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Originally Posted by Daradon
Well that's exactly why a lot of it has to come from industry, or government regulation of industry.
The best thing for consumers though, is often to be more frugal, which of course helps save money too. Turn off the lights, waste less water, reuse stuff and don't purchase so much. Use more efficient appliances and vehicles. Some of those solutions also help drive industry change as they will cater to the consumer.
But it's also an understanding that if we want to fix the problems, we may have to pay more for power as we update or systems and supplies to more environmentally sound practices. Part of what has spoiled us in the first world is products that are so cheap they are not sustainable. We often put the burden on the developing nations. It will just have to be us being honest to ourselves in how we see ourselves in the system.
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Manitoba generates the majority of its power from renewable sources and we pay less than most, so you can't exactly throw out the argument 'we have to pay more for power.' If Alberta and Canada in general invested in nuclear, power could be cheap and abundant.
Burden on developing nations? China emits more and more GHGs every year, while the US is apparently on the decline. What exactly is the Canadian government going to change that? How are we going to force China to focus more on their obvious problem and invest more in green electricity generation, since their coal plants are the biggest problem?