Donald Drumpf keeps complaining that the United States has a trade deficit with Canada... so I propose that we stop sending the States ANY energy (gas, oil, electricity), which will then give the States a nice trade surplus with us... and put a smile on Drumpf's face!!!! (?)
Then we got this letter:
Scott: Canada is a massive supplier of electricity to the USA.
Or to put that slightly differently... if we disconnected the grids, the following would happen:
- Canadian generating companies would see a drop in revenue.
- Multiple American states, particularly in the Northeast, would experience severe electricity shortages, likely leading to more frequent blackouts.
- In the longer term, the USA would have to embark on a massive, deficit-funded generation-building sprint.
- Bad news, the easy solutions (natural gas and nuclear) both depend on raw product imported from… Canada.
- Oh, and more bad news. We’d probably stop our existing shipments of natural gas and uranium, so your existing 30+ nukes will shut down too. And your gas plants will get 50% more expensive.
Meanwhile, we can ship uranium around the world, sell the natural gas as LNG, and use the excess electricity for data centres and aluminum smelting.
Smiles all around!
Scott Welch
Lives in Canada (1967–present)
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