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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
heh, I guess being from BC I seem to be under the false impression that hydro is how a lot of power is generated. Forgetting that natural gas is often used to generate electricity......D'oh!!!
Hence why a Geothermal system in Alberta is somewhat pointless. You need a tonne of electricity to run one of those things and in the winter you use a lot of electricity to run the thing to keep your house warm. And the power to run that system comes from Natural Gas usually.
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Well it's an interesting point.. I really have no clue about B.C.'s power supply but in Alberta there is very little hydro I believe.
In fact lots of people think that Alberta uses those windmills by Lundbreck to generate power, when in fact I am fairly certain there are mandatory levels that must be kept in check with the Alberta government for the different types of power generation. This means that the windmills don't get used as much as we'd hope for the sake of the environment. I could be wrong but I'll go check it out on the eub website.