Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:22:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [KCUTS] Koch Creek meeting tomorrow
From: "Moe" <meadow@netidea.com>
FINAL PUBLIC MEETING
on Koch Creek Hydroelectic Proposal
7:00PM, April 16th
Crescent Valley Hall
Come and see what the proponents of this project are proposing
... and come and tell them what you think about it...
The Friends of Koch Creek think it's a bad idea.
Here are some of the reasons why:
We the people of British Columbia own Koch Creek and all the other
threatened waterways in the West Kootenays and throughout the province.
Under the current BC Energy Plan, private companies will profit from
exploiting our publicly-owned treasures with little or no benefit to the
local economy.
The privatization of power generation in BC will lead to higher energy
prices, less community control and a degraded environment. These projects
are not about energy security. Twenty to forty years down the line, once
their sweetheart contracts with BC Hydro run out, private companies, not
the people of BC, will own the right to sell the power to anyone they
please. We will be completely at the mercy of the market.
This power is simply not needed. We do not have an energy crisis. Even if
we did, we would need to be very thoughtful and to take time to examine
how to proceed in the best possible ways. We must not be panicked into
accepting “greenwash” solutions.
To push these contracts through, the BC government has passed Bill 30,
which takes away from all local governments all rights to have any say
whatsoever over what happens with these private power developments.
Koch Creek Canyon is beautiful. We love it and we propose it be designated
as a park. It has the potential to lift the hearts of everyone who goes
there.
This is its real power potential.
It doesn't matter how “green” any individual private power project might
be, under the BC Energy Plan they are all part of an agenda which is bad
for the people of BC.
Become informed…
The Proponents of the Koch Creek project are holding this meeting.
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Food is the rare moral arena in which the choice that's best for the world
and best for your community is also the best on your table.
- Barbara Kingsolver
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