SaskPower to develop wind, solar and geothermal power to meet up to 50% renewable target

[wilagro]

That "clean energy market" should read "clean energy racket" as these alternate sources of energy will subsidized by tax-payers for eons.
However they could use most of Saskatchewan as a collector for solar and wind sourced energy for the rest of Canada as it isn't much good for anything else. Tourists would flock in to see the miles and miles of wind driven turbines and solar collectors...and man-o-man those geothermal hot-springs around Watrous could run 24 hours a day. I wonder how long they would provide any usable energy if exploited. The tourists from Alberta would no longer have to worry about soaking their weary bones in the hot-springs as they would then be energy producers instead of tourist destinations.
Its "pie in the sky" folks...these people may be well intentioned but totally naive. Power from steam from "clean coal" operations would make more sense...maybe, just maybe Estevan and other towns might not have to be mothballed after all...the coal IS there and they still know how to mine it.
Pretty hard to shovel sunshine and wind when they disappear as sometimes happens, better to use what we know works.

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Oliver88

Agriculture should be a strategic resource. ... every other country treats it as such domestically.

And should get more respect since it's the only industry that fires up every year.

[Oliver88]

Oliver88

Agriculture should be a strategic resource. ... every other country treats it as such domestically.

And should get more respect since it's the only industry that fires up every year.

I agree 100%.

I agree with clamping down on the rules to buy land and keep the leeches like the CPP out of the picture. We also need to clamp down on Chinese land buyers......how can we do this?

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Oliver88

What do think of the cppib and Saudis purchasing a portion of the grain unit of glencore? (Viterra)

[Oliver88]

Oliver88

What do think of the cppib and Saudis purchasing a portion of the grain unit of glencore? (Viterra)

Haven't thought about it too much.
Viterra is currently owned by the Swiss company Glencore.

CPPIB must want agriculture in their portfolio.
Not a fan of the Saudi's due to Sharia Law.

[fjlip]

A conservative estimate of Canada’s existing carbon-absorption capacity, based on land area and the global carbon-absorption average, indicates that Canada could already be absorbing 20 to 30 per cent more CO2 than we emit. Using the same calculation, the “Big Four” polluters of China, the U.S., the European Union, and India, which together are responsible for a whopping 60 per cent of global CO2 emissions, release 10 times more CO2 than their combined land area absorbs. Canada doesn’t seem very dirty now, do we?

So when was the last time you heard a Canadian political leader, let alone the media, talk about our carbon-absorption capacity? Probably never, because we are currently ignoring that side of the equation, for a couple reasons.

First, there is insufficient political will. The government’s top experts need a mandate to pursue in-depth measurement of CO2 absorption. Recently, Canada’s federal and provincial auditors general announced a joint audit of the country’s carbon emissions. But what credible audit would examine only half a balance sheet? There’s no reason why they shouldn’t audit our absorption capacity, too. How much CO2 did our forests and land absorb? Do some trees and topographies perform better than others? In short, what is Canada’s carbon balance?

[farmaholic]

I too find it interesting that the CPPIB thinks ag is worthy of the portfolio. They did the land thing, now considering the grain handling thing, I wonder if they will ever consider primary production......hahahhahahaha. likely a little "too risky" for the average Canadian's pension money portfolio.

I'm not yearning for the old, but the government sees no value is a state grain trading agency but
sees potential value in an domestic based international grain trading and handling company?

It doesn't matter anymore.

[sumdumguy]

Boyd and Marsh, what a team! Recipe for .......