Second source power
Monday, July 7th, 2008One of the bright solar lights in a sea of fossil fuel blues is a little young company in Nova Scotia called Second Source Power — from manufacturing wind turbines to installing solar panels; the company radiates the kind of entrepreneurial zeal the oil men had in the last century. It is gushing.
Three men in studio today included Mark Richard, President, Sandy Hines (solar expert), and Engineer Stan Mason. Behind the scenes Chief Operating Officer Jeff Larson, eagerly listened and took his mental victory lap knowing that their time has come.
As Sandy pointed out, in Europe, German homes often add to the grid system due to the ubiquitous use of solar panels on homes. And with solar power technology increasing, so will the efficiency of the panels themselves.
The future of homes will be a mix of solar, and wind, and new batteries in cars and homes (solar batteries) with increasing use of nuclear power for cities. The days when one source, fossil fuels, does everything are over.
Second Source Power is a company to watch — an example of the new green economy: www.secondsourcepower.com.
Later on my broadcast today I discussed “Who Killed the Grand Banks” with investigative journalist Alex Rose. His research led him to two conclusions: 1) Newfoundland did it to themselves with the assistance of short-term thinking politicians and an incompetent DFO. 2) Nothing has changed. Soon it will be the salmon out west.
Tomorrow, I will investigate the compensation announced today for Stephen Truscott. Julian Sher is the author of “Until You Are Dead”.