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Looking at the stats for Ontario's grid[1]... * 49% Nuclear * 24% Gas * 23% hydroelectric * 2% wind I'm happy with a ~25% non-renewable car vs a 100% non-r

• singingboyo 5y ago
  To jump on with some older governmental stats. Canada overall in 2018 was 61% hydro, 15% Uranium, 9% Nat Gas, 8% Coal, 5% wind, for 81% renewable. [1] BC in 2015 was 86% (!) hydro, 2% wind, and 6% biomass, for 94% renewable. [2] It's not like renewable energy is something new here. --- [1] https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles-canada.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/pr... [2] https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/electricity/report/2016-canadian-renewable-power/province/canadas-renewable-power-landscape-2016-energy-market-analysis-british-columbia.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commoditie... (For both, diagrams/tables are on the right hand side column)