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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
It'll be interesting to see if we can make a solar-powered mining drill or zero emission pulp mill. Not holding my breath though.
I'm not following. Canada has half the population and roughly the same level of development as most of Europe, but somehow we're polluting (per person) twice as much as an average European. How can we ask them to reduce it even further - better yet, how do we ask China - if we don't do it too? That just makes us massive hypocrites.
Don't use the mining argument - there's no such thing as "first world, ethically-sourced" oil - especially when the tar sands pollute up to 37% more than conventional crude. The rest of the world (save Trump's America) is doing its best to get themselves off oil too. China and India are doubling down on LNG, nuclear and renewables.
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Replace solar powered with battery powered, and that's what's happening. Battery powered underground mining equipment is already a thing. It's pretty uncommon, but it's definitely getting interest from the industry.
Canada has higher emissions mostly because of our low population density and high requirements for heating. BC doesn't have very intense carbon emissions (somewhere around 16t) , but Alberta's are massive (around 60t).
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