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BC 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
by abdullahkhalids 2y ago
BC 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...