For the Government of Canada Survey on 2030 Emissions reductions Target of 40-45%
XXXXXXX: Please note as of March 2022 , this Government link is no longer accepting survey input. However I left it up here to record what the effort the Canadian Government has made to get input on the energy issue. And my response to the survey.
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Q1-
What opportunities do you think the Government of Canada should pursue to reduce emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030 and position Canada to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, including in any or all of the following economic sectors? Please elaborate on your answers where appropriate, including any specific insights on policy opportunities or initiatives.
My Response
Hydrogen Can be used to reduce and or remove Carbon output in , Buildings,Electricity production,Heavy Industry like Steel Mfg.,and Certainly Transportation, Also Carbon pricing would accelerate the adoption of Hydrogen by creating the true cost of carbon based fuels which would make Hydrogen more competitive in a capitalist market
Q2.- What do you see as the barriers or challenges to reducing emissions in these sectors? Do
you have suggestions on how to overcome these barriers?
My Response
Political will power, and Funding are the two major Barriers to adopting a Hydrogen Economy for the reduction of CO2 emissions.
There are no Technical Barriers.
For Green electricity production, Hydro is a mature technology, Solar and Wind Turbines are also a mature technology. Nuclear has been around for more than 40 years. Tidal Technology needs to improve and one can debate Molten Salt Reactors as a better source of Nuclear power but It’s a minor Barrier in my opinion. So because Canada has a large source of Green electrical production then Canada also has potentially a large source of Green Hydrogen production. More so than any other country in the world. at this moment in time. Also Water availability is not an issue in Canada every province and territory has a limitless supply of water. And remember it is the function of Hydrogen that it goes back to water when used. My suggestion is to partially fund investment with existing Canadian companies and others to move forward Now.
Q3. What broader
economic, technological, or social challenges and opportunities do you
foresee resulting from efforts to reduce emissions in these sectors? For
example, opportunities associated with economic diversification across
sectors. Do you have
suggestions on how to address these challenges and opportunities?
My Response
Staying with The Hydrogen theme.
Moving to a Hydrogen economy would create jobs in the energy sector, in the construction sector,in the technology IT sector and transportation sector. So basically all the economy of Canada would benefit from moving to a Hydrogen Economy. If you think about it, Oil and Gas touches every sector of the economy now. Replacing those fuels with Hydrogen will do the same thing. Except that there will be a true cost of energy produced and use and as we know by the economics of scale, that cost will stabilize as we reach en equilibrium of production and consumption. Energy stability will also occur because as the rest of the world moves to a Hydrogen economy almost every country will be able to meet their own energy requirements. OPEC and other rouge nations will not be able to set arbitrary pricing for energy. Canada is best situated to export Hydrogen because of it’s potential production capabilities and closeness to he USA. So the nations that either don’t get enough Sun, Wind or are lacking Nuclear and Tidal power can purchase Hydrogen from nations that can produce it most inexpensively, Canad being one of those nations.
Q3. What broader
economic, technological, or social challenges and opportunities do you
foresee resulting from efforts to reduce emissions in these sectors? For
example, opportunities associated with economic diversification across
sectors. Do you have
suggestions on how to address these challenges and opportunities?
My Response
So Again there are no Technical Challenges to moving to a Hydrogen Economy. Hydrogen production and usage is a mature technology. England , Japan, Australia,Orkney Scotland, France , Chile, Germany,Sweden, California,China and many more jurisdictions have been operating in the Hydrogen energy infrastructure for many years now.
Socially the Canadian Government at all levels but lead by the Federal Government needs to educate the public so that the public can understand that there is a way to de-carbonize our economic processes in a practical and productive way. Just to say “we need to go green” with out educating on how to actually “go green” is not enough to bring the optimism of society to a point where they will be clear on who to vote for and who to support and basically have a personal obligation to support the Government initiatives required to move to a Hydrogen Economy.
Q4. Looking beyond
2030, what enabling measures, strategies or technological pathways do
you think the Government of Canada should put in place now to ensure
that Canada is on track to net-zero emissions by 2050?
My Response
Because Hydrogen when used goes back from where it came from, Water. The resource is limitless it will serve Humanity in perpetuity. Until Fusion comes online perhaps, but even then Fusion on earth should be used to produce even cheaper Hydrogen.
As long as the Sun shines on Earth there will be Solar electrical production. The wind is going to blow as the Sun heats up the land mas and cusses the wind and Nuclear will improve over decades. Water will always flow down hill and over waterfalls to generate Hydro electric power. These Green Electrical energy process have long lives and can continue to generate electricity for Green Hydrogen production for generations to come.
As long as the goal for humanity is to operate in the lowest possible carbon output space. Then Hydrogen will be with us forever as ever we know it.
But we need to put Hydrogen production in front of any other activity NOW if we are to meet that goal for 2030 and beyond.
Q5. What broader
economic, technological, or social issues to you foresee as a result of
the transition to a net-zero economy in Canada? Do you have suggestions
on how to address these issues?
My response
In my mind there are no insurmountable Issues from moving to a Hydrogen economy other than there will be a decline in the Oil sector. However I suspect the Oil companies will transition to becoming Energy Companies as they are best suited for this because they have the financing and infrastructure now to produce and distribute Hydrogen on mass. For example Today Shell Oil has already been the key player in the Hydrogen infrastructure in California and is also the key player in the United Kingdom’s aggressive Hydrogen strategy. Gas can still be used by steam reforming it to make Hydrogen and sequestering the CO2. This is called Blue Hydrogen production. This however is only in the beginning of our transition to a Full Hydrogen economy. Eventually Green Hydrogen production is the only way to de-carbonize in large scale and in the least expensive way, as carbon capture will still have a higher cost to it.
Q6. How would you
like to be engaged on Canada’s climate plans moving forward? How often
should this engagement occur, and what method or format would be
preferable?
My response
All Governments should be conducting town halls on the adoption of Hydrogen, virtually for now but eventually in person and televised across the country. We don’t have time to mitigate climate change in a half hazard way so concerted efforts like that in world war two need to be put in place to move this topic forward at light speed. So with that understanding, Public engagement should be addressed on a monthly and quarterly basis. If the Government is going to be serious about de-carbonizing now then it should put out media statements as often as possible so the the media will cover it so that it reaches the most population as quickly as possible. Remember that investors listen to the radio and television and social media as well.
That’s about it.
What I did not mention on this note which I did on my submitted survey is that there is no need to have Government support for Battery Operated Consumer Vehicles. That horse has long left the barn. Let the market and the BEV companies carry that torch as long as they can. Eventually the BEVs will be replaced by cheaper and less destructive HFC cars.
Batteries can’t de-carbonize Heavy Transport as they are too heavy and take up transport space. The are too costly for Sun and Wind energy backup. They can’t electrify airplanes because of weight and space restrictions, and they are too bulky for ship transport. Batteries at best are a temporary economic boom for American Automobile Manufactures.
As I suggested to Christiane Freeland. That she can rattle the saber at the Americans about tariffs on BEVs, but her energy would be much better spent on promoting HFC Heavy Transport Trucks/Buses/Train manufacturing in Canada which will spur the much cheaper and less destructive manufacturing of HFC automobiles that we can use for our citizens and probably export to other countries that are heavily invested in Hydrogen Now.
Also I suggested the the Indigenous people in remote communities would benefit the most from a Hydrogen economy because the byproduct of using Hydrogen is pure clean water, which we know is in short supply in these remote areas.
Thanks for Participating.
