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But would that be true if Canada had 1 billion people?
by azinman2 2y ago
But would that be true if Canada had 1 billion people?
- rootusrootus 2y agoIIRC most people's carbon emissions come from transportation, electricity, heat. My guess is the efficiency of scale at ~40M is within spitting distance of what it would be at 1B. So it ought to scale linearly, for the most part?
- Waterluvian 2y agoIt depends how we situate ourselves. We have a lot of land and a lot of potential to hypothetically grow to 1B in the dumbest way possible.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoA lot of it comes from consumption, material goods, food ect as well.
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoBC electricity is completely hydroelectric. And they encourage homes to go all electric with no gas. If BC's population went up by a factor of 1.1B/40M = 27.5x, most likely the hydroelectric resources in the province would become insufficient and BC would have to switch to alternate forms of electric power. Maybe that is solar+wind+nuclear, but maybe it's just gas and coal. Please note that in Canada, electricity, heat, and transport emissions dwarf those from all other sectors [1]. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?time=latest&country=~CAN https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?t...