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When I first heard that IRAC had been asked to approve a request by Maritime Electric to buy two diesel power plants. I was in shock. Where did this come from? It appears that our government has been asleep at the wheel.

The fact that today energy needs were not planned for 10 years ago shows gross incompetence and, as far as climate change and our grandchildren are concerned, criminal oversight.

The UK just announced that they now cover 47 per cent of their power needs from renewable energy (wind and solar). They have solar panels on top of parking lots and multi-storey parking lots.........

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