8/7/2023 0 Comments Low carbon emissions![]() Agricultural soils emit nitrous oxide partly due to fertilizers. The largest agricultural methane source is livestock. The largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions is agriculture, closely followed by gas venting and fugitive emissions from the fossil-fuel industry. Deforestation and other changes in land use also emit carbon dioxide and methane. Įlectricity generation, heat and transport are major emitters overall energy is responsible for around 73% of emissions. ![]() Emissions in the 2010s averaged 56 billion tons a year, higher than any decade before. The growing levels of emissions have varied, but have been consistent among all greenhouse gases. Human-caused emissions have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide by about 50% over pre-industrial levels. The largest emitters include coal in China and large oil and gas companies. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. Greenhouse gas emissions (abbreviated as GHG emissions) from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, contributing to climate change. As it stands, Canada is far below the global median for usage, yet, right now, most vehicles on the road can support up to a 15 per cent uptake in biofuels.īlending biofuels is a serious, actionable emissions mitigation tool that will result in immediate emissions reductions while vehicle fleets turn over to new EV and hydrogen fuel cell technologies.Īs for electric vehicles, most Canadians (64 per cent) view electric as a clean fuel source, but the private-sector infrastructure gap, and production and resource constraints remain a very real adoption challenge to consumers making an immediate mass switch to EVs at this moment in time.Annual greenhouse gas emissions per person (height of vertical bars) and per country (area of vertical bars) of the fifteen high-emitting countries. ![]() If only 30 per cent of Canadians believe biofuels are a net-zero source, we will continue to be plagued with a slow uptake in biofuels and the investments necessary to refine them. In other words, Canadian consumers are already actively making net-zero possible by purchasing renewable blends at the pumps today, and they don’t even know it. This identifies a clear gap in consumer awareness about Canada’s requirement for gasoline and diesel being sold today at pumps across the country to be blended with renewable biofuels to increase access to clean fuel at the pumps. Twenty-nine per cent say the same about biofuels, while 30 per cent believe biofuels can be net-zero, and 40 per cent say they aren’t sure. ![]() Seven in 10 Canadians say gasoline and diesel cannot be considered net-zero emissions. The second major finding from Abacus Data makes clear the need for knowledge about renewable biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel produced from plants and agricultural and industrial biowaste. These regulations are tangible solutions with which consumers can see themselves doing their part - by choosing the car they drive or the bus they take to emit less GHG into the atmosphere. It’s no wonder governments worldwide are pushing more regulations to increase the adoption of low-carbon fuels for road transportation. Transportation emissions account for 25 per cent of Canada’s GHG emissions. Why does it matter if Canadians lack knowledge about these policies so long as the environmental benefits are realized? Because consumers hold the key to reaching net-zero targets.Ĭonsider what’s happening in the road transportation market here in Canada. What’s more, the study found Canadians are more likely to say net-zero will increase vehicle prices and limit choices, suggesting a disconnect between policy communications and practical consumer understanding. The data also shows that men tend to be more familiar than women (there is a 10 per cent gap). Yet, a recent Abacus Data survey commissioned by The Canadian Transportation Alliance (CTA) found that most Canadians have heard of net-zero, but more than half (52 per cent) are only familiar with the term, not what it looks like in practice.įamiliarity is low even in the jurisdictions which have historically been the most proactive in implementing environmental policies. Industry and policy leaders understand that net-zero is defined by our ability to eliminate or offset greenhouse gas emissions. More importantly, they don’t know that they are already helping to make net-zero possible every time they go to the gas station. New data shows most Canadians don’t know what contributes to net-zero in Canada’s transportation sector. ![]()
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