Many have been debating whether Ontario has made the right decision or not. Ontario has decided to build 2 new nuclear units at Darlington along with 10 refurbishments at Darlington, Bruce, and Pickering. $33-billion will be spent on nuclear energy and $27-billion for renewable energy along with $12-billion on conservation.
Ontario has proudly stopped using coal for electricity in 2014 and currently has 2 nuclear, 65 hydro, and 3 thermal fleets. These
three types of energy have been used for many decades by Ontario. There are many advantages and disadvantages of all three.
Producing hydro-electricity is actually more harmful than many think. It is true that hydro
plants do not emit as much air pollution as nuclear and thermal …show more content…
Some fish die off from being restricted to go where they are safe, can sleep, lay their eggs, or find food. Problems like this are being solved as soon as they can be. For example, fish ladders have been put where hydro-electricity plants are so that the dam does not restrain fish in that area. Hydropower plants also need large open sources of water and with sixty-five dams already in Ontario, it is difficult to find a place to build new ones.
Thermal-electricity, one of the most traditional ways to produce electricity, is one of the most harmful ways due to the fact that burning fossil fuels for energy releases great amounts of greenhouse gasses into the Earth’s atmosphere. Thankfully it is only used when needed and often left unused and replaced by nuclear and hydro-electricity. A harmful source like this one is used because it can produce a good amount of electricity and after being used for so many years, we know how to control it and repair it very …show more content…
Scientists are starting to find more alternatives such as bioenergy.
Returning to the question of whether Ontario has made the right decision or not. The arguments are that we do not need more nuclear plants to be built, as we are becoming more energy efficient each and every year while on the other hand, we may need to produce more electricity for the increasing amount of technology added into our lives.
We asked Verena MacDaniel, who lives nearby to a nuclear plant of what she thought about the government’s plan.
“I think that we should refurbish the nuclear plants as they may cause unneeded harm to those living nearby. Not only that, but we will need the extra electricity from nuclear energy until we can find a better source”.
Other opinions state that fossil fuels should be used as less as possible as we do not have much of it left, so instead of using our thermal fleets when we need additional electricity, we should use nuclear since hydro can not be controlled as well as thermal and nuclear
Ontario has proudly stopped using coal for electricity in 2014 and currently has 2 nuclear, 65 hydro, and 3 thermal fleets. These
three types of energy have been used for many decades by Ontario. There are many advantages and disadvantages of all three.
Producing hydro-electricity is actually more harmful than many think. It is true that hydro
plants do not emit as much air pollution as nuclear and thermal …show more content…
Some fish die off from being restricted to go where they are safe, can sleep, lay their eggs, or find food. Problems like this are being solved as soon as they can be. For example, fish ladders have been put where hydro-electricity plants are so that the dam does not restrain fish in that area. Hydropower plants also need large open sources of water and with sixty-five dams already in Ontario, it is difficult to find a place to build new ones.
Thermal-electricity, one of the most traditional ways to produce electricity, is one of the most harmful ways due to the fact that burning fossil fuels for energy releases great amounts of greenhouse gasses into the Earth’s atmosphere. Thankfully it is only used when needed and often left unused and replaced by nuclear and hydro-electricity. A harmful source like this one is used because it can produce a good amount of electricity and after being used for so many years, we know how to control it and repair it very …show more content…
Scientists are starting to find more alternatives such as bioenergy.
Returning to the question of whether Ontario has made the right decision or not. The arguments are that we do not need more nuclear plants to be built, as we are becoming more energy efficient each and every year while on the other hand, we may need to produce more electricity for the increasing amount of technology added into our lives.
We asked Verena MacDaniel, who lives nearby to a nuclear plant of what she thought about the government’s plan.
“I think that we should refurbish the nuclear plants as they may cause unneeded harm to those living nearby. Not only that, but we will need the extra electricity from nuclear energy until we can find a better source”.
Other opinions state that fossil fuels should be used as less as possible as we do not have much of it left, so instead of using our thermal fleets when we need additional electricity, we should use nuclear since hydro can not be controlled as well as thermal and nuclear