tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post7760402365094843497..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: On Environment Ministers And Petcokebigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-89054046353417027872013-07-12T06:39:58.114-04:002013-07-12T06:39:58.114-04:00Around 40% of Ontario's power comes from hydro...Around 40% of Ontario's power comes from hydro (figure could and probably is higher, but not much lower), which seems to count as a "renewable." NS has huge reliance on coal generation.Kyle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06049961780427560881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-55471681648153882802013-07-10T12:59:33.510-04:002013-07-10T12:59:33.510-04:00The bitumen traffickers are hyper-sensitive to the...The bitumen traffickers are hyper-sensitive to the petcoke issue. CBC ran this a few months ago:<br /><br />The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers claims pet coke "is benign" and "not an oilsands issue."<br /><br />"It's just carbon, similar to coal or a carbon product that would come out of [oil]," said Greg Stringham, vice-president of market and oilsands at CAPP. "It's found in the oil in the ground originally and then it's just a benign product that's one of the byproducts of that production process.<br /><br />You see, petcoke "is not an oilsands issue." Oh sure they sell it and, sure, they transport it to their customers and, sure, those customers refine it out and sell it to their own customers who burn it but that doesn't make it an oilsands issue. And, besides, it's benign. Didn't you get the memo.<br /><br />They're scared shitless because if you treat dilbit as a blended fuel product, incorporating the petcoke emissions with the synthetic oil emissions, then a bad situation becomes far worse. So we'll just pretend the petcoke issue doesn't exist and the product is benign.<br /><br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/05/28/wdr-pet-coke-study-keystone-pipeline.htmlThe Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-17452422387175535032013-07-10T07:29:47.062-04:002013-07-10T07:29:47.062-04:00According to the IESO site, Wind power contributed...According to the IESO site, Wind power contributed 3% of total generation in Ontario for 2012.Paul Kusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144851039716057281noreply@blogger.com