Other smog-causing pollutants, like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, were down by 44 per cent and 46 per cent respectively since 2003.
So what does that mean with respect to our Kyoto targets?
A drop of 5 megatonnes equates to 2% towards our goal. Lets assume for some reason that Ontario can maintain 5 megatonnes from here until 2012. That basically gets us 14% towards our goal.
But hey, if Ontario, Canada's worst offendor, can turn it around who says the other provinces can't. Well this graph does:
But I still have hope. I believe in the snowball effect and I believe in the growing call to arms against climate change. Ontario dropped 5 megatonnes without even barely trying... I bet 10 is possible next year. All you readers out there need to take it up a notch and try doing just one or two little things to conserve a little more energy this year - like change your lightbulbs to flourescent or set your thermometer one degree less (in winter).
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Were you able to find out why the levels fell? A warmer winter maybe and less coal burned? We can't rely on flukish circumstances. It's good news if as you report the levels fell "without even trying".
Imagine what enforcable targets might do. And, of course, this blows the argument out of the water that it's no use trying since the targets can't be met.
Agreed... but if a mild winter resulted in less energy usage... does that mean that global warming will ultimately save us from ourselves.
!! I was thinking the same thing as I wrote that - don't let Harper find out - It's all the proof he'd need to say: Global Warming is GOOD for us!
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