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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Alberta is producing 40% of Canada's GHG emissions and we are seeing the economics of renewables become more and more attractive.
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Oil doesn't even compete with wind and solar, since oil is too valuable to use for electricity except in rare situations. Meanwhile natural gas is the fastest growing energy source in the world (in absolute units). And despite the supposed low cost of wind and solar, everywhere there's been significant penetration, electricity prices go up.
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We know oil is not going to be the long term solution.
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We don't know that; wood, the original fuel energy source of humanity is still being burned at historically high levels today.
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What if all the pipeline effort and money had been put toward sound steps toward diversification? Where would we be today?
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A lot poorer.