In their decades-long efforts to develop effective and affordable climate change policy, most western governments have put a lot of money and effort in two areas: (1) hydrogen, and (2) carbon capture and sequestration. They are on the right track, but they’re…
Category: Electrified transportation
Emissions and remissions: using the tax system to wipe out greenhouse gases in Canada
It looks like the federal Conservatives are thinking hard about giving a tax rebate to buyers of hybrid cars. As I argued in Taking the giant step, this would be the best way to get more of these efficient cars…
Citizens of Ottawa set to take wrong turn
Two days from today, the citizens of Ottawa will either re-elect Mayor Bob Chiarelli or choose someone else. If Ottawa electors do what the polls say they will, Chiarelli will get turfed out, and his electric light rail dream will…
Harper’s made-in-Canada Kyoto plan and the Ottawa mayor’s race
I have been arguing in these posts that a fundamental shift away from fossil fuel use and toward low–emission intensity electricity should be an integral part of Canada’s emission reduction strategy. This is easily doable, especially in the transportation sector,…