Ontario’s electricity is much cleaner than Germany’s. Here is a comparison of the carbon content per unit of electricity, from 2011: It is important to note that Germany’s 2011 CIPK of roughly 540 grams is based on CO2 emissions of…
Category: Energy conservation
Why are Ontario electricity carbon emissions so low? Introducing the CIPK: the most important number in clean electricity
What is the most important number in clean electricity? It is the carbon intensity per kilowatt-hour (CIPK): the total amount of carbon dioxide, or CO2, in metric tons, emitted by the emitting generators feeding the grid, divided by the total…
Low carbon sustainability advocacy: walking the talk in Ottawa
I often attend gatherings and events that have an environmental theme: it is not only part of my personal evangelism as an environmentalist and nuclear advocate, it is also simply enjoyable to discuss things with smart people who share some…
Nuclear power in the Japan election: a return to the atom?
In 1997, Japan hosted a conference at Kyoto, in which most of the world’s industrialized countries agreed in principle to reduce their man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to roughly five percent below 1990 levels. Nearly 14 years later, Japan abruptly…
Remembering the August 14 Blackout: street crime, comical interviews, and energy conservation
Nine years ago today, the eastern North American electricity grid crashed when trees fell on a transmission line in Ohio. Most of the northeastern U.S. and southern Ontario suddenly were without electricity. The blackout occurred in the middle of a…