Behind the power
Its 5:00 am, just barely awake you flip on the light. I am sure you're last thought is where dose that electricity comes from? Most people could probably name their electric company or maybe even the local electric power plant, but in actuality the energy you consume every day could possibly be traveling more then a thousand miles from another country. The fact is that Manitoba Hydro, a Canadian company, sells nearly 40 percent of the energy they produce to the U.S. And every time you flip on that light switch you are powering a heated debate of people, animals and ascetics verses demand, development and economics
The flooding caused by the hydro electric dams in total covers about .19 percent of Manitoba. This is according to a study done by Manitoba hydro and published in a article defending "inaccurate accusations" against Manitoba hydro (Just 8). This may seem like a localized problem to some, but to the aboriginal inhabitants of that area it is a very big......
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