When we went out and did our consultation it was clearly stated that we need to have a secure, safe, reliable source of energy. Technology is not there to totally switch to totally renewables for us and particularly because we have such a vast territory that we have to have fuel in to some of these smaller communities, such as Sachs Harbour, Ulukhaktok, and Paulatuk, which is a challenging environment. That is why we are doing our wind studies up in that type of environment, to see if it's feasible. So we have to balance this up. Technology is not there to totally get us off of fossil fuels and into renewables.
Wally Schumann on Question 489-18(3): Reduction of Non-Renewable Energy
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 2018. See this statement in context.
Question 489-18(3): Reduction of Non-Renewable Energy
Oral Questions
November 1st, 2018
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