Motion M2015-014

Whereas fossil and nuclear fuels are concentrated sources of high energy density fuels;

and Whereas green fuels are distributed sources of low energy density fuels;

and Whereas the physical characteristics of these fuels dictate that the infrastructures built to utilize them are, of necessity, significantly different;

and Whereas fossil and nuclear fuels have inherent stored energy;

and Whereas solar, wind and water ( rain ) green energy fuels have no inherent energy storage;

and Whereas dams can be built to store the energy from rain but there is no currently avalable infrastructure to store large amounts of solar and wind energy;

and Whereas attempting to integrate low energy, variable solar and wind energy into the existing grid infrastructure is an ill-advised attempt to integrate two fundamentally incompatible sources of energy;

and Whereas a car is an example of fossil fuel transportation infrastructure which gets its energy from oil which is a high energy density, non-renewable fuel;

and Whereas a horse is an example of green energy transportation infrastructure which gets its energy from hay which is a low energy density, renewable fuel;

and Whereas the Green Energy Act states:

"Permissive designation of renewable energy projects, etc.

5. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation,

designate renewable energy projects, renewable energy sources or

renewable energy testing projects for the following purposes:

1. To assist in the removal of barriers to and to promote

opportunities for the use of renewable energy sources.

2. To promote access to transmission systems and distribution

systems for proponents of renewable energy projects."

and Whereas the use of the term "renewable energy projects" implies the existence of geographically concentrated infrastructure;

and Whereas the use of the term "transmission systems and distribution systems" dictates a centralized, concentrated, source of energy.

and Whereas green energy is distributed, not concentrated, energy;

now therefore be it Resolved that:

The infrastructure to utilize fossil and nuclear fuels, having inherent energy storage and being highly concentrated sources of energy, is completely incompatible with green fuels, having no inherent energy storage and being distributed sources of energy;

and be it further Resolved that any attempt to transition from powering high energy density, centralized fossil and nuclear fuel infrastructures to powering those same infrastructures using low energy density, distributed green fuels will fail;

and be it further Resolved that fossil and nuclear fuels are non-renewable;

and be it further Resolved that the depletion of fossil fuels will be such that fossil fuels will not be able to power the existing fossil fuel infrastructure in less than 50 years;

and be it further Resolved that attempts to maintain the current fossil fuel infrastructure by implementing the Green Energy Act are wasting precious time attempting to preserve an energy infrastructure that has no future;

and be it further Resolved that the Green Energy Act is fundamentally and irretrievably flawed;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario to repeal the Green Energy Act;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario that a renewable green energy infrastructure is inevitable;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario that the current existing fossil fuel and nuclear power generation and distribution infrastructures are incompatible with green energy;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario that the distributed and variable nature of green energy and the lack of storage devices will require require that green energy powered systems will be distributed and small scale;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario to cease and desist from further attempting to power the existing energy infrastructure using green energy sources;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario to begin constructing forthwith an energy infrastructure that is distributed, small-scale and compatible with green energy sources;

and be it further Resolved that the Denbigh Townhall advises the Premier of Ontario that a continuing attempt to implement the Green Energy Act will bring severe hardship to Ontarians as the attempt to power the existing grid infrastructure with incompatible green energy will fail.

and be it further Resolved that this resolution be sent to:

- the Premier of Ontario

- Randy Hillier, MPP

- The Municipal Corporation of Addington Highlands

- The Municipal Corporation of North Frontenac

- The Municipal Corporation of Greater Madawaska

- The Municipal Corporation of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan

- BEARAT

Motion Carried with 2/3 majority