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We didn't know it'd take you

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:51:39 +0000

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We didn't know it'd take you so long - otherwise we would have offshored it

Thanks, Genghis. Next time I

quinn esq — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:34:20 +0000

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Thanks, Genghis. Next time I start work on something, I hope someone'll tell me beforehand that it's gonna take 20 years.

Of course, someone probably did. Bah. What did they know, eh?

This is fabulous. Hope it

AmericanDreamer — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:18:56 +0000

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This is fabulous. Hope it spreads. And thanks for sharing.

Two more, which may interest

quinn esq — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:23:53 +0000

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Two more, which may interest people.

The first from our local member, who helped push this through. He's actually a young guy (good ball player, A level pitcher, I believe) who's a veteran of Seattle and all that, where he cut his teeth. Here's his write-up.

And the official press release from the Province.

In case anyone wants more

quinn esq — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:21:32 +0000

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In case anyone wants more info, perhaps to point their local pols or activists toward, I'll post up some more official links:

Here's the basic enabling legislation. Scroll down to On Meter Efficiency Improvements Program.

And here's the Premier with a couple of riffs.

Q, I didn't realize you were

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:42:27 +0000

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Q, I didn't realize you were involved in the project until I read the comments. Fantastic work! Congrats!

I should have known Suzuki

Ramona — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:37:02 +0000

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I should have known Suzuki would be involved. He's a most eloquent spokesman for sensible earth caretaking. I want to read more about this. Thanks so much, Quinn, for bringing this here. I live in Michigan's UP, where natural resources abound and the air is still clear. We have plenty of wind and plenty of water. We also have poor people and old houses. We have lots of people who still work with their hands and dream of living off the grid.

All of those factors could work together and we could make something of this if we could just get our acts together and consider needs before wants.

Republican Take-Home

CVille Dem — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:13:42 +0000

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Republican Take-Home Message:

Liberal hand-outs again! If these people were serious about working like this, they would have gotten their daddies to send them to trade school! They wouldn't depend on freebies like "adding stuff to rental payments! What a scandal!"

My Take-Home Message:

Bravo, Quinn, for letting us all know about this excellent program. Be glad that Ryan/Romney aren't working to ruin it for Canada like they are working so hard to ruin social security, medicare, and medicaid.

I'm not sure what the final

quinn esq — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:36:45 +0000

In reply to Quinn, exciting project. What

I'm not sure what the final legal terminology will be in MB (and there likely will be some argy-bargy negotiations to come), but basically, the owner has to pay a fixed monthly fee, similar to that paid for natural gas hook-up, for example, where the owner has to pay $15/month or whatever.

Quinn, exciting project. What

Oxy Mora — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:54:06 +0000

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Quinn, exciting project. What exactly does it mean to "attach the loan" to the property---specifically, how is the property owner involved?