Canada @lemmy.ca LimpRimble @lemmy.ca 5 days ago

Canada doesn't count emissions from oil and gas exports. So we did

newsinteractives.cbc.ca /features/2024/emissions/

While Canada claims to be a climate leader, the oil and gas we export to other countries have the potential to produce more emissions in a year than every sector in Canada combined, an independent analysis reveals.

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Does that mean that a country that imports 100% of the oil it burns should be counted as having no emissions?
- No, but It's still a bad thing to sell something that's got a negative global effect. This measures that effect.
  
  We sell a very large amount.
  
  Any time you say nuclear power most people think of Homer Simpson and Fukushima. Canada could be cranking out reactors and fuel for local and international use but it's 'too dangerous.'
- No, but since Canada can regulate/limit the oil and gas it exports, this is still a useful number.
  
  Imports also need to be counted.
  
  Unfortunately climate change is every country's responsibility to fix, since every bit helps.
  
  I disagree - its double counted. Once in Canada, once when actually used.

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