Fidel Dexter has allowed the taxpayers the pleasure of subsidizing 2 dead and dying pulp mills by increasing all our power rates. Both places are unionized, so this really isn’t a shocker. I’m waiting for the other shoe to fall when we’re all asked to kick in over $100 Million to top up the under-funded pension plan at Point Tupper.
Close both places down, the Chinese can produce this stuff cheaper. —Eb Scrooge
This article appears in Nov 24-30, 2011.
hey ebby, what you expect, this is nutso scotia. did you really think that mill down by the big muddy water, was just gonna go away?
nah, we were gonna get shafted by n.s crooks anyway, so why not now, instead of later on, when we really have no more money. yeah, this deal is a sweet one, if you just wanna get more pogie hours in, and do nothing or next to for 4 or 5 more months. these places are dying faster than people think, what with the net and all the other easy to access media out there.
the fact that you are reading this online, reflects what i’m talking about. within the next 10 years, or less, you will be able to have access to anything you want, via the net, close to that now. you pay bills online, bank, transfer money, read, search, and whatever else you desire. the info is almost instant, not like paper, that you have to scan thru, to find what you want.
gone are the days of paper boos and things like that. soon enough, we’ll have an operation, via net, and doctors to diagnose our ailments via facebook or twitter or some stupd site like that. we already have web md.
yep, paper and stuff to read are dinosaurs, and like them, paper mills will soon become extinct. and to that, i say good riddance.
In addition to the money we pay on the bottom of every bill (that goes to (in)efficiency NS) to subsidize “poor” homeowners, to get rebates on things non-homeowners could never dream of having.
Only in NS, would the pinkos feel happy about waging class warfare on the poor.
My bro warned me years ago that book stores were gradually changing their stock to ‘Made in China’ novelty shit and minimizing the number of paper books. In light of that, why in the name of Odin’s Eyeball is this useless government supporting two dying industries? I say close ’em down – people in the area will have to retrain, just like they did when the coal mines shut down. You’ve got to move with the demands of the time and paper producing is not the money making it used to be. I resent every penny of my tax dollars going towards such a futile enterprise.
A lot of the New Page employees ended up going out west. A cousin of mine did that. They go out for three weeks, come home for a week and so on and so forth.
They’re making a killing, but it’s still shitty being away from your family for three weeks at a time. But hay, the camps up there are apparently pretty good accommodation-wise and they even cook for you and I’ve heard the food is good.
Any increase sucks, considering their big new digs and crazy back patting bonus’, but I can just imagine what increase they would be given if the places actually closed, which is still a big possibility
Ain’t that the truth TT. Everytime my neighborhood bookstore, which just so happens to be a Chapdurz, undergoes another “renovation” the book section of the bookstore winds up being squeezed farther and farther away into the back corner, just like creepy old Uncle Ed who smells of licorice, restraining orders and lemon gin, at Christmas time. FML , Grrrrrr & Rooooooo.
Good bitch Baz, but you know old Dear Leader has to do something to appease the Bolshevik wing of the Party, lest he be deposed in a Palace Coup.
My understanding is that if they go out of business (and stop paying NS Power anything at all – reduced rates or otherwise), our power bills will REALLY go up… Don’t know if that’s true or not but it does seem logical.
What i don’t understand is; if the mills close and NSP still produce the power, what’s stopping them from selling it to the Big Satan south of the border at a higher rate and getting even bigger bonuses?
If Fidel is deposed like Moammar will he be found hiding in a storm drain in Diddle Muskadildo?
On another note – I see where PK is now all for doing away with in camera meetings, wanker of the year award goes to?
My bro works for Crapters so he’s been watching the inside scoop for some time. He also predicts that only bestsellers will be worthy of be worthy of their ever-dwindling space – I don’t know about you, Ivanski, but best sellers seem to be written by the same people (or corporation/ghostwriter/Joe Da Boo) ad nauseum.
“On another note – I see where PK is now all for doing away with in camera meetings, wanker of the year award goes to?”
Ummmm….
I can’t wait to see that browless arsepick bounced down City Hall steps. His about face is typical of any politician with his feet on the burner.
PK, are we going to have a Summit before Non-Denominational Capitalist Wintertime Gift-Giving Day?
Yeah TT, I figure it’s just a matter of time until the market crashes, and the only things on the shelves are the latest new age, self-help drivel (I’m O.K. – You’re a Cunt), whatever supernatural abomination tweens are flicking their beans over, or some new iteration on “Generic Intellectual/Adventurer encounters sinister conspiracies, shadowy agencies and billowy Penthouse breastesses while attempting to discover the Cadbury Secret”. That’s when I go into full hermit mode and start re-rereading my library, which, thanks to incipient alzheimer’s, will be like a whole new experience, all over again. >: )
Hermit Ivan – the Mad Monk will continue to come to summits and the latest, I beleive is tentatively scheduled for the 18th. Right Kitteh?
Yes, my dear TTFN. i’m working details out now INCLUDING an invite for ol’ Petey Kelly. It’s gonna be a hoot, guys, TRUST me!
I just don’t understand how it would cost us money both ways, if the mill stayed open or closed down… Like, does that mean that if everybody leaves NS except for 10 people, they all are responsible for paying NS Power for the would-be power bills if everyone was still here? How can a company do that?
The rule of monopolomics dissagrees with you. Emerra is a monopoly given the cushion of a guaranteed profit margin. This means no matter how much money Emerra spends on producing and distributing power, or how much power they produce and not use, we as customers will have to pay for all of this plus their shareholder profits. The plants staying open and paying that share of the electricity produced is imperative to keeping our sates as low (high) as they are.
How can you pin this on D Dexter? It was UARB that sets the rates, which is an arms length panel with no political affiliations (thats what it’s supposed to be). You can blame him for the “electricity tax” that is added on every power bill though. You can also blame him for the 2.1% that goes to some stupid committee that wants us to become less dependent on electricity. This I cant figure out, if we use less electricity we end up paying more for the electricity we do use, equalling the profit that is guaranteed to Emerra. What the fuck is the point of having a committee that we pay to raise our power rates when we use less of it????
I also can’t understand that conundrum SHITD…
I’ve been writing letters to all of them, DD and the crazy commie pinko crew included, looking for answers as to how charging a tax saves us anything, lol. “Demand side management” is what they call it…
Charlie Parker says: “I understand your frustration, but I hope that you will understand why demand side management (DSM) programs and energy efficiency help contribute to the robustness of the electricity system, and help reduce long-term costs associated with new large-capital generation projects by reducing electricity load growth….
By reducing the amount of electricity we use as a province, we can limit the need for expensive new generating plants to supply potential load increases. DSM helps us to manage load increases. The less we use, the less expensive it is to supply the entire province.”
Lowered consumption on residential electricity use rewards the homeowner or renter with lower electricity bills and a lower contribution to fund DSM.
I hope that once ENSC officially begins their program offerings for 2012, you will be able to access their expertise and funding to further reduce your electricity cost.”
To which I replied: “Unfortunately, I don’t see the benefit of subsidizing home owners so they can get a break on their appliances or other big ticket items that I, and a third of other Nova Scotians, can only dream of having, let alone needing to upgrade.”
Funny, never got a reply back…
If the goal is to educate consumers,there are much less expensive options than creating costly “arms-length” agencies to do so.
If you are looking to reduce people’s electricity use – the high price of electricity we currently pay is more than enough of a deterrent towards those who would waste power.
I hope in the future, beyond quoting emails from years past, you will invite all Nova Scotians, and not just those with self serving interests, to the table for a very important discussion on why you are punishing those who are already energy efficient. Like myself.
I agree OB. Let those businesses go under. It’s not our fault those employees are uneducated.
It isn’t Dexter, the NDP have nothing to do with it. It was the URB’s decision
Agreed Willis, I bet if you were to look at the UARB members stock portfolios, they are probably carrying at least 60% Emerra stock. That’s the only answer I can come up with, shareholders looking after shareholders.