{"id":34104,"date":"2018-05-09T06:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34104"},"modified":"2018-05-09T06:28:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:28:52","slug":"nine-uncomfortable-canadian-energy-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34104","title":{"rendered":"Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article__header\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"organisms\/article\/article__header\" data-dev-status=\"IN-PROGRESS\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<h3 data-bind=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2018\/05\/07\/Uncomfortable-Canadian-Energy-Facts\/\">Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 data-bind=\"teaser\">We\u2019re not cutting emissions as much as we should, and we\u2019re dependent on an increasingly expensive source of oil.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"featured-media\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"02-organisms\/article\/featured-media\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<aside class=\"ad-box ad-box--halfpage\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"01-molecules\/blocks\/ad-box\">\n<div id=\"ad-300x600\" class=\"advertisement\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"figure \" data-dev-object-descrip=\"01-molecules\/blocks\/figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img\" src=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2017\/09\/18\/Bakken-Flare.jpg\" alt=\"Bakken-Flare.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption\">Canada\u2019s energy twilight: Canada can\u2019t meet emission targets and expand bitumen or shale gas production at the same time, according to energy expert David Hughes. <span class=\"caption__media--credit\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.noaa.gov\/News\/NewsArchive\/LatestNews\/ArtMID\/1768\/ArticleID\/12123\/NOAA-study-shows-as-US-drilling-surged-methane-emissions-didn%E2%80%99t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Peischl\/NOAA<\/a>. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"article__body main-col-container\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"organisms\/article\/article__body\" data-dev-status=\"IN-PROGRESS\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid clearfix \">\n<p>Canadians are global energy pigs; we\u2019re high emitters of carbon and certainly aren\u2019t leaders in renewable energy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"aside hide-on-narrow-vp\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"01-molecules\/blocks\/aside\" data-dev-status=\"IN-PROGRESS\"><\/aside>\n<p>In addition \u201caspirational\u201d plans by Canadian politicians won\u2019t deliver promised emission reductions on climate change without major reductions in energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>These are just some of the hard energy facts contained in <a href=\"https:\/\/energyoutlook.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada\u2019s Energy Outlook<\/a>, a new and encyclopedic report by David Hughes, one of Canada\u2019s foremost energy experts.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, whose reliable research is cited by the likes of Bloomberg, Nature, The Economist and The Tyee, has been analyzing energy trends for industry and government for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many environmentalists, Hughes does not believe that a transition to renewables or even reductions in greenhouse gases will be seamless, easy or cheap. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"aside \" data-dev-object-descrip=\"01-molecules\/blocks\/aside\" data-dev-status=\"IN-PROGRESS\">\n<section class=\"messaging-block messaging-block--ask\" data-dev-object-descrip=\"01-molecules\/blocks\/messaging-block--ask\" data-dev-status=\"IN-PROGRESS\"><\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<p><b>1) Canadians live high and large on largely fossil fuel-based energy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On a per capita basis we consume energy at more than five times the world average. We even consume more energy than oil hungry Americans and twice as much as the average citizen in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Citizens in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Japan, nations that don\u2019t export oil, consume energy at less than half the rate of Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>Canada consumed 2.5 per cent of the world\u2019s energy in 2016, and that consumption has increased at .13 per cent per year over the past five years. Fossil fuels, of course, dominated Canada\u2019s energy menu: oil and gas at 57 per cent; coal at five per cent; nuclear at seven per cent; hydroelectricity at 27 per cent and solar and wind at 3.1 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts We\u2019re not cutting emissions as much as we should, and we\u2019re dependent on an increasingly expensive source of oil. Canada\u2019s energy twilight: Canada can\u2019t meet emission targets and expand bitumen or shale gas production at the same time, according to energy expert David Hughes. Photo by Jeff Peischl\/NOAA. 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