Can We Get Rid of Oil? The Costs of an Accelerated Energy Transition
Policies designed to accelerate the transition to green energy sources are usually presented in terms of their benefits, whereas costs are rarely discussed. This Research Paper proposes to fill this gap in the public debate. It examines the costs of proposals made by the Quebec environmentalist groups Équiterre and Vivre en ville for rapidly reducing oil consumption, as well as the willingness of Quebecers and other Canadians to pay those costs.
Media release: Barely 12% of Canadians willing to make the sacrifices required to “liberate ourselves from oil”
Léger Opinion Poll: A Study of Canadian Support for Measures to Reduce Oil Consumption
Infographics: Reducing our “dependence” on oil?
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| Se libérer du pétrole? Ça coûte cher! (La Presse, December 11, 2014)
Les Québécois doivent-ils se sevrer de leur dépendance au pétrole? (The MEI’s Journal de Montréal blog, December 16, 2014) |
Interview with Germain Belzile (The Source, Sun TV, December 11, 2014)
Debate (in French) with Youri Chassin (À la une, ARGENT business news network, December 11, 2014) |