RE:RE:RE:68DartTHe Williston Lake reservoir for the WC Bennet dam is probably second to Quebec in methane emissiions. From Scientific American: "
Until recently, it was believed that about 20 percent of all man-made methane emissions come from the surface of reservoirs. New research suggests that figure may be much higher than 20 percent, but it’s unclear how much higher because too little data is available to estimate. Methane is about 35 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide over the span of a century." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/methane-emissions-may-swell-from-behind-dams/ If a carbon tax was applied, hydro electricity prices would have to at least double.
ssthv wrote: teevee wrote: correct. Quebec Hydro is THE largest green house gas emitter in Canada, and one of the largest polluters on the planet. In a study to be published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Fearnside estimates that in 1990 the greenhouse effect of emissions from the Curu-Una dam in Par, Brazil, was more than three-and-a-half times what would have been produced by generating the same amount of electricity from oil. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7046-hydroelectric-powers-dirty-secret-revealed/
shrink wrote: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/anti-windmill-protests-heat-up-in-st-cyprien-de-napierville-1.3113083
You can find a protester for anything.
Not saying you are wrong but if you are right, meaning that hydro quebec produces more co2 than Alberta, I will be more than shocked.