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Originally Posted by Boreas
I guess you didn't read - or didn't understand - Merrylander's earlier post. Ontario Hydro is just a name, dating from an earlier era. It now exists as five separate and distinct power companies, all components of the earlier one. They have nukes and coal-fired plants as well as hydroelectric plants. In fact the nukes and the coalers outnumber the hydros. On the other hand, Hydro-Quebec generates 3/4 of its power from hydro.
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I fully understood. I guess you didn't read, or didn't understand - that I wasn't responding to Merrylander's post. I was responding to a question from noonereal. It doesn't diminish that fact that hydro contributes about 60% of the electric power consumed in Canada, nearly double any other source.
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Originally Posted by Boreas
Um, Saskatoon, Montreal and Edmonton ain't in Ontario. Also, did you consider the greater demand in winter? Electricity ain't just for A/C.
John
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noonereal's question was not about Ontario specifically. It was about Canada. I guess you didn't read, or didn't understand that. Also, the majority of Canadian households are heated with natural gas by a large margin, not electric.