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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am currently in Greece for a longer term stay and I came across an article that was highlighting Greece's renewable energy. Greece is blessed with endless sunshine and is extremely mountainous for those of you who don't know. It stated that over 50-55% of all energy generated is green energy.
Canada by comparison appears to be in the single digits 7% in 2021 by this calculation. https://renewablesassociation.ca/by-the-numbers/
Energy and electricity is very expensive in Greece like it is in a lot of European countries. A lot of countries might be used to the high power bills and more. A lot of people's power bills here are downright shocking and cost prohibitive for families and businesses.
What I am wondering is, if Canada comes anywhere near this level of clean energy power generation and our power bills are still sky high and then some, what will the political reaction be? |
You are looking at a site that doesn't include hydro as renewable. This is a better picture(though from 2019, so out of date. The current picture would be even better):
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-an...es-canada.html
So we already have a vast amount of clean energy. Under 20% of it is polluting, so Canada is in a great state already, as far as generation goes. In short, your fears are unfounded.