Alberta's Proposed Climate Plan - A Burden with No Benefit
484 views · Published 10 September 2016 · 24:47 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: Friends of Science · 2016 · Science & Technology
Friends of Science Society has issued a number of reports on the Alberta Climate Plan and proposed carbon tax. This video offers the public a very basic discussion of the terminology such as "Social Costs of Carbon", the costs and consequences of key aspects of the Alberta Climate Plan. Overall, Friends of Science Society do not believe the proposed measures will have any beneficial impact on the environment, but they will be extremely destructive to the Alberta economy. In particular, coal phase-out is very ill-advised due to the tremendous burden of costs to taxpayers $22 billion and the market uncertainty for investors. A dire consequence is that within a few years, Alberta may not have sufficient power generation capacity and this would lead to rolling blackouts. This is a very real possibility unless new natural gas plants do into planning and development promptly.
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