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LETTER: Nelson’s solar garden: we get the message

From reader Don Whitaker…
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I would just like to address Norm Yanke’s ongoing diatribe against the Nelson Solar Garden. I have my own solar arrays I have managed atop my Nelson building for over 10 years as well as my off grid cabins up at Lardeau.

Solar power is a labour intensive exercise here in the Kootenays if you want want to be self sufficient, compared to more suitable locations like Ashcroft, B.C. or Phoenix, Ariz.

Further, I was disappointed when Nelson Hydro’s Carmen Proctor told me they wouldn’t be clearing the panels of snow accumulation in the winter. Definitely in my books this community array is more a feel good exercise.

However Norm, we all seem to have the message and we can we move on now. Put all that knowledge and research time into a new passion I would probably love to hear about … in moderation.

Don Whitaker

Nelson