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Canada's energy minister says the country is poised to become one of the world's biggest suppliers of liquefied natural gas, exporting as much as 100 million tonnes per year.

Tim Hodgson delivered that optimistic outlook to a parliamentary committee earlier this month, noting that countries such as Japan, South Korea, China and India all want Canadian gas.

"If we deliver, as we hope proponents would deliver, up to 100 million tonnes per annum, that would make us one of the largest suppliers of LNG in the world," he said.

Hitting that goal would require more than just the LNG projects currently underway — which at full capacity would provide less than 50 million tonnes for export each year.

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What fucking idiocy is this? It's not enough that half our economy is tied to a fossil fuel that's rapidly being replaced by renewables, now we have to double down?

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Well you see peak oil is a myth by pseudo intellectuals trying to push a narrative. Global energy demand will continue upwards for the foreseeable future, because greater energy per person means a higher standard of living.

Renewables are also fully dependent on China, who refines the bulk of metal on the planet, since they have no environmental regulation; and its a very energy intensive process where they can undercut others by generating over 60% of their energy from coal.

Its also intermittent so requires batteries and backup energy sources, unless its something like nuclear or hydro, which is either messy or geographically limited. Somehow France could do nuclear in the 60s but we cant do it now, as many climate zealots try to convince us nuclear isnt green, so government bureaucracy inflates costs.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, exporting pollution. Also, Canada is not for sale. Except for its natural resources.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Always has been. Since its inception Canada has been a natural resource based economy.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Of course. I just haven't got over how bad of a slogan it is.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

...Do we have the customers to justify that?

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

x to doubt.

i want us to do well as a country but were on the rise by virtue of not being attacked be america (yet)