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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
If solar and wind cost way less...can someone please tell the Ontario government? Their experiment in renewable energy has saddled us with the highest electricity rates in all of North America.
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Thats a Canada problem ... Most energy in the east of the country ...
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The best fossil fuel plants are only about 50% efficient. In the U.S., hydropower is produced for an average of 0.85 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh). This is about 50% the cost of nuclear, 40% the cost of fossil fuel, and 25% the cost of using natural gas.
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Facts About Hydropower
In the west you have loads of natural gas.