No cause for hilarity this April Fool’s Day. Noise complaints unanswered, wells contaminated, a huge job ahead to unwind the damage April 1, 2019 It’s now almost a decade since Ontario passed the…
Wind power revenue is from the Global Adjustment subsidy, not actual power sales. Recent moves by government to cancel new contracts won’t get electricity bills down (but will stop them from going up)…
Massive revenue guarantees for a handful of lucky wind power generators, but no appreciable environmental benefit from Ontario’s energy policies says economics professor Ross McKitrick Financial Post, August 10, 2016 You may be…
Financial Post Comment, July 10, 2015 In today’s Financial Post is a comment piece by economic professor Ross McKitrick and energy analyst Tom Adams called “Ontario’s job killer.” “Perhaps Ontario’s business leaders are…
A propane stove: the latest in “green” living Home Hardware‘s spring Home At Home catalogue arrived in many mailboxes last week; one of the features was an article titled “The power to…
The documentary film Down Wind is now available for viewing online at no charge. Ontario Wind Resistance has posted a link to the film. If you haven’t seen it, now is your chance—former…
It’s been a few weeks since Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams released their report for the Fraser Institute, and the media flurry has now died down. But many of the thoughts expressed in…
Ontario hydro customers are trapped by the Wynne Liberals’ mad obsession with expensive and unneeded green energy Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun, November 8, 2014 TORONTO – For anyone who wants to understand what a complete…
Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams, The Financial Post, October 30, 2014 Adding renewable generating capacity triggers changes throughout the system that multiply costs for consumers Ontario’s green energy transformation – initiated a decade…
Here a commentary from Ottawa-based energy economist, Robert Lyman: In May 2014, the Fraser Institute, based in British Columbia, published a report authored by Professor Ross McKitrick and PhD candidate Elmira Aliakbari of…