Site C Clean Energy Project is a long term construction project by Canadian government to build dam on the Peace river,BC. The dam is expected to be a source of electrical power which would generate more than 400,000 homes. Purposely, this project was launched in order to satisfy growing energy demand in the future, according to what has been projected by the BC hydro Forecast.Nonetheless, this project has brought several controversy as the project will not only effect the natural ecosystem and biodiversity, but also the culture and practices of the residential area.
Even though the project will helps to manage sustainable energy in the future, the building process of the dam will create externalities to the surrounding area.The construction process of the project will result in the flooding over 100 kilometres of the river valley, which included wild life habitats, heritages sites and agricultural lands.. During that certain period, the project construction will exterminate all economics activity such as;farming, fishing and hunting. In the short run, this negative externalities of production of the Dam should be considered since this will effect directly to the populations day to day living. I strongly urge, the Site C project and estimate the total lost created by this event, and therefore further steps of this project could be considered closely as this will impact a lot of stakeholders in the same time- for long term.
In other hand, this project will also create several advantages. Vancouver sun quoted”Site C represents a significant economic boost for B.C. Construction would contribute $3.2 billion to our GDP and generate about 33,000 jobs.”Even though this might not create advantages for the infected area, this will help the general economical performance of BC and therefore, it actually creating benefits for BC in the long run. This advantages should again be take in consideration to determine whether this project should be launched in upcoming 2015.
Looking at the disadvantages and advantages, I encourage the C plan to further work with the BC government to accurately measure and estimate the total loss of this project. In addition, this estimation could be exposed to media in order for surrounding population to recognize the pros and cons of this issue. Both short and long term should be considered closely, since both will affect the quality of life, economical, and cultural life of population of BC.
References
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-or-lng-pick-one-say-b-c-first-nations-1.2776481
https://www.bchydro.com/energy-in-bc/projects/site_c.html