Muskrat Falls Case Study

Muskrat Falls is a complete waste of time, money, and Newfoundland's resources. The previous statement is the opinion of many Newfoundlanders across the island, but I would respectfully disagree. Muskrat Falls will not only be a milestone in Newfoundland and Labrador's history, but it will lower electricity costs, create safe green energy, and pay for its self once it is operational. The common unfavorable opinion of the Lower Churchill project can be summed up to a lack of understanding of how this project will affect the people of this province. To sway your opinion, I will prove that Muskrat Falls is a worthwhile investment that will pay off when complete. First of all, what investment pays off immediately after you make it? Most complaints about the Lower Churchill project are about the increase in costs to complete it. These extra costs are minuscule when compared to how much money the project will bring into the province when it's complete. The total cost of the project when it was first proposed in 2012 was 6.2 billion dollars but
After the completion of Muskrat Falls, the province will generate enough power to not only remove a fossil-fuel generation plant in Holyrood but will have the equivalent effect on the environment as taking approximately three million vehicles off the road each year. Environmentally the Lower Churchill project will have a lot of negative impacts on the environment as well, but only temporarily. Concerns about the project mostly focus on fish habitat, soil disruption, and tree destruction but ignore the fact that these are all factors dealt with before in other hydroelectric plants. As well, Newfoundland Fisheries stated approximately twenty years after the completion of the project that the water composition and soil would return to normal, allowing the surrounding environment to return to