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mcfly — (archived)

I'm just gonna get insulted and told I don't think properly, but anyways...

Here

Unfortunately this article spends only the smallest amount of time on the rather pronounced differences in climate between the US and Canada. I didn't realize how stark the difference is until I moved to the US, which has a much more temperate climate. That's a chapter unto itself in this story.

From the linked article, referring to the province of Alberta:

It is estimated that to exploit the oil sands, it requires, each year, the use of a quantity of natural gas equivalent to total natural gas consumption in the province of Quebec.

(Just FYI, the population of Quebec is almost 8 million.)

Anyway, before we Americans spend too much energy patting ourselves on the back, maybe we should ponder that Canada's higher per capita use of energy isn't because our northern neighbors leave the lights on all night...

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