Energy = Industry An Icelandic Vision

DANNY YOU CANNOT KID EVERYBODY
I WILL FIGHT TO STOP THE EXPORT OF OUR HYDRO RESOURCES
TELL THE TRUTH - TELL US WHAT YOU LEARNED IN ICELAND

Sue's Blog has posted many stories and articles on energy and industry. Considering our Premier just returned from Iceland where he claims energy and the fishery were discussed - why not ask him what he found out.
Don't you find it odd that Danny has not told us what he learned and concluded from his excursion?
As Iceland prepares to launch its latest hydro development - which was constructed to power yet another aluminum smelter - with talks underway for another facility to begin construction in 2010 - it is time we did something.
Let's examine the evidence!
Per-Capita Iceland is the primary producer in the world of aluminum.
The first aluminum plant was built in Iceland in the 1960's.
At that time government made a decision to seek the cooperation of foreign investors in building power intensive industries.
In 1988 the government decided to set up an Energy Marketing Agency. This autonomous body is owned jointly by the Ministry of Industry and Landsvirkjun (Landsvirkjun produces, distributes and sells wholesale electricity to local public utilities and, under special agreements, to power-intensive industries. Its task is to promote greater utilization of Iceland‘s energy resources and ensure that electricity supply is always sufficient to meet demand.) - it is owned by 50% by the country 45 % by the city of Reykjavik and 5% by the town of Akureyri. In other words owned by the people. Unlike Newfoundland and Labrador, Iceland produces transmits and distributes all the power. It is absolutely time for this Province to take over Newfoundland Power and use those efficiencies to lower power rates to consumers and keep more profit generated by our resources.
The mandate for the marketing agency is to promote the use of Icelands clean geo-thermal and hydro power. It is not to find an export market!
This agency promotes the following to industry:
mid-Atlantic location,
modern infrastructure,
educated workforce,
supportive government policy,
efficient environmental regulatory system,
good industrial sites with safe deepwater harbours,
and most significantly - large, untapped, renewable, and clean energy resources - therefore reliable power at a competitive cost.
Since 1995 - more recent history, the marketing agency has delivered 4 new large-scale industrial projects which more than doubled power sales to industry and created 1000 new direct jobs and thousands more indirect jobs.
Now of course another smelter is opening with yet another on the horizon.
IS THERE SOME REASON LABRADOR THAT THIS DOES NOT CLICK SOMETHING IN YOUR COLLECTIVE THINKING?
IS THERE SOME REASON THE MEDIA IS NOT ASKING DANNY WHAT HE DISCOVERED IN ICELAND?
IS THERE SOME REASON WE ARE PLANNING TO EXPORT OUR FUTURE TO QUEBEC AND ONTARIO?
Danny would have learned two things - our energy situation is almost identical and we should not export hydro - and the fishery is owned and managed by Iceland as her own nation - either Canada turns over our offshore resources oil, gas, and fish or we go our own way.