Thread by @politicalham

Compare CAPP's false claim from its energy election platform with CANGov data. There has been NO reduction at all.

"Canada's energy sector has made tremendous progress reducing greenhouse gas emissions..." - @OilGasCanada
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2/"CAPP and our members call upon Canadians and our leaders to seize the opportunity to unleash the economic and environmental power of Canada's natural gas and oil industry."

Oil/gas GHGs have plateaued at best, but CAPP wants a significant expansion of production?

3/Even under a business as usual scenario IHS MarkIt is forecasting 650,000 b/d new oil sands production by 2030, 900,000 b/d in total.

And now CAPP wants more?

How will that lower GHGs?

The historical records says they will rise.

4/Check out the federal party platforms on oil/gas. The @CPC_HQ planks are for all intent a rewrite of the CAPP press release.
energi.media/markham-on-ene…

5/Check out the Oil Sands Net-zero by 2050 Pathway Initiative, which will rely on carbon capture and storage for ~50% of GHG reductions.

CCS infrastructure takes a long time to build.

How will GHGs fall before then as production rises by 650,000 b/d?

nationalobserver.com/2021/07/20/opi…

6/Watch this interview about how hard it is to reduce oil sands GHGs.

But CAPP wants to increase oil sands production even more than 650,000 b/d by 2030 while claiming that GHGs will go down?

It beggars belief.