wind projects were planned before Carney, the only difference I am aware of is that he’s promised these projects more federal dollars and loosening regulations to try to speed those things along.
Naw. Nothing had been officially planned though, because of the obvious benefits, these projects have had numerous working groups etc. But, there’s a difference between talking about something and doing it (try just talking about going to the gym instead of going.)
Direct air carbon capture is vaporware. Literally no proven scale-able methods exist.
I’m not sure what the words “largest in the world” means to you but…
This is the sort of tech the world will need to be able to adopt if we’re ever going to get a comprehensive CBAM or entice our recalcitrant Southern neighbours to go low carbon. Or consider say, Guyana, Nigeria or even Venezuala, all of which are developing nations investing heavily in their oil industries. The way we’re going to be able to come to a compromise with them is exactly this sort of technology.
Carney removed the EV mandate from domestic manufacturers
Almost like how they were removed across the continent… We don’t have any Canadian only manufacturers, so it was a pretty nonsensical plan after that happened.
and the only reason the tariffs were dropped was because China responded with counter tariffs on canola.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Trudeau instituted a 100% tarrif on Chinese EVs. China retaliated. But the net result is that Carney undid a bad climate policy of Trudeau’s.
. In fifteen years when we have an oil pipeline and China has monopolized the EV and battery market, will we admit that we fucked up?
To your larger point, this is a weird binary choice. Again, we’ll have a pipeline but we should also have a large national electric grid, we’re aiming to more than double our clean energy production etc. AND, with a little luck, we’ll have done it without an angry Conservative party tearing things apart. (Witness the trump administration paying millions to get out of wind power deals seemingly out of spite.)
You might actually read the electrification strategy , it’s relatively well done and accessible. If you’re more into pictures, figure 4 kind of demonstrates the entire idea.
I’m not sure what the words “largest in the world” means to you but…
I can have the largest ball of yarn in the world and it won’t make a difference to climate change. This technology literally doesn’t exist in the way people are selling it and to suggest that it will exist because “we need this tech” is absurd. The promises of AI technology are more realistic than direct air carbon capture.
Technology already exists that reduces carbon emissions and it is cheap as hell. It just doesn’t permit oil corporations to keep making money.
Trudeau instituted a 100% tarrif on Chinese EVs
You’re right, I made a mistake there.
To your larger point, this is a weird binary choice.
I don’t swe why that’s the case when the headline of the story is literally that the climate plan is too expensive. Why are we putting more money into oil if we don’t have enough money to protect the climate? If it is a matter of needing to spend that money on industry, why not spend it on diversifying the industries in Alberta and saskatchewan rather than funneling more money into a world-killing industry that employs fewer workers every year due to automation?
Like what is the actual upside for the average Canadian? Does it really make sense to be investing to expand oil revenue rather than green technology? Or honestly any other high tech industry? Instead Canada seems dead set on remaining a resource based economy.
Naw. Nothing had been officially planned though, because of the obvious benefits, these projects have had numerous working groups etc. But, there’s a difference between talking about something and doing it (try just talking about going to the gym instead of going.)
I’m not sure what the words “largest in the world” means to you but…
This is the sort of tech the world will need to be able to adopt if we’re ever going to get a comprehensive CBAM or entice our recalcitrant Southern neighbours to go low carbon. Or consider say, Guyana, Nigeria or even Venezuala, all of which are developing nations investing heavily in their oil industries. The way we’re going to be able to come to a compromise with them is exactly this sort of technology.
Almost like how they were removed across the continent… We don’t have any Canadian only manufacturers, so it was a pretty nonsensical plan after that happened.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here. Trudeau instituted a 100% tarrif on Chinese EVs. China retaliated. But the net result is that Carney undid a bad climate policy of Trudeau’s.
To your larger point, this is a weird binary choice. Again, we’ll have a pipeline but we should also have a large national electric grid, we’re aiming to more than double our clean energy production etc. AND, with a little luck, we’ll have done it without an angry Conservative party tearing things apart. (Witness the trump administration paying millions to get out of wind power deals seemingly out of spite.)
You might actually read the electrification strategy , it’s relatively well done and accessible. If you’re more into pictures, figure 4 kind of demonstrates the entire idea.
I can have the largest ball of yarn in the world and it won’t make a difference to climate change. This technology literally doesn’t exist in the way people are selling it and to suggest that it will exist because “we need this tech” is absurd. The promises of AI technology are more realistic than direct air carbon capture.
Technology already exists that reduces carbon emissions and it is cheap as hell. It just doesn’t permit oil corporations to keep making money.
You’re right, I made a mistake there.
I don’t swe why that’s the case when the headline of the story is literally that the climate plan is too expensive. Why are we putting more money into oil if we don’t have enough money to protect the climate? If it is a matter of needing to spend that money on industry, why not spend it on diversifying the industries in Alberta and saskatchewan rather than funneling more money into a world-killing industry that employs fewer workers every year due to automation?
Like what is the actual upside for the average Canadian? Does it really make sense to be investing to expand oil revenue rather than green technology? Or honestly any other high tech industry? Instead Canada seems dead set on remaining a resource based economy.