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by bwood 2387 days ago
I can't speak for the other provinces, but New Brunswick has a track record of throwing money at ridiculous energy projects that don't have a chance of working. For a recent example, this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/joi-scientific-...

Summary: New Brunswick's energy utility NB Power (a crown corp) spent $12M to license a nonexistent tech that violates the second law of thermodynamics.