Canada vs Climate: Federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson

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David, Sara, and Ed talk to Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson. The conversation was very timely given that Canada's federal parliament had only just risen for the summer. It was also revealing of the challenges and opportunities facing the current federal government on climate and energy policy. They covered a broad range of energy and climate policy topics, from electrification, affordability concerns, policy resilience, to his government's industrial decarbonization problem.

About Our Guest:
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson has served as the Member of Parliament for North Vancouver since 2015. He has also served in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and currently as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Raised in Saskatchewan, Minister Wilkinson spent more than 20 years in the private sector, holding leadership positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of clean technology.

Show Notes:

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 & 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴
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Transporting hydrogen long distances makes absolutely no sense. I've seen numbers that at best 20% of the energy input required to produce the hydrogen ends up as an output at its final destination. The economics just dont make sense unless there is a massive amount of public money going into this. Canada would end up losing money to sell hydrogen. The companies that are involved might do alright though. One of the companies involved has a CEO that is very politically connected though. I know they are talking about making ammonia but the problem with that is you cant just shut off the process if there is not enough wind. You end up destroying the catalyst in the reactor.

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