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Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened As World Shifts Off Fossil Fuel (www.cbc.ca)

Posted by msmash on from the lost-in-the-echo dept.

Robson Fletcher, reporting for CBC News: Canada's status as an "energy superpower" is under threat because the global dominance of fossil fuels could wane faster than previously believed, according to a draft report from a federal government think-tank obtained by CBC News. "It is increasingly plausible to foresee a future in which cheap renewable electricity becomes the world's primary power source and fossil fuels are relegated to a minority status," reads the conclusion of the 32-page document, produced by Policy Horizons Canada. "It's absolutely not pie in the sky," said Michal Moore from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. "These folks are being realistic -- they may not be popular, but they're being realistic." Marty Reed, CEO of Evok Innovations -- a Vancouver-based cleantech fund created through a $100-million partnership with Cenovus and Suncor -- had a similar take after reading the draft report.

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  1. Hockey-based renewable energy by Event+Horizon · · Score: 5, Funny

    For Canada, there's a simple solution: Hockey-based renewable energy. It's simple.

    1) Embed neodymium magnets in hockey pucks.
    2) Run coils through hockey ice.
    3) Play hockey as usual.
    4) Profit.

    Moving puck induces current in coils, sufficient to cover Canada's energy needs and allow Canada to continue as a new energy exporter until, and maybe after, cold fusion.

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  2. Re:Doesn't really matter. by MouseR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Canada's got wood.

  3. Re:Canada gets screwed by the AGW scam by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Besides, people have been predicting the death of the oil industry since the 50's, and it's always been "20 years out".

    That's OK, we can replace it with fusion power.

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  4. Re:Canada gets screwed by the AGW scam by sycodon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fossil fuels have enabled civilization to progress more in the last 150 years or so they've been in use, than in all of man's history.

    Any "externalities" you might imagine have long since been paid for through the scientific and manufacturing technology that fossil fuels have enabled.

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