Toronto Star
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Studies have shown that for the electricity grid to meet heating needs on those really cold days in Ontario, and in comparable areas, it would have to almost double in size. And this is not just with power plants, but with all the wires transporting the electricity to every home.
Thus what we would see would be a lower average use of energy, with large spikes in electricity demand by everyone in a short period. It would be like building massive highways all over Toronto just to deal with the rush of cottagers north in the summer.
But given that we need to reduce our emissions, we have to do something. In a paper Pollution Probe published, we argued that we need to look beyond electrification. District heating, which is already used in Toronto, is one.
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