March 2026
Re: Letter writer Cathy Orlando (Letters to the Editor, Toronto Sun, 27 March) and her assertions that “clean energy is creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs — real, future-proof work” and “Pipelines lock us into old technology, while the future is electric cars, wind, batteries, and solar,” this is the second time you have published something that caused me to make sure I was reading the Toronto Sun, not the Babyon Bee. What jobs? What future with E/Vs, wind, batteries and solar? As it currently stands, the “green” industry runs on primarily on subsidies, not an economically viable business model. Maybe some day, “green” energy will be the economically best solution for our energy needs, but we certainly aren’t there yet.
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The original Letter to the Editor that inspired my column:
PIPELINES OLD NEWS
Re “Iran war shows our need for pipelines” (Editorial, March 9): The Toronto Sun says we should build more pipelines because of the war. The TMX pipeline cost the Canadian taxpayer $35 billion. Climate change already costs Canada billions every year, and its impacts will cost our health-care system billions more while reducing economic activity by tens of billions annually in the coming years. Meanwhile, clean energy is creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs — real, future-proof work. Canada’s carbon price adds just one Timbit’s worth of cost per barrel of oil, but it helps cut pollution and saves us money in the long run. Pipelines lock us into old technology, while the future is electric cars, wind, batteries, and solar. More pipelines may seem like a short-term fix for energy security, but the real solution is reducing our dependence on volatile global oil markets.
