Category: Resource Development

What will it take for Canada to eliminate its use of fossil fuels?

  • Gasoline/diesel vehicles will have to go electric
  • Railways will have to be electrified
  • Heating will have to go electric

If this were to happen, Canada’s demand for electricity will increase. In this blog, the increase in electricity generation capacity is estimated.

The results show that Canada will require 31 new nuclear plants or 202 new hydro plants or 1413 new wind farms or 15167 solar plants or a combination of the above

First look at current consumption of energy from fossil fuels in Canada:

  • Coal                                      33.2 106 tonnes/yr
  • Petroleum products       1.9 mmbbl/d
  • Natural gas                        8.9 Bcf/d

Continue reading “What will it take for Canada to eliminate its use of fossil fuels?”

Indigenous Academics in the Press

The Globe and Mail has published a number of articles by indigenous academics in Canadian Universities and indigenous leaders.

Some of the statements made called out for rebuttal, but the “Comments” section was unavailable or the comments were closed down as “not meeting the G&M’s standards”, most likely due to being deemed racist. Continue reading “Indigenous Academics in the Press”

The Cost of Opposition to Resource Development

The Financial Post identified $129 BILLION of resource projects which are held up by:

  • Environmentalists
  • First Nations

What is the cost to the economy of these delays? In this blog I will try to quantify the cost of this to the Canadian economy (as measured by its GDP) over the next 20 years. Continue reading “The Cost of Opposition to Resource Development”