Rolling back environmental policy will hurt Canadians in the long run, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the executives of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies after they called for a national energy crisis to fast track new fossil fuel projects. The public spat reveals a new front in the ongoing battle over the sector's future in Canada.
Carbon capture is as uneconomic as on budget nuclear. World leading project was done in SK at cost of $10/watt ($1B for 100mw coal turbine). Captures 65% of emissions. Solar that would use the coal plant just in winter, and other backup would reduce more emissions and costs under $1/watt. Not taking solar/batteries from China makes our energy expensive, and our war antagonism prevents our farmers from selling their output to biggest market, and minerals to country that actually uses them.