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waywc live CANADAS ENERGY EICI really quite clear Were on an energy hinge and available resources are Here is areport on where we stand now where were headed and the prices well have to pay Some experts say we must conserve energy to save ourselves Some are sitting on the fence Othersstill do notbelicve conservation can play an im portant role Read the facts and draw your ownconciusions the good lifeWo drive big cars plug In appliances to do our work use throw away products flick on healing and air condition ing switches with thoughtless abandon MosrcaNAnraris havcbcenlulledby Ileiwecn 1960 and theprcscnt the average energy consumed by each one of us has alums doubled Only the United States uses more energy pcrperson than we do Yet we merrily mil along assuming there will always be more oil more naiuralgas and more electricity to feed our growing appetite Projec lions of current trends putour per capita demand in 2000 at about times todays consumption Herc briey arc cu gtiil facts on ourresourccs the costs of dqvelopin and delivering them the environmental and social consequences of the its notmuch fuMo read but it may wake us up in time Whats the resource picture in Canada True we hear about oil and gas discoveries in ion and Gas in terms of easily ncccssibio oil and gas rc sources our best years appear to be behind us The National Energy 13on says that by 1977 there will not be enough crude oil production Ca pscity in Canada to meet our national demand will be forced to become net importers of oil from other countries And whatprico willthcy seii liyi984wo may notvcn be able to meet the demandlin the areas west of the Ottawa Valley traditionally served by Canadian oil this despite some development of the difcult and expensive AthabascaOIISands gpptaoun SUPPLYLDEMAND 30 ll Natural gas mspccts are almost as bleak The recent Nation Energy Board report on gas pre dicts spot shortages starting late in this decade and gap between domestic dcrnand and conven tional supplies by 1984 CANADIAN GAS SUPPLY DEMAND 17 It mu lul Duhr mg the Arctic and offshore but these cant be depen ded upon We dont yet know how much is there how much canbc deliveredwhen oratwhat price Electricity Most of Canadas rcadilyavailablo hydroelcclt tric sites have already been developed or are in the process of being developed Nuclear powcr can supply part of our projected demands but economic uranium sup lies arc lim ited and reactor costs an rising ereare real constraints to the rate at which nuclear power can or should be developed As for other sourccs of electricity they aro currently based on nonrenewable fossil fuels such antral and oil Coal Coal once supplied large portionof our energy needs and we have large rcscrves left Many de posits will be difcult and costly to devclop The cnviroruncntal impacts are signith and the energy uses for coal are currently limited to direct heating and clectriciiy encration Research and development required or coal gasication and and are sure to be expensive Other Sources Undoubtedly renewable loans of energy such as solar wind and biomass as well as new tech nologies will have role to play as our current nonrenewable sources fade from the scene Wide out conseIVation and new research and develop mcnt however itwillbcimpossiblcforthemtobc developed fastcrmghtosatisfynlnawaydemands Cartwe come upwlth b20000 per if we continue to gobble up ene yatour present rate of increase Canada wt nee twice as much in just 12 years That means ourenergyproducing capacity must also double in 12 years Economists say this will require capital invest mcnisofsomcstl0bilionbetweennow Ind 1985 Money for new generators dams poweriines uranium and coal mincs gas wells oil wells and pipelines That works out in an invesunent of about $20000 for each family in Canada Where will it conic from From money which would otherwise nance schools hospitals roads andother important projects Theyll have to wait And as we move to lower quality and more remote soumes of energy the costs go up More energy must be used simply to produce energy The Syncrudc oil sands project for example is estimated to nccd about one barrel of oil out of every produced simply to run the plants Whats the environmental price We boast about Canadas clean air and watcr about our lash countryside Yet the mere act of producing and using cncrgy threatens our atmo sphere watcr and land Nothing escapescrops livestock forcsts wildlifc and indccd ourselves Energy is great poliutcr We spend money conveniencotypc li ances yet we dont insu atc nurhcrncsp Our garbage bags are bursting with the waste of an aIfluent society Orhercouatries seemto have irmnd comfortable standards of living without extreme energy con sumption in Swedena highly industrialized country with climate and living standard like oursthey use onellxtnl less energy per person Ihanwe do France Germany Finland the United King dom Denmark and italy all use less than half our energy pcrpcrson Is all our consumption and convenience really worth the price philosophical question per haps but one well have to grapple with in plan ning Canadas future Eilorts to lowcr our energy consumption smaller cars more mass transit better built homes mop efficient industry less waste pro duction morn personal effort will contribute to the quality of life as well as save energy Whats the plan for tire future ALTERNATE ENERGY FIJI RES FOR CANADA In In The more energy we produce and usc ihc grcaicrthc threat to our envimnmcnt Energy conservation when you stop to think about it is the purest formof environmental protection How much energyil do we necdto errioylife arror liquefaction processes willreiptire long lead times good mny Canadians now question the big ger is better dream Have our higher incomes and greater health produced all we had hoped for Many Canadians drive larger more powerful cars but it takes us just as long to gct to work gt with more aggravations along the route 0ftice otEneroy Conservation Hon Donald Mncdonatd Minister Energy Mines and Resources Canada so its me ms moo Untllreccntly Canadas energy policy was mo ms depicts straightforward find and deliver enough energy to meet the expanding demand But thats not good enough today Reducing demand is now as signicant as ex panding supply In the words of Dold Macdonald Minister of Energy Minesvand Resource Conservation is now an important part ofCarradas overall cncrgy policy This wil be apermanent policy not contingency plan enacted ina crisis We are developing fivephase program to cope with those times of highcost resources to involve all Canadians in program of energy conservation and to provide stable energy future and high quality of life forall Canadians The goal is 20 cut in projected consumption by l985an energy saving equal to three quar ters of our current oil imports or the output of 10000 conicntional oil wells or 55 nuclear stations This will not call for drastic changes in life style Its possible with modest savings in daily livrng industry commerce and transportation Yes it will take some cilort Vcro grown accustomcd to waste But remember that as we cut back on gasoline and electricity and natural gas and home heating oil were also saving money for ourselves But this isjustabonus Energy savings now can improve our environ ment and way oflife fur into the fixture is there really any sensible alternative If youre not part of the solution youre part oi the problem Energie Mines at Ressources Canada Otiieo doeonumtlcndcldnerglo LhonDonIld sMchoneld Minlaire