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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canada is already 80%+ green. Far higher than any other country its size.

And has still one of the highest emissions per capita worldwide, if we ignore insignificant countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita

Yes, some provinces are almost completely green (if we only consider electricity, disregarding primary energy for transportation and heating), but apparently Canada more than makes up for this with other provinces, emitting so much that overall it still comes out as a top polluter for it's weight.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disingenuous source. Maybe take the time to read it next time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Are you joking? Pick any source you want, the numbers don't change much.

Both https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations=CA and https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/canada#per-capita-how-much-co2-does-the-average-person-emit see Canada at around 16 tons/year/capita, in line with Wikipedia.

The Canadian government itself puts an even higher number on it:

In 2019, Canada was the highest GHG emitting country per capita among the top 10 emitting countries with 19.6 t CO2 eq

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

If you want to argue with this, can you support your opinion with any source?