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Originally Posted by Shawnski
I think you might be surprised that many folk in Alberta DO want to find fruit in the green power alternatives. Conservatives included.
For example, you do realize that in Calgary, our LRT system is completely powered by wind power generated in the Southern part of our province?
I have spent countless hours pondering how to design and implement localized power generation here in Calgary. Having Conservative values does not mean that I do not see the merit in going green. But for any entrepreneur, without receiving government grants, it must be fiscally prudent. And I also must admit, that project is not a good fit within my experience and background... but the thought is ALWAYS in my mind.
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Glad to hear that Shawnski.
I know about the LRT, and I also recall something (I live in B.C. so this is going off of newswire memory, so please correct me if I am wrong) to the tune of Klein promising that at least 1/4 of energy used to power Government buildings would be purchased from companies using renewable resources.
I realize that it is on the minds of other people, geography notwithstanding. I don't think I am smarter than the average joe from Alberta. I know that many share the viewpoint that going green is the optimaly move into the future, and having conservative values doesn't mean that you can't be behind that wave length...
But I don't think that the Conservative Party is a party that will move along that front. You can't necessarily equate the values of a party's supporters with the actual actions a party in power takes.
I understand as well that for entrepreneurs these things wont happen without support. My position is, why the hell aren't we funding them with support? Why aren't we using that money to fund green energy initiatives? What about healthy food programs so our medicare system wasn't so overloaded with avoidable problems/diseases caused byobesity? As a citizen I am much more interested in my money going to grants for this kind of work rather than a tax cut that is going to do sweet nothing for the average guy and line a couple more billion in the pockets of the wealthiest group of Canadians.