Canada makes in one year approximately 80% of what Denmark made in 50. Right off the top, comparing one to the other, and calling Denmark "entrenched" in Fossil fuels comes across as a farce. And...
A country of 5.8 million people, Denmark earned the equivalent of $109 billion from oil and gas extraction in the North Sea between 1972 and 2020. [...] It made Carter curious to understand why a country so "entrenched" in fossil fuels would decide on "an end date on its fossil fuel extraction," she said.
In 2019, the value of these exports reached $84.3 billion, representing 14.1% of total Canadian exports.
Canada makes in one year approximately 80% of what Denmark made in 50. Right off the top, comparing one to the other, and calling Denmark "entrenched" in Fossil fuels comes across as a farce.
"I have had offers to go work in wind farms and … [it] just wasn't financially beneficial to me to do it," said a Newfoundland oil and gas worker named Chris in an interview with Laura Lynch for What On Earth.
And this is why it will be incredibly difficult to get "workers" onboard with the energy transition. A high school dropout can easily make 90,000 USD a year up here. I pay twice as much in taxes alone to the federal government than the average Canadian's income in a single year. Where is the incentive to switch to other industries for either the public or the government?
Canada makes in one year approximately 80% of what Denmark made in 50. Right off the top, comparing one to the other, and calling Denmark "entrenched" in Fossil fuels comes across as a farce.
And this is why it will be incredibly difficult to get "workers" onboard with the energy transition. A high school dropout can easily make 90,000 USD a year up here. I pay twice as much in taxes alone to the federal government than the average Canadian's income in a single year. Where is the incentive to switch to other industries for either the public or the government?