The takeaway line

The Prince Albert Daily Herald reports on the ongoing nuclear power debate - this time as set out by Jim Harding and Chary Rangacharyulu. But the most important point to be drawn from the discussion is one which doesn't appear to be in dispute:

Both men seemed to agree that if citizens took energy conservation as seriously as society claims to at times, nuclear power wouldn't even be on the table.

Which raises obvious questions as to why anybody should pretend - as the Wall government seems so determined to assume - that a nuclear reactor should be seen as the default choice rather than a concerted effort to avoid wasteful consumption in the first place. And the fact that the Sask Party is trying to strongarm the province into a megaproject rather than asking whether it's actually needed should send an obvious signal as to whose interests are ultimately being put first.