Natural gas is primarily composed of methane, and has major climate implications. It's a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, with greater ability to trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago

FFS. We really deserve to live in a world on fire.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This news coming right off the back of AI data centres being announced for BC just makes me feel like we're going down the same path as the US. Gassing ourselves to death for planet-destroying data centres to please shareholders. and fascists.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

We need to get people like Doug Ford and Danielle Smith out of positions of power if we want to avoid the same fate as the US

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Other countries looked at what the mess in Iran did to fossil fuel prices and decided to accelerate their move away from them. But not Canada, where fossil fuel extraction is a higher priority than clean air and a livable environment. Ugh.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

It's not like major portions of the country burn every summer. Or that each year it gets worse and worse or anything! Long live fossil fuels!

[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 2 hours ago

Canada is the 5th largest producer of natural gas, it produces roughly the same volume as Saudi Arabia, the sixth largest.

Iran, which is number 4, produces almost double the volume.

Canada natural gas production is a fraction of those in the top-3 producers, which are the United States, Russia, and China. The top-3 count for around 59% of the world's natural gas production (Source).

Gas consumption grew in the three largest markets: in 2024, it rose by 1% in the USA – the largest gas consumer in the world (22%); in Russia (12% of global gas consumption), gas demand grew by over 6%; gas consumption also increased in China (+7%) supported by a higher demand from the power sector and by cheaper LNG prices. China now accounts for 11% of the global gas consumption, on par with Europe, whose gas consumption remained stable after two years of sharp decline (Source).

A forecast by the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (opens pdf) says, among others, that,

natural gas production in the United States and China will keep increasing throughout this decade. After the 2030s, the future of natural gas production in the United States and Russia will depend on how decarbonization efforts affect demand for their natural gas exports, both through pipelines and as LNG.
In China, natural gas production growth will continue to be driven by energy security goals [and] China and Southeast Asia will see continued natural gas demand growth beyond the 2030s and into 2050.

A friendly reminder that Canada joined a group of 60 states that committed themselves to phase-out fossil fuels. The U.S., Russia, and China refused to join this group.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago

Our strategy is guided by four pillars:

There is no credible path to net zero
Burning fossil fuels is strength
Strength is power
We have the power so fuck you

[–] Pure_Psykosis@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

At this rate will we even be alive in 2050?