http://understory.ran.org/2005/09/29/38/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://understory.ran.org/2005/09/29/38/comment-page-1/#comment-374047 kitchenaid hand mixer Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:20:16 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2005/09/29/38/#comment-374047 Hey very nice blog!! Will add to feed reader :-) Hey very nice blog!! Will add to feed reader :-)

]]> http://understory.ran.org/2005/09/29/38/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Roger L. Gagne Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:21:47 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2005/09/29/38/#comment-171 Having lived in Alberta my whole life, and sometimes within 30 miles of Lake Wabumun as I am right now at my sister's house, I'm quite certain that the power plants you saw were coal-fired, using much of the coal that you saw moving around on trucks in the area. Unfortunately, some 85% of Alberta's electricity comes from coal, close to 13% from hydro, and the remainder from wind and other sources. Despite recieving more hours of sunlight than most other cities in Canada, Calgarians in Southern Alberta have virtually no experience with solar power. But of course, our most important energy source is conservation, lessening our demand for power generation in the first place. I'm constantly slapping my own fingers to keep myself from turning off lights and appliances when I visit other people's houses. Having lived in Alberta my whole life, and sometimes within 30 miles of Lake Wabumun as I am right now at my sister’s house, I’m quite certain that the power plants you saw were coal-fired, using much of the coal that you saw moving around on trucks in the area. Unfortunately, some 85% of Alberta’s electricity comes from coal, close to 13% from hydro, and the remainder from wind and other sources. Despite recieving more hours of sunlight than most other cities in Canada, Calgarians in Southern Alberta have virtually no experience with solar power. But of course, our most important energy source is conservation, lessening our demand for power generation in the first place. I’m constantly slapping my own fingers to keep myself from turning off lights and appliances when I visit other people’s houses.

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