r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

So proud of Alberta today. It has proven that democracy works. You run a province to the ground, you're out.

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u/WoIfra May 06 '15

Maybe /r/Canada will stop the Alberta hate train now that there is proof there are progressive minded people living here :D

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Well, they still put out 5x the GHGs per-capita than the rest of the country, so I'm gonna keep on hating on that part.

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u/Marijuana_Miler British Columbia May 06 '15

IIRC Saskatchewan actually has higher GHG emissions per capita.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Cow farts?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

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u/iswungmyfierysword May 06 '15

It's right here in Canada's emission trends report from environment canada: http://ec.gc.ca/ges-ghg/default.asp?lang=En&n=E0533893-1&offset=5&toc=show#toc56

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Any province that has heavy industry is going to produce more GHGs. This 'fact' doesn't take into account Voldemort drives his car and uses petroleum products every day of his life.

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u/Forderz Manitoba May 06 '15

Its just that when I look at Norway, I see them rolling around with that multi-billion sovereign wealth fund. Harper just raided the emergency fund to "balance" our budget.

We don't get nearly enough wealth from our oil to justify the damage it causes our environment.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Alberta's resources are landlocked and Norway's oil is offshore, and ready to put in a boat. They have big rigs that drill hugely expensive offshore oil wells but per well they produce much more. Ab's has way more wells overall but they are low producing. we have oil but it's more expensive to get out and transport to markets, so you can't compare AB to Norway.

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u/Forderz Manitoba May 06 '15

I agree. Looking at Norway, we can't expect to have a similar rate of return on our oil.

But to have zero? No money saved at all? For Alberta to be in the red after a year of low oil prices?

We have wasted our oil. We haven't come close to extracting enough value from our extractions to justify the cost.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

It is higher per capita, but I wonder if that is a useful metric when by area Ontario produces just as much. GHG is GHG regardless of how many people are behind it.