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Valuethinker on May 6, 2007 - 1:21pm

'gas produces all but 3% of the balance'

Could you give us a cite on that?

Consider:

- release of methane from agricultural activity

- use of coal (primarily in Alberta but also Ontario) to generate electricity -- this I would think is at least 10% of Canadian greenhouse gas production

- general use of biofuels (wood for heat!)

Canada is 'proof' against peak oil (if and when it occurs) in the sense that Canada has effectively a permanent resource in terms of tar sands (but NAFTA and other considerations mean that it will have oil, but at the prevailing world price, which could be very high). However tar sands are fairly devastating from a greenhouse gas point of view (although i am told this problem can be solved, if there is the political will to solve it).

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porsena on May 10, 2007 - 1:03am

Good catch. I should have said that "It's worth keeping in mind that liquid fuels account for only 55% of Canada's GHG emissions from fossil fuel combustion." So agricultural methane and biomass combustion are not included in those figures.

Emissions from electricity and heat generation in Alberta were 12.5 Mt and in Ontario 8.5 Mt, combining for a contribution to Canada's total of 2.6%.

The source for the fossil fuel data is a 2006 Environment Canada table: Common Reporting Format for the provision of inventory information by Annex 1 Parties to the UNFCC: Table 1A(a). This information may not be on their website and I can send you a copy offline if you email me.

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