Tax on green Electricity?

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If you started a solar or wind farm in Canada the government of Canada will pay you somewhere around 60 cents per kilowatt. If you live in Canada and look at your hydro bill you will find that you are paying around 8 cents per kilowatt. This means that the government is giving money away to promote alternative energies. This frankly is not the way to save money with Canada over $558,500,000,000.00 CDN in Federal debt. You might say that they are supporting the future of energy production, but 60 cents? That means that for every kilowatt of “clean” energy you use the government is losing about 52 cents. Although this makes a great opportunity for wind and solar farmers for everybody else it is more like a tax on electricity. This might not be the best use of our tax dollars at this time.