Emmisions again - something stinks anyway

Breaking news - Check out AIMS report on the MOU - posted here http://ow.ly/IhEs

And the following was posted on my favorite website :

Total Emmisions from the refinery would be 5.7 MT from the Eider Rock project. Current Emmisions are around 3.0 MT .

Eider Rock projected emmisions : http://www.irvingoil.com/dloads/Chapter07_Atmospheric.pdf

current Saint John refinery emmisions (2007)
http://www.environmentcanada.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=En&n=8F572EA1-1

I'm not against the second refinery either. I thought the energy hub, and associated jobs, and the vision to have all the players on the same team was a great idea. But to kick a big player off the field in mid game strikes me as odd.

Total provincial emmisions are here :

http://logixml.ghgregistries.ca/New%20Brunswick%20Dashboard%20Solo/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=Dashboard_Provincial

and in the Environmental Implications published in right hand column of this site.

Total from both Refiney(s) with zero emmisions from NB Power, would be (5.7+3.0) 8.7 MT of (18.7-6.4+5.7) 18 MT or 48% of the provincial total.

2020 target is 14.5 MT. I won't add further comment to the fact that NB Power and the proposed refinery have similiar carbon footprints.

I wonder how much effect the carbon cap and trade cost will have on the value of gasoline, home heating fuel, and power produced from natural gas at the various facilities in the province.

And to James, How come the rate that is paid to the windfarms is not published in this province. PEI expects to pay 12 cents/kwhr.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/wind_energy.pdf

Ontario plans to pay 13.5 cents/kwhr.
http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=6858


Both these rates considerably higher than residential rates paid in New Brunswick today. I can only guess that rates paid to windfarms in New Bruswick are similiar. So no matter who owns NB Power, if the government energy policy dictates more wind power, then all our prices are going up. A problem I see, is that if considerable wind power is implemented during the five year price freeze, and hydro quebec has to absorb that cost differential during those years, then at the end of five years, when the cost of new generation, plus interest gets added on, it will be considerable. I'm quite sure Hydro Quebec will be vocal in telling the outraged public why their rates just shot up. It will be green, but COSTLY.