Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The Canadian Association for Renewable Energies, which we sometimes refer to as we c.a.r.e., was formed to promote feasible applications for renewables in three sectors: green power using wind turbines and solar PV electric panels; green fuels, which is the use of cellulosic ethanol or biodiesel to displace conventional gasoline; and green heat for space conditioning, which is using geothermal, solar thermal, or other areas that simply heat air or water.
I have been involved with renewables since 1985, when the NRC solar program was shut down and the Solar Energy Society of Canada scrambled to refute the false impression that since the OPEC--