“Frankly, we need an army of carpenters, electricians and contractors going out to plug leaky buildings,” federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May said during the August 6 leaders debate. “Thirty per cent of carbon pollution comes from the energy we waste and the money we waste heating the outdoors in the winter and cooling it in the summer.”
The suggestion’s an awfully good one. Especially in Alberta.
For one, the thousands of contractors out of work due to the oil price slump could serve as potential soldiers in this so-called army.
There’s also enormous untapped energy-saving potential in Alberta: in fact, (Read more…)