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Winter 2009

In this issue:
Olympic festivities – Our insider picks
Transit envy – Attitude matters
Green sex – What about the toys?

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'Yarn Bombing' a new kind of grafitti

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The search for a happy egg

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The price of power

All hydro costs shown are in Canadian funds. The evaluation took place at exchange rates current on Februrary 20, 2008, and is based on the cost for a monthly residential electrical consumption of 1000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). For exact totals, click here.

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Canadian
All cities: Manitoba Hydro utility rate comparison: May 1, 2007.

International
London: Retrieved using Energylinx, a price-comparison tool, for a hypothetical 1000-kWh monthly usage.

Moscow: Electricity prices reported in Kommersant Online in January 2008.

San Francisco: Summary 2005 documents from the California Energy Commission.

New York: Summary 2006 documents from the Energy Information Administration.

Comments

Wow, this cost comparison

Comment by Anonymous, March 12, 2008 at 09:40

Wow, this cost comparison makes me feel lucky to live in Vancouver. Imagine the monthly bill in London ....

You bet. I'm getting by with

Comment by jbucher, March 12, 2008 at 13:07

You bet. I'm getting by with about 25 bucks a month for my hydro--about a tenth of an average household in London.

John Bucher
Editor, Granville Online

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