That's correct. The idea is simply to reduce the return on investment period to seven years for equipment that in fact will be around for at least 30 years, perhaps even 40. Public funding is limited everywhere. For institutions to be able to invest, a grant has to reduce the profitability period to that time frame. That means that it will be profitable for those seven years, but that it will be very profitable in the future. We have to create the incentive now. The Canadian government could even consider heating its own institutions using biomass, since there is a short circuit, one of five kilometers, and a source of supply. That would be one way to send out a signal.
On March 24th, 2009. See this statement in context.