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Canada and the World Backgrounder articles from March 2000
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Canada and the World Backgrounder archives from March 2000
Get Real Canada.(energy consumption and gasoline prices)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Rock-bottom prices have turned Canadians into world champion energy consumers and, as a direct consequence, trashers of the environment
Let's go on a journey. We're on the M4; that's an expressway in England connecting Southampton on the...
From Forests to Fossils.(energy sources and the industrialized world)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... For most of human history, wood has been the major source of energy. A century ago, we travelled in horse-drawn carriages and city streets shone with gas lights at night. Now, fossil fuels - coal, oil, and natural gas - provide most of the...
The Geo-Politics of Oil.(Industry Overview)
March 1, 2000... Fossil fuels - coal, oil, and natural gas - are the most important sources of energy on our planet. They account for 90% of the energy used in industrial countries, and 75% of the energy worldwide. In 1900, coal was king; it was the basis for...
Energy Ethics.(the politics of the oil industry)
March 1, 2000... There's a battle going on in Alberta's oil patch. At its centre is a man called Wiebo Ludwig. To some he's a genius, to others he's a fool. Whatever he is, Mr. Ludwig and his friend, Richard Boonstra, have certainly focussed attention on some...
Smog and Slicks.(fossil fuels and the environment)
March 1, 2000... Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, when coal replaced wood as an energy source, coal was banned in some places because it was so dirty. Environmentalists cried out against it, but the need for it overpowered its opponents
Long before we...
Plugging in to Power.(hydro-electric power in Canada)
March 1, 2000... We produce electricity in a number of ways: by burning oil, gas, coal; by nuclear fission; by hydro generation. The burning and nuclear options have very serious environmental implications - dirty air and highly toxic waste. Energy produced by...
Savings in the Energy Account.(conservation and the economy)
March 1, 2000... A lot of people think that conserving energy means doing without, but it's really a question of learning not to be wasteful and finding new ways to meet our energy needs
Our greatest source of new energy is the energy we don't use; the...
Fuelling Change.(reaserching hydrogen fuel cells)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Just as changes in energy use have been influenced by technological change and other social, economic, and environmental forces in the last century, resource limits may push the world away from fossil fuels in the coming decades
Today is...