ACTIVIST CLAIM: Article from far-left National
Observer calls Canada’s use of natural gas and carbon tech to produce hydrogen out of step with climate commitments.
THE FACTS: Canada produces the cleanest exportable natural gas, and combined with carbon tech, is the most practical path to zero emissions energy production.
THE SOURCE:
Canada is pushing ‘clean’ hydrogen to the world — with no end in sight for fossil fuels
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Here are some facts to have a reasoned conversation about Canadian natural gas and hydrogen:
- The EU recently declared natural gas as a green energy source, and Canada has a lot of it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-02/eu-to-unveil-controversial-green-label-plan-for-gas-and-nuclear - Canadian LNG will have the lowest emission intensity in the world.
https://a9w7k6q9.stackpathcdn.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Canadian-LNG-Competitiveness-NG-156.pdf - The International Energy Agency notes that when oil and gas are produced with carbon tech it can be net-zero or even carbon negative.
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/can-co2-eor-really-provide-carbon-negative-oil - 95% of hydrogen production today is from carbon-based fuels like natural gas.
http://www.certifhy.ca/Green%20and%20Blue%20H2.html - The International Energy Agency estimates hydrogen from natural gas costs about half that of hydrogen produced from renewable electricity and zero-emissions hydrogen from any source is still zero emissions.
https://www.iea.org/reports/ccus-in-clean-energy-transitions/a-new-era-for-ccus#growing-ccus-momentum
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