Whenever one mentions that fossil fuels will be a part of our future for many years to come the green movement goes apoplectic, but that does intoc change the evidence leading to that position.
A column by Jeffrey Simpson, updated March 24, 2017 speaks to that issue with determined eloquence.
Here's a couple important paragraph's from Simpson's piece...
"An estimated 1.2 billion people in the world remain without electricity, 240 million of them in India, where energy growth is expected to be 5 per cent a year. Coal will be a major source of energy in some countries, notably India. Where coal declines, its market share might be absorbed by natural gas, another fossil fuel, although a less polluting one than coal.
"Renewable sources have their place, and a growing place, in the world's and Canada's energy future. Governments can subsidize and prod and regulate for more renewables. Rent seekers in renewable industries will clamour for more help, but across the world, and in Canada, fossil fuels will dominate for a long time."
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