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TL:DR of the OEA @energyontario Net Zero 2050 Report in this thread #Ontario #energy @IESO_Tweets @ONenergy @OntEnergyBoard

First as we all know most of the province energy use come from Petroleum product and Natural gas. Electricity is not a fuel, looking at you OEA. #Ontario #energy

Accordingly Electricity generation/use really doesn't contribute much to GHG of Ontario. #Ontario #energy

This is because the majority of electricity is already generated by nuclear and hydro. #Ontario #energy

But the problem is that Natural Gas system is almost 3 times larger than the electrical system. For the electrical system to scale it has to significantly grow. #Ontario #energy

You can see here what Ontario needs to focus on, transportation, buildings, and Industry #Ontario #EnergyTransition

For #transport passenger vehicles (Petroleum) are the major component, EVs adoption would have to significantly increase #Ontario #energy

But really consumers have been buying up larger vehicles and driving these more so you have higher emissions per Km. Solution --> #electric trucks and SUVs

The OEA got this one right calling for electrification of transport, tech is already here and being adopted.

For buildings natural gas is dominant, both residential and institutional. #Ontario #energy

For this sector the OEA called for RNG and Hydrogen blending, which is can't really scale up and is much more expensive.

For industry, you can see here the usual suspects, steel, cement, chemicals, and manufacturing, the interesting observation that steel emissions didn't change much for almost 30 years, despite the world changing. Tells you how hard this is going to be.

Then OEA mentioned the typical buzzwords CCUS and Hydrogen, alt fuels. Goes about behavioral changes, energy planning Government coordination. Honorable mentions of energy storage tech and SMRs. #energy

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