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Clean
Thinking
In "Clean energy projects
would have bigger eco-
nomic impact than Site C:
report" (BCBusiness.ca/nat-
ural-resources), Jacob Parry
reported on a Clean Energy
BC study claiming that a mix
of smaller dams, wind farms
and biomass plants could gen-
erate the same electricity as
Site C with greater economic
benefits. The Peace Valley
Environment Association
replied that it would be nice
to see BC Hydro develop more
than just hydropower. "There
are far less damaging, more
cost-effective alternatives to
choose from."
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Piping Up
In Canada's Pipeline
Dialogue (December 2014),
BCBusiness and Alberta
Venture presented view-
points from both sides of
the rockies. readers also
weighed in on both sides.
Brock MacLean com-
mented that Canada should
be one country with one
mission to co-operate for the
common good—we all rely on
federal programs, so there
should be no discussion
as to who benefits whom.
David Drucker agreed that
Canada needs to unite but
says that our country cannot
be the "dealer" of releasing
hydrocarbon poisons into
the atmosphere. "Canadians
seem to be smarter than the
politicians in this regard.... If
anyone can see that stepping
up the sale of petroleum to
the world is making things
worse at home, it's the
people most affected by it.
Instead, Petro-boosterism
like this article suggests that
it's just a matter of political
manoeuvring, and that if
we know what's good for us,
we'll work it out."
On Twitter, Caroline
Bleay (@cdbleay) shared
photos of our magazine with
this comment: "A nice section
of the 30 page spread on #BC
#pipelines in this month's
edition of @bcbusiness!"
(We're not sure if she's pro-
pipelines or pro-BCBusiness,
but either way, thanks for the
shout-out!)
Dan Dickson would
like to halt transfer pay-
ments from Alberta to B.C.:
"Let them figure out a way
to finance their socialist
programs with left-wing
rhetoric and the proceeds of
marijuana sales." To which
a B.C. reader replied: "News
flash: We already have a
robust economy. Also, it's
easy to argue that marijuana
is a less harmful industry
than bitumen extraction."
