Dejong lies no one falls for it

[George+]

Tell bc hydro customers that they had the lowest rates in North America.
Just before Election Day!

Ridiculous increases under the Liberals watch.

All thanks to Christy's buddy, super rich Brad Bennet, who chairs BC Hydro.

[hobbyguy]

George, you and MJ should move to the solar utopia of California where you can pay an average $.2727/kWh for residential electricity. Then you can whine about that awful BC Hydro that charges $.11/kWh.

NDP logic makes me laugh.

[Urban Cowboy]

NDP logic makes me laugh.

Makes me cry.

[madmudder]

Liberal trolls make me puke.

[krocky]

Those of us who are BC Hydro customers need to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. The corporation has infrastructure needs and a debt. We've also had some of the lowest rates in North America so it's time we step up.

Yes, poor, poor, BC Hydro. In 2016 the top 5 executives pulled in a combined salary of 1.5 million dollars. I know a single mom with 2 kids living in Summerland, in a small condo and her hydro bills this winter were over $400/month so for the first time in her life she had to go to the food bank to feed her kids. Another young couple I know built a carriage house as a mortgage helper and their Hydro bills this winter were over 800/month so now after spending the money to build it they can only rent it out in the Summer months thanks to 2 tier billing..

Yes poor, poor, BC Hydro.. Christy, please step it up and allow them another increase so they can give themselves a nice fat bonus..

And what ever we do lets not elect a government who wants to do something about it, no don't do THAT because how on earth would we pay for those stupid promises and still give all her BFF executives their 2017 raise and bonus..??

[krocky]

NDP logic makes me laugh.

I can totally see why that would be. Liberal logic is "all for me and none for anyone else". It is sooo easy to spot the Liberal supporters without them ever having to say they are.

If you say, "if she can't afford to feed her kids she shouldn't have had any", you might be a Liberal
If you say, " if you can't pay your bill then turn off your HEAT and put on a jacket", you might be a Liberal
If you say, " we need to step-it-up and pay more to help out poor BC Hydro, you might be a Liberal
If you say, "I can afford my bill so if you can't then MOVE, you might be a Liberal

I could go on but I won't, well one last one...

If you don't think that Mike De Jong is a moron, then, you ARE a Liberal...!!!

[maryjane48]

*removed* saddle bc with a dam that will cost tax payers tens of millions and see rates go up .my plan make a one time investmen t and kiss powerbills goodbye . thats the choice .

[hobbyguy]

You are solar dreaming again. $20-$30,000 that you get to spend all over again to produce electricity part time part of the year. Yes, a couple powerwalls in there helps. But the only way it works is if you "free ride" off the grid. Your peak needs will be in January - good luck with your solar dreaming in BC in January.

Just a single powerwall, given the lifespan, will cost you $.25/kWh. If you aren't going to "free ride" off the grid (i.e. ask the rest of us to subsidize you), a typical home will need two powerwalls. https://cleantechnica.com/2015/05/09/tesla-powerwall-powerblocks-per-kwh-lifetime-prices-vs-aquion-energy-eos-energy-imergy/

Then the base system and install is costing you about $.0941/kWh without financial considerations.

IF you took that $20,000 and invested it at 4% compounded annually, you would earn $23,316. That adds another $.1097/kWh.

Total price for your solar dreaming system for the average homeowner: $.4538/kWh.

IF you "free ride" from the grid, asking the rest of us to subsidize you, then you can reduce that to about $.3438/kWh.

So lets see, my choices are:
1. purchase electricity from BC Hydro dams for $.11/kWh, or if you include inflationary pressures, an average of about $.1350/kWh over the 25 years.
2. full solar dream and pay $.4538/kWh
3. cheat, "free ride" from the grid, and get others to subsidize me, and partially solar dream for $.3438/kWh.

Only "NDP logic" would choose 2 or 3, and most likely #3 - using other people's money.

[Urban Cowboy]

my plan make a one time investment and kiss power bills goodbye . thats the choice .

That's the point, it ISN'T a one time investment. That's a fallacy you are promoting. Those precious solar panels of yours will not, nor will they ever, last as long as a dam. Factor in the replacement costs after twenty years or so, (having worked many years in construction, one thing I've learned is that the "lifetime" of a product as told by the manufacturer, and the "lifetime" of the product as realized by the consumer, are two different animals, with the former being exaggerated substantially) not to mention the likelihood of maintenance becoming necessary along the way, plus the need for backup during peak winter demand, and then tell me you're kissing the power bills goodbye.

You do realize that a power bill, whether received from BC Hydro/Fortis, or generated through costs incurred by your own system, is still a power bill, do you not?

[Mr_Mrs_Wolf]

As usual, Keith Baldrey gets it right:

NDP leader John Horgan has opted to roll the dice and go big when it comes to making lavish spending promises. He has shucked off the constraints that come with relatively lower government spending and has instead embraced a position favoured by the NDP up until its electoral near-wipe out in 2001: big spending and tax hikes (albeit on corporations and high-income earners).
http://globalnews.ca/news/3390913/baldr ... -promises/

If KB wants to keep his nice corner office in the legde he cannot ever come out critical of the party in power. All jurno's can push only so far if they want to remain working in this town. They have not and do not control what gets printed. So to suggest KB got it right is not really accurate. What you are agreeing with is his editor gave direction to write what you wanted to read.

[maryjane48]

That's the point, it ISN'T a one time investment. That's a fallacy you are promoting. Those precious solar panels of yours will not, nor will they ever, last as long as a dam. Factor in the replacement costs after twenty years or so, (having worked many years in construction, one thing I've learned is that the "lifetime" of a product as told by the manufacturer, and the "lifetime" of the product as realized by the consumer, are two different animals, with the former being exaggerated substantially) not to mention the likelihood of maintenance becoming necessary along the way, plus the need for backup during peak winter demand, and then tell me you're kissing the power bills goodbye.

You do realize that a power bill, whether received from BC Hydro/Fortis, or generated through costs incurred by your own system, is still a power bill, do you not?

and with the new silicon batteries being developed storage will be cheap no toxins from materials as silicon is a form of glass and winters wont matter as the panels get better .

dams cant be scaled up to put out 16 times the power which will be needed . you really think bc is going to build 15 more dams ? lol thats funny
. the simple answer is site c is already a dead horse .


how do you plan on supply the energy we will need that site c will be 15 times to weak to supply magic ? unicorns possibly ?

because if you cant answer that then you dont really understand the challenges . trump and team wont be in power for ever and when the dems are back in power world will be back on track again.


but first tell me when site c is maxed out which will be first day its turned on then where does the extra power we need come from

and when your done with that why should granny face rising energy costs when there is ways to eliminate power bills ?


um if you are maintaining your own system so what ? every house needs maintaining .

[Merry]

I hate it when politicians lie in order to try to get the "upper hand" over their opponents. And by that I mean ALL politicians, regardless of their political stripe.

We see this behaviour more and more often these days, at ALL levels of Government, and we also see it from some of their overly partisan supporters (even on these forums). But the real problem is that such folks lie in this way because it WORKS. And the reason it works is because far too many people fail to do their own homework, preferring instead to rely totally on what they read and/or see in the (usually very biased) media.

This failure to check facts for yourself, and to rely on biased reporting of supposed facts instead, is harming democracy in a very big way. And is part of the explanation as to why elected Government don't always appear to deliver what those who elected them expected them to deliver.

Distorting the truth in order to mislead voters is a lie, no matter how you frame it. And if the Party you support has to lie in order to win, maybe it's time to consider why lying about their opponents is preferable to telling us what their own political Platform is. What is it they're trying to hide from us?

[Urban Cowboy]

um if you are maintaining your own system so what ? every house needs maintaining .

Well ummmm oh cocky one, that maintenance is part of the cost of the system, so don't go blathering on about no power bill when all you're really doing is engaging in creative accounting.

People connected to the grid get a power bill, that's it, within that bill is the cost of providing the power including maintenance, upgrades, and such, not to mention that as our system functions now, within that bill we are also contributing monies to other things such as health care.

You are conveniently boasting about freedom from power bills, while completely discounting the cost of maintenance, and replacement of components, that have at most one quarter the lifetime of a dam, and not accounting for lost income to general revenue that pays for things you are professing to be so concerned about.

You are the one who needs to take a second look at your definition of "freedom" because most see it as the pie in the sky thinking that it is.

For some a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing, and you fall into that category, heck you're drowning in that category.

[Merry]

[People connected to the grid get a power bill, that's it, within that bill is the cost of providing the power including maintenance, upgrades, and such, not to mention that as our system functions now, within that bill we are also contributing monies to other things such as health care.

This statement is perfectly true; however it's time Governments stopped using things like Hydro to pay for things like Health Care.

By hiding health care and other costs inside our Hydro Bills, Governments are able to pretend to reduce our income taxes. When, in reality, it doesn't change the amount we actually pay for the various Government services, just the way we pay it.

It's hard to hold Government to account for the way they spend our money, when the way it is collected and distributed is not clear to the average person. Which is exactly the reason Government's LOVE to muddy the waters the way they do. But it's time we taxpayers started demanding more transparency in our tax collection system; which means telling Government's to stop using things like ICBC and BC Hydro as a back door way of collecting taxes.

[Urban Cowboy]

I happen to agree with you Merry, but let's not lose sight of which party took it upon themselves to set such a precedent.

It's important people take note of that, when they try to sift through all the nonsense posted.

Income tax was supposed to be a temporary thing for the war effort, but look at where we've come to with that.

Politicians just can't seem to bring themselves, to let go of an income stream, once it's in place.

Ironically in many threads on Castanet, it's the NDP supporters crying loudest about the Liberals engaging in such tactics, when they were not the ones who implemented it.

Are they really hoping we are too stupid, to realize who began such a practice?

Sometimes when I read things here, I get this picture in my head, of a school bully who throws the first punch, then gets all indignant, when his victim turns around and gives him a black eye.