We Canadians

Reason 1: More Incentives, Lower Costs
Ontario has  planned a great incentive program that should become law very soon. For each unit (kilowatt-hour) of  solar power that you produce you would be paid over 80 cents. For each unit of power you consume you pay far less, probably just 10% of this.  This magic is achieved using Feed In [...]

They may not be the best thing since sliced bread but they are pretty close, at least in the field of renewable energy. The Feed In Tariff s (FITs) have worked wonders in many European countries including Germany, which is now the second largest producer of solar energy in the world.

There has never been a better time to plan a solar panel installation for your home in Ontario. Prices of these panels are dropping fast and the Ontario government is offering incentives to promote their use as never before. The government’s plans are still at the public review stage but they are expected to be enacted into law within a few months.

Once the new rules come into effect, homeowners will be paid 80.2 cents for each kilowatt-hour of rooftop solar power that they sell to the grid; this is over ten times the going rate for power that they buy from the grid.

 
“I am not a big fan of public-private partnerships” says Gary Corbett, acting President of PIPSC, one of the largest public sector unions in the country.  He believes this type of unequal partnership is sometimes ineffective because the ultimate responsibility  for the work remains with the government.
He cites the example of a road contructed under a  public-private [...]

 
Diet fads come and go. Over the years,  North Americans have experimented with scores of diets and yet they remain unhealthy and obese. People switch from one diet to another and stay exactly the same.
However, there is one diet that has stood the test of time - the Yoga Diet. It has been around for [...]

By Niraj Chandra
Creating a good website is very simple - as I found out the hard way after weeks of tireless experimentation. Hopefully, this article will help others in creating their websites without going through my learning curve.
Just a few months I was an absolute novice. I was a good writer so I figured there would’nt be much [...]

The Allergists voted to scratch it, and the Dermatologists advised not
to make any rash moves.
 
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the
Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve, and the Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.
The Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
The Pathologists yelled, ‘Over my dead [...]