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Publicatie Laka-bibliotheek:
The gifts of nature (1986)

Auteur	Ontario Hydro
Datum	april 1986
Classificatie	3.02.0.00/02 (CANADA - ALGEMEEN)
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Foreword

This booklet is designed to help you learn more about Ontario Hydro. It tells about 
the birth of the public power enterprise in the early years of the century, the steady 
expansion of Hydro in Ontario, and its plans for the future.
Today, Ontario is the foremost industrial and agricultural province in Canada. 
More than one-third of all Canadians live in Ontario and its industries account for 
50 per cent of Canada's total manufacturing output.
By providing a reliable supply of low-cost electricity to the homes, farms, businesses 
and factories of the province, Ontario Hydro has assisted in our industrial and social 
progress. By keeping costs as low as possible, Hydro enables everyone, regardless 
of income, to make use of this precious energy source.
The Latin motto of Ontario Hydro is "Dona Naturae Pro Populo Sunt", which means 
"the gifts of nature are for the people". For more than 80 years, dedicated people, 
both in Ontario Hydro and in more than 300 associated municipal utilities, have 
ensured that nature's gifts- water, uranium and fossil fuels - are harnessed to provide
a sufficient supply of power to meet the needs of the people of Ontario. But these
gifts cannot be squandered, and that is why Hydro emphasizes the careful use of 
electric energy through its customer service programs.
Each day a new chapter in the Hydro story is written: on a coal-fired plant supplied 
by a procession of Great Lakes freighters ... on a nuclear power station rising on the 
shores of Lake Ontario ... in a research laboratory where scientists look for cleaner 
ways to burn fossil fuels ... by linemen repairing damage from a wind-felled tree. 
Each day, in a thousand different ways, Hydro staff members work to ensure 
continuous electrical service for more than 3.1 million customers.
In an era of the computer, extra-high-voltage transmission, nuclear energy, 
environmental concern and wise energy use, many skills and talents are required 
for Hydro to maintain high standards of public service.

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