The Shining Lies Canadians Are Told about Lowering Emissions | The Tyee: Oh, the bright shining lies.
When it comes to energy and climate change the political rhetoric promises four great and positive happenings.
New oil and gas infrastructure will fund Canada’s energy transition.
Emissions will be conquered by technologies that bury carbon in the ground at great cost or don’t yet exist.
Canada will meet all of its climate change goals and ramp up oil and gas production at the same time.
The energy transition will be effortless and orderly because there is lots of low hanging fruit to pick.
These national assumptions, repeated daily by politicians and the media like some weird liturgy, give David Hughes, Canada’s foremost energy analyst, a headache.
The earth scientist and former researcher for National Resources Canada has been crunching inconvenient energy numbers for decades with a frightful reliability. His new report, Canada’s Energy Sector, published by the Corporate Mapping Project and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives this week, shatters many illusions.
The Shining Lies Canadians Are Told about Lowering Emissions | The Tyee: Oh, the bright shining lies.When it comes to energy and climate change the political rhetoric promises four great and positive happenings.New oil and gas infrastructure will fund Canada’s energy transition.Emissions will be conquered by technologies that bury carbon in the ground at great cost or don’t yet exist.Canada will meet all of its climate change goals and ramp up oil and gas production at the same time.The energy transition will be effortless and orderly because there is lots of low hanging fruit to pick.These national assumptions, repeated daily by politicians and the media like some weird liturgy, give David Hughes, Canada’s foremost energy analyst, a headache.The earth scientist and former researcher for National Resources Canada has been crunching inconvenient energy numbers for decades with a frightful reliability. His new report, Canada’s Energy Sector, published by the Corporate Mapping Project and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives this week, shatters many illusions.Read More