We have to kill the carbon tax, because there is nothing to spend it on. Every single 'climate initiative' is a disaster, mainly because of no physics. It's sad that I now part ways with Doug Ford.
Although pumped storage is wonderful beside the Niagara hydro plant, it can't be on a stringer of the grid in the middle of nowhere.
It looks like they put a lot of money into the glossy brochures, so I'm just saying it has no physics. That underwater line has to be trenched 3 m down because of ice ridges. It is the lossiest thing in the world.
We looked at a Lake Erie crossing. You can't put an AC line deep in the ground, under water. We were looking at a DC line, with converters at each end. A DC line builds up a huge induction energy load, and if it breaks, it has to go to ground, killing all the cows within 5 miles.
An AC line has to sit on the top, waiting for the Russians to drag anchors. Neato. Don't put money into this.
As well, surplus electricity has to go down the teeny lines to the water entrance. Then it goes back again. The energy losses are staggering. However, it will be better than windmills and solar cells.
ps yeah, pumped storage at 40 below. Can't wait.
ps I'm a site-selection geophysics expert. Much as the power line needs to be buried, we will need a 1 km long underground intake and outflow (same thing), tunneled in crap rock. Even then, I am thinking of a frozen bay, and strong north winds at 40 below.
ps nobody reads me, so this can go to the polls as the same as the Niagara Tunnel to Nowhere, worth it at any cost.
ps forgot about frazil ice during the winter.
ps but this project is as good as building Bruce C on swiss-cheese rock.
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