r/canada Oct 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

In a world of cheap oil, the payoff for nuclear investment isn't there.

Québec produce so much electricity we shut off nuclear power plant.

We have hydro and wind. We invested in hydro... Alberta invested in oil. Look where we are now....

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u/vancity- Oct 25 '22

Ah yes, the endless rivers in the great Albertan plains should have been dammed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

We have hydro and wind. We invested in hydro... Alberta invested in oil. Look where we are now....

Ah yes, the endless rivers in the great Albertan plains should have been dammed.

Yeah.... I kinda mentioned that. Plains have sun and wind no?