Canadian Energy Issues

A $15-per-ton tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Ontario power plants would add 0.8 cents to the cost of natural gas-fired power generation. Natural gas is generally regarded as the “cleanest” fossil fuel; that is because it emits roughly 550 grams of CO2 for every kilowatt-hour it generates, whereas coal—the “dirtyest” power generation fuel—emits between 900 and over 1,00 grams. Here is the arithmetic for gas-fired generation when CO2 …Read the rest of the article