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Canada Had Designs on Being a Hydro Superpower. Now Its Rivers and Lakes Are Drying Up. (www.wsj.com)
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Canada bet heavily on hydro as a means of cleaning up its carbon footprint; it is the third-largest hydroelectricity producer in the world. But with the climate becoming markedly drier in recent years, Canada’s utilities are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars to diversify their grids, in some cases leaning on power plants fueled by gas or coal to meet mushrooming demand.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Canada consumes more primary energy from renewables per capita, then the UK consumes primary energy of all forms per capita. Canada has to lower energy consumption to a reasonable level and it is going to be fine.