We do have a lot of potentual cheap elictricity in B.C. We could double our production of hydro-electric power on the existing damned river systems without even looking at untouched water supplies.
We don't in part because of enviromentalist( it wouldn't matter how safe it was for the enviroment) and in part because of the profitability. If the U.S. has to build coal generating plants and reactors to top up their need for electricity the price will reflect their high cost of production. We(B.C.) get to sell our electricity for more.
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