Canada bet heavily on hydro as a means of cleaning up its carbon footprint; it is the third-largest hydroelectricity producer in the world. But with the climate becoming markedly drier in recent years, Canada’s utilities are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars to diversify their grids, in some cases leaning on power plants fueled by gas or coal to meet mushrooming demand.
Scientists, exasperated, who have been pointing at the sky for the last 60 years: “The Sun is right there, people, it shines every fucking day, and bathes our world in almost limitless energy. I mean, it’s right fucking there.”
Scientists: “Just look UP!”
Conservatives: “DON’T LOOK UP! DON’T LOOK UP! DON’T LOOK UP!”