The world is going renewable – but don’t take our word for it. That’s the finding of the International Energy Agency (IEA), long a bosom buddy of the oil and gas industry.
According to the IEA, renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to be the largest source of global electricity by early 2025!
As the IEA notes, the continued acceleration of renewables is critical to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
It’s a hard-to-miss story, but the Ford government is doing its absolute best not to look. This province hasn’t contracted for a single kilowatt of wind or solar power during the last five years.
Ontario was once a leader in developing renewable technologies, but that came to a screeching halt with the election of the Ford Government. Now this province is all-in on buggy whips: betting big on an outdated 1950s energy plan focused on polluting fossil gas and high-cost nuclear. It’s like deciding to manufacture typewriters at the dawn of the internet age.
This will lead to higher electricity prices for everyone in Ontario. And it will also lead to Ontario missing out on the biggest economic and technological shift since the internet. That matters, because the shift to renewables is going to be massive. And Ontario is sitting on the sidelines.
The Ford Government hopes to make Ontario a leader in EV battery manufacturing. But already it is facing steep competition from places like Quebec that can supply EV battery manufacturers with low-cost, clean renewable power. According to the CEO of Northvolt, Quebec’s clean waterpower will “slash by half the total footprint of the carbon dioxide required to produce batteries.“
Meanwhile, Doug Ford’s plan to ramp up the greenhouse gas pollution of our gas plants by 700% will throw away the clean energy advantage that we achieved by phasing out dirty coal. We are going in the wrong direction.
What you can do
1. Please help us distribute our NEW pamphlet:Why is Doug Ford turning his back on renewables while the world goes green? Click here to order FREE pamphlets to share with your friends and neighbours.
2. Please click here to tell Premier Ford that Ontario needs to start investing in Made-in-Ontario wind and solar energy NOW – to lower our electricity bills and create good, green jobs.
Thanks for your help!