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8:05 Indeed new technology is initially not cheap. I remember paying $2000 for my first computer. A computer today with 100 times the capacity is 25-30% of the cost. Remember also what it cost to make a long distance phone call or get your photos developed 25 years ago. People now take thousands of photos and develop them in an instant. Many don't make phone calls but instead email or text. We never thought it possible 25 years ago.
Generally, technology is expensive when it is new but it declines in price as the technology advances. This will happen with hydro and water. Even today there is ample technology to treat water in your home. People in rural areas use various filters and ultra violet light to name a few. The cost of municipal water is in the testing and to a lesser degree the treatment. The commodity itself comes free from the ground or a lake. We will still likely need the infrastructure to deliver water but not in its present day quality.
Hydro is now a publicly traded company (and soon to sell more shares) which is all the more reason it will have to adapt just as Bell has done. When was the last time you saw the distinctive Bell service truck and repair man in your subdivision? Bell survived and pays its shareholders a nice dividend. We all know what would have happened if they thought the future was in land lines. Every day it has to look over its shoulder to see what Rogers and others are doing to keep a competitive edge.
Hydro and its shareholders may expect returns but those returns will likely be based on a different business model at some point in the future.
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 17 December 2015 at 16:55
Thursday, 17 December 2015
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Hydro is on the block for Ms Wynne. She really needs money badly & fast. There is no way that
pot is going to get into the LCBO fast enough to give her that stream of revenue.
Has anyone figured out what they will call the LCBO when it starts selling marijuana ?
We did not have a TV when they came out. A girl up the street who went to a private school had one. All
of us neighbourhood riffraff were allowed in on certain days to watch one kids' show.
How do you explain the dismal fail of the Green Energy program in Ontario?
You mean the corrupt green energy program? No biggy! We're going to save the planet and control climate! Does it matter how its done?
We may be entering a frightful phase for our town.
We just hired a new CAO.Lots to read on this individual.
20:08
It was rotten to the core and cost more. when one asked what they were doing differently, there was
nothing. The only thing we got stuck with was that " green roof :. That's going to be fun to watch.
Do stop being silly. This is Aurora where we don't even have the gumption to enforce a 3 bag limit. All the energy goes
to nonsense like trying to introduce clear bags.
Again justice has prevailed... my faith has been restored
Hydro is still very much union. There is a lot of money in the top layer of team bosses.
11:32
A merchant had that enforced.One bag equalled a fine.
Now the question is why and who, flexed their muscles.
20:03 - At this point it doesn't really matter. We the tax payers will be paying for this provincial failure for decades. It would be interesting to see how many Liberals will be left standing in 2018. But then again, they won't care....they'll have a jobs waiting for them at Harvard, or maybe even Hydro One.
11:05
Not on my street. Must have been a local ruckus.
We didn't know a man could walk on the moon.
Some Americans appear to think that did not happen. And they will be voting too.
Shortest day of the year - days can only get longer and brighter.........
8:57
Maybe we just deal with the home front ? There is work that could be getting done now. I would not want to see the sort of implosion we saw to send Mr.B to the City. That should not have happened.
18:07 What goes on provincially gets down loaded municipally. Right into the home front. We also have to pay close attention to what goes on at the region as well.
Merry christmas, Evelyn.
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