You're absolutely wrong on this. Manufacturing a car or manufacturing a TV doesn't cause SO2 emissions. Burning coal, natural gas and oil causes SO2 emissions.
You said that you are going to move to Saskatchewan. Get ready to hear stories how lakes are filled with dead fishes every few years because increased oil production at the Athabasca oil sands causes acid rain in Northern Saskatchewan. And when the ph value of a lake drops below 4.5, then it's a dead lake. This is caused by acid rain.
Acid rain is a very local phenomenon. How much SO2 China emits through burning coal and oil has almost no impact on the environment in Canada.
What country has very lax environmental protections? Where are these goods shipped from and how?
While our manufacturing was outsourced, out energy production wasn't. Canada's energy output didn't go down. We still burn coal, natural gas and oil for power. Over 90% of the power generated in Alberta and Saskatchewan is through fossil fuels. In Saskatchewan we have the oldest and dirtiest coal powered plants in Canada, and probably in North America. 60 year old power plants like the Boundary Dam station are 10 times worse than a modern natural gas powered plant.
Since that time we have learned that it wasn't the oilsands
It is the oil sands. Even the government of Alberta admitted it. If it wasn't the oil sands, then how do you explain that the Athabasca and surrounding region are the most affected? You don't hear much about acid rain in the eastern part of Saskatchewan, but it's another story on the border to Alberta. Even today and not only 10 years ago. The Syncrude oil plant in Fort McMurray spews out tens of thousands of tonnes SO2 into the air. And it all comes down with the next rain.
My long term solution? Invest in nuclear power
No one is going to invest in nuclear power when the costs of a 1 GW reactor are about $20 billion or more. Saskatchewan doesn't have the money for it.
You're absolutely wrong on this. Manufacturing a car or manufacturing a TV doesn't cause SO2 emissions. Burning coal, natural gas and oil causes SO2 emissions.
You said that you are going to move to Saskatchewan. Get ready to hear stories how lakes are filled with dead fishes every few years because increased oil production at the Athabasca oil sands causes acid rain in Northern Saskatchewan. And when the ph value of a lake drops below 4.5, then it's a dead lake. This is caused by acid rain.
And you're almost always wrong buddy.
Acid rain is a very local phenomenon. How much SO2 China emits through burning coal and oil has almost no impact on the environment in Canada.
While our manufacturing was outsourced, out energy production wasn't. Canada's energy output didn't go down. We still burn coal, natural gas and oil for power. Over 90% of the power generated in Alberta and Saskatchewan is through fossil fuels. In Saskatchewan we have the oldest and dirtiest coal powered plants in Canada, and probably in North America. 60 year old power plants like the Boundary Dam station are 10 times worse than a modern natural gas powered plant.
It is the oil sands. Even the government of Alberta admitted it. If it wasn't the oil sands, then how do you explain that the Athabasca and surrounding region are the most affected? You don't hear much about acid rain in the eastern part of Saskatchewan, but it's another story on the border to Alberta. Even today and not only 10 years ago. The Syncrude oil plant in Fort McMurray spews out tens of thousands of tonnes SO2 into the air. And it all comes down with the next rain.
No one is going to invest in nuclear power when the costs of a 1 GW reactor are about $20 billion or more. Saskatchewan doesn't have the money for it.