Raise the Hammer

Jason, you wrote a terrific article, on which I'm taking notes and discussing with family, but your conclusion is a non-sequitur. Better that our Andrew McKillop analyzes utilization rates, impact of peak pricing, maintenance schedules, etc. in order to reach a conclusion for brownouts next summer.

However, I believe your overall prognosis is correct, just different reasoning. There are many solutions to brownouts before canning tomatoes becomes necessary. In my view,there are three causes of the outcome you predict:

1. Banksters (mainly American) have taken over conservative banks that once created wealth and are now stealing wealth to feed their greed. This will spill into Canada.

2. Politicians, through high incumbency rates and/or connections to money democracy, steal our freedom through regulation, they funnel our wealth to connected elites by subtle changes to arcane rules and they steal our (children's) future through debt based photo-op 'infrastructure', some of which, Jason, you are supporting (LRT). Be careful about public overspending at this time.

3. International forces over which we think we have little control (until we get really angry). This does not (yet) include the broken global warming embroligo which could certainly worsen/hasten the disaster.

I don't know if next summer is the correct date but it won't be long. Your preparations are admiral (more advanced than my own) but protecting what is yours is even more important in the shorter term. This requires both personal and public/political action on the above. Hamiltonians in general might be apathetic but folks here are not and hopefully will lead the way to a more sensible/sustainable future.

In the meantime, I find myself leaning toward mayoralty candidate Victor Veri who seems to be the only one ready (more or less - waffles a little) to say NO to all the bloated/ unnecessary spending plans being discussed these days - the most important consideration in my view.