackout began. But they warned that
transmission lines must be upgraded to ensure that such a blackout
never happens to them. The warning was given in Groton, Conn., at the
annual two-day meeting of the four premiers of Atlantic Canada and
the New England governors. Canadian officials at the conference told
their hosts that there is an abundance of spare energy in Canada at
their disposal. They also said there are opportunities to build more
transmission facilities. Two of the four premiers from Atlantic
aren't in attendance at the annual conference. Pat Binns of Prince
Edward Island is in the middle of a provincial election campaign. And
Newfoundland Roger Grimes is expected to call an election later this
week.
Thursday Sep 4, 2003 ts
U.S. regulator pushes for new hydro standards
Says rules can't be voluntary Washington set
to unveil policy
Wednesday Aug 27, 2003 cbc
DON'T FORGET BLACKOUT: ENVIRONMENTALISTS
Thousands of public employees from all three levels of government
returned to work in Ontario on Monday, following an imposed week off in
an effort to save power.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 globe
ALBERTANS FED UP WITH HIGH ELECTRICITY PRICES
Albertans say it's time to take another look at electricity deregulation
because of skyrocketing prices.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 globe
BLACKOUT COULD TRIM ONTARIO ECONOMY BY 1.4 PER CENT IN AUGUST
Last week's blackout and this week's power restrictions could trim about
1.4 per cent from Ontario's economic growth in August, TD Bank
economists said Thursday.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 globe
NO CASH FOR POWER COMPANIES: PM
The federal government isn't going to give any cash to power generating
companies in Ontario because of last week's blackout, Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien said on Thursday.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 globe
EVES WANTS ONTARIO ON BLACKOUT TASK FORCE
Ontario Premier Ernie Eves says he's disappointed his province won't
have a seat in the joint Canada-U.S. task force investigating last
Thursday's blackout.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 TORONTO:
COST OF BLACKOUT COULD BE IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Last Thursday's electricity blackout cost merchants in the central
province of Ontario at least $100-million. That estimate was released
on Wednesday by Moneris, a company that handles bank-card
transactions in the province. But it said the loss was likely to be
made up as people carry out delayed purchases. Experts say the true
cost to the Canadian economy of lost revenue, lost productivity and
other fallout from the blackout will likely be in the billions of
dollars. Meanwhile, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal
and American Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham met in Detroit
Wednesday to work out the details of a joint Canada-U.S.
investigation into the outage.
Friday Aug 22, 2003 globe
Ontario not yet out of the woods
With temperatures set to soar again today and Ontario generators running full-speed Wednesday, Premier Ernie Eves suggested the province had not yet turned the corner almost a week after the worst blackout in North American history.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 ec
Bring me your powerless masses
Friday Aug 22, 2003 TORONTO: ONTARIO HYDRO CRITICIZED
A former head of the giant Canadian electrical utility, Ontario
Hydro, says many years of neglect have led to the current power
problems in the province of Ontario. Maurice Strong, also known
wordwide for his environmental concerns, says last Thursday's power
blackout across Ontario and the north-eastern United States showed
the weakness of the Ontario hydro system. The United States power
grid was up and running just two days after the blackout while
Ontario still has problems. Life has returned to near normal since
last Thursday, but energy levels are being monitored and rolling
power blackouts remain a threat. Cooler weather in the forecast for
this weekend is expected to lower the pressure on the distribution
system. Meanwhile, the premier of Ontario, Ernie Eves, is
disappointed that his province has been left out of a joint
U-S-Canada task force investigating last Thursday's major power
blackout.
Thursday Aug 21, 2003 cbc
ENERGY CONSUMPTION CLIMBS IN ONTARIO
Government officials warned people in Ontario on Wednesday to limit
their energy use and to keep their air conditioners off despite soaring
temperatures, smog and high humidity levels.
Thursday Aug 21, 2003 cbc
BLACKOUT CUT ONT. SPENDING BY $100 MILLION, BUT MOST SALES DEFERRED: MONERIS
Last week's blackout cost Ontario merchants an estimated $100.4 million
on Friday, although much of the drop in spending was expected to be made
up later, a major handler of debit and credit card transactions said
Wednesday.
Wed 1120 Aug 20th 2003 contrast 1998 and the ice storm with recent Juliane Zeidler, Robert Landori-Hoffmann,
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Notes by Herb Bercovitz
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 ts
Blackout damage in U.S. up to $6-billion
Only considered a small ripple in the economy ...As disasters go, it won't make the Top 10 and probably not even the Top 20 in terms of insured property losses, according to Insurance ...The costliest disaster on the U.S. list was the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at $20.7-billion, followed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 at $19.9-billion and the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake at $15.2-billion.
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Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 ts
CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES ISSUES REPEAT CALL FOR DONORS
Canadian Blood Services has issued an urgent call for blood donors. It
says the power disruptions on in Ontario on Thursday and Friday resulted
in a significant shortfall in donations and it now is unable to meet
hospital demand for blood.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 ts
 ONTARIO COMES CLOSE TO USING ALL AVAILABLE POWER
Efforts are still being made to return power to normal levels in
Ontario. Officials say they may have to buy electricity from Quebec and
New York State until operations at the province's nuclear power plants
are fully operational.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 sm Electricity Market
Blackout has no Matrerial Effect on Sector Financials
A state of emergency in Ontario is still in force from last Thursday's blackout. Customer response to reduce power consumption was enough to avoid further disruptions on Monday. The source of the problem now appears to be the failure of transmission lines owned and operated by FirstEnergy Corp. (FE-NYSE). The failure led to a cascading transmission shutdown that took most power generating stations off line. The restart procedures for these giant plants can often take days and the nuclear facilities are the most onerous to restart. The Pickering nuclear facility supplies 10% of Ontario's power needs on a daily basis. TransCanada and TransAlta as well as Brascan, Cameco, Hydro Quebec and others that sell spot power in Ontario may have lost 1-2 days of wholesale power sales as the wholesale market has been shutdown to avoid a spike in prices. The Ontario and other U.S. Northeast and Midwest power systems remain fragile for now as not all of the nuclear plants have restarted. We believe that the economic impact of the blackout will be immaterial to our companies and we have not changed any target valuations. –– Samuel Kanes
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003
Expect week of meagre power: Eves
Ernie Eves yesterday warned Ontarians they face a difficult week of restricted electricity use, even as U.S. cities returned to business as usual. Also, the threat of rolling blackouts has left millions of residents just as much in the dark as when the lights first went out.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 BALLARD
The timing could not be better. Just days after the massive power
blackout in the Canadian province of Ontario and several northeastern
U.S. states, Ballard Power Systems of Vancouver, British Columbia,
says its Nexa R-M Series, a stationary power generator that uses a
hydrogen fuel cell, is starting field trials. Ballard says the system
was developed to meet the needs of the uninterruptable power system
and telecommunications power markets.
Friday Aug 16, 2002 cbc PRICE CAP STRAINS ONTARIO ENERGY SYSTEM
Some energy analysts say Ontario's price cap on electricity may be the
biggest barrier to energy conservation.
Friday Aug 16, 2002 cbc POWER CONSUMPTION EDGES TOWARD RED ZONE
Ontario power officials are watching the province's power consumption
Monday afternoon, ready to begin blacking out some areas if demand
threatens to exceed supply.
Friday Aug 16, 2002 cbc SUBWAYS, STREETCARS ROLLING IN TORONTO
Toronto's transit system was game to move 1.4 million riders on its
subways, buses and streetcars Monday as the entire public transit system
rolled for the first time since Thursday's blackout.
Friday Aug 16, 2002 cbc MAJOR BUSINESSES VOW TO CUT POWER USE
Major businesses across Ontario say they are taking steps to voluntarily
cut their power consumption by half on Monday to help the province
recover from last week's massive blackout.
>> >Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:33:10 -0400
>> >To: Paul Horgen
>> >From: Judith Patterson
>> >Subject: ice storm
>> >
>> >Hi Paul - got your e-mail just an hour or so after I had disengaged
>> >from being mad and cranky about Toronto and its wailing about losing
>> >power in the summer after listening to the CBC morning show -
>> >
>> >Remember the ice storm? We were 9 days without HEAT and LIGHT in
>> >JANUARY in MONTREAL. And by Wednesday you couldn't get off the
>> >island. The bridges weren't safe and for some reason that I don't
>> >think I even learned the tunnel at the east end of the island was
>> >also closed due to ice. Even the trains weren't working. There
>> >were a million and a half people without heat and light in January
>> >and they couldn't even be evacuated. Then the water wasn't safe to
>> >drink after Saturday because the pumps at the filtration station
>> >stopped working. I had to cancel my parents 50th anniversary party
>> >in Kingston and I couldn't get there to spend the anniversary with
>> >them because you couldn't get off the island. We were trapped in
>> >the cold and the dark, and worrying about radiators in the house
>> >freezing and cracking. That is my biggest memory about the ice
>> >storm was the worry about the radiators. We finally drained them on
>> >day 8. Then of course the power came back on Day 9 so Day 10 we put
>> >the water back in.
>> >
>> >Sorry, but just venting here -
>> >
>> >bye for now
>> >
>> >Judy
>couldn't agree with you more. thanks for sharing your insights.
>all the best,
>bill brownstein
Sunday Aug 17, 2003 NEW YORK:
POWER FAILURE LIKELY STARTED IN OHIO
Teams of engineers, mathematicians and computer specialists have
started to comb through hundreds of millions of pieces of data in an
effort to reconstruct the largest blackout in North American history.
The investigation blends the techniques of a plane crash probe and
laboratory experiment. It could produce a detailed timeline of the
calamity by the end of next week. In Washington, an American
investigator said Saturday the likely cause of Thursday's blackout
was the failure of three transmission lines in northern Ohio. Michehl
Gent of the North American Electric Reliability Council said
investigators are "fairly certain" the problem started in Ohio.
However, they are still not sure why the disruption spilled over to
knock out power in Ontario and across the Northeast and Midwest US.
The power failure left 50 million people without electricity. More
than 100 power plants were shut down. As the investigation began,
power was restored to almost all of Ontario on Saturday and rolling
blackouts were narrowly averted, as officials worked to avoid another
energy failure Monday as the work week resumes. Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chretien and his US President George W. Bush spoke by
phone Friday and agreed to set up a joint task force to look into the
problem and find ways to prevent it from happening again.
Saturday Aug 16, 2003 cbc
ONTARIO'S POWER COMING BACK BUT WOES REMAIN
The power was back on across much of Ontario Friday, but officials are
warning that it may be a weekend of flickering lights and rotating
blackouts.
Saturday Aug 16, 2003 ts
Images taken by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite show light coverage in the northeastern United States on a normal night, Wednesday, left, and during the massive power blackout on Thursday. It is estimated about 50 million Americans and Canadians were affected by the power outage. Americans `want some answers'
`No reason for this to occur,' says mayor of Albany
New safeguards in place after 9/11 fail to halt failure
Saturday Aug 16, 2003 cbc
BACKUP POWER FAILURE GROUNDS AIR CANADA
The power outage in Ontario is affecting travellers across the country,
Air Canada said Friday. Those planning to take the train might have
better luck.
Saturday Aug 16, 2003 cbc
ALTERNATIVE POWER STOCKS GET A CHARGE FOLLOWING BLACKOUT
Alternative energy stocks got a lift on Friday, a day after North
America's biggest power failure plunged about 50 million consumers into
darkness.
Saturday Aug 16, 2003 cbc
BIG APPLE REGAINING SHINE AFTER DARK NIGHT
The power was back on in most parts of New York Friday afternoon, after
a huge power failure that shut down the largest subway system in the
U.S. and plunged millions into a hot, dark night.
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Friday Aug 15, 2003 bbc
TORONTO: POWER RETURNING
Power was gradually returning on Friday for the four million
residents of Canada's biggest city, Toronto, after Thursday's
unprecedented, massive blackout in the province of Ontario and the
northeastern United States. Toronto Hydro-Electric System says about
three-quarters of electricity service has been restored. The utility
says it can now begin to restore service to non-essential customers.
However, Ontario Premier Ernie Eves warns there could still be
rolling blackouts. Mr. Eves was asked why the province's electric
grid wasn't better protected but couldn't offer an answer. The
Toronto subway is not expected to resume service until Monday. The
Toronto Stock Exchange was open, but trading was light. Power is also
gradually returning in the nation's capital, Ottawa. Telephones of
the government's Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness crashed shortly after the blackout erupted.
The Office's job is to protect Canadians against terrorism and other
dangers. The country's biggest airline, Air Canada, began resuming
flights on Friday but says most its 700 daily flights were affected.
The airline made a few flights on Friday morning, but then the
emergency power system at its operation control centre crashed,
forcing the grounding of all 230 of its aircraft worldwide. The
blackout has stranded thousands of its passengers in airports across
the country. The disaster struck just as the insolvent airline was
hoping for a successful peak summer season. The cause of the
catastrophe remains unknown. On Thursday evening, Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chrétien said the blackout was caused by a lightning
strike at a power plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y. But at the same news
conference, his defence minister, John McCallum, said a nuclear blast
at a power in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania was responsible, before
blaming a location in the American Mideast. The on Friday morning,
Mr. McCallum again changed his story, saying the cause was elsewhere
then finally admitting he didn't know the source of the disaster. New
York mayor Michael Bloomberg claimed the blackout originated in
Canada. U.S. President George W. Bush and the prime minister, Mr.
Chrétien, have announced they'll create a joint task to get to the
bottom of the matter. Its co-chairmen will be the U.S.secretary of
energy, Spencer Abraham, and Canada's minister of natural resources,
Herb Dhaliwal.
Friday Aug 15, 2003 bbc
New York's 'good and bad' blackouts
Blackouts have a particular place in the history of New York City. They are seen as defining moments, and for those old enough to remember, Thursday's power cut will bring back memories of the "good blackout" of 1965 which became an emblem of the civic responsibility and resilience.
August 14, 2003 cbc
Hydro's 6% rate increase called hidden tax grab
Critics yesterday branded Hydro-Québec's plan for a six-per-cent rate hike, starting Oct. 1, as a hidden tax increase, while the publicly owned utility defended the hike, saying that its rates have been frozen since 1998.
August 14, 2003 nyt
Transportation Systems Disrupted; No Initial Sign of Terrorism, Officials Say
Electricity went out across broad regions of the East and
Middle West this afternoon, shutting down trains, subways
and airports from New York City to Detroit.
August 14, 2003 cbc
HUGE POWER FAILURE STRIKES EAST COAST
A widespread power outage such as North American hasn't seen in almost
40 years crippled huge areas of Canada and the United States on Thursday
afternoon. Industry, government and transportation ground to a halt. And
it may be many more hours until power is restored.
August 14, 2003 cbc
POWER OUTAGE CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR CANADIAN CITIES
The power outage that hit much of eastern North America Thursday
affected several Canadian cities, including Ottawa, Toronto and much of
Southern Ontario.
August 14, 2003 cbc
WE PREDICTED THIS: ENERGY EXPERT
Energy experts have been warning about large-scale blackouts in North
America since the early eighties.
August 14, 2003 cbc
STOCK MARKET NOT AFFECTED BY POWER OUTAGE
Stock trading in Toronto was not affected by Thursday's massive failure
that affected Ontario and much of northeastern United States.
August 14, 2003 cbc
POWER FORCES THOUSANDS INTO DARK
People in Toronto reacted to Thursday's power outage with nervousness -
but there were no reports of any disturbances. Thousands took to the
streets, trying to figure out what had happened.
August 14, 2003 cbc
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS
The emergency contact number for fire, police and ambulance emergencies
in Toronto is 911.
August 14, 2003 cbc
BLACKOUTS HIT IN 1965, 1977
The northeastern part of North America has been plunged into darkness
twice before, in 1965 and 1977.
Chernobyl website
long-term outcome of radiation?
This is a 27 page website by a woman who rides her motorcycle through the
Dead Zone, taking pictures and radiation redings. It is very sobering
. Not sure if her info [e.g. number of deaths] is accurate; if so, it's
horrendous. DM Sunday Apr 4, 2004 had 1.353,336 site views
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