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In the Canadian province of Alberta, 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the Fort McMurray area, where a wildfire has burned 1,600 buildings and more than 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres). The cause of the fire is unknown, but "very high temperatures, low relative humidities and some strong winds" are said to favor its spread.
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(Score: 2) by RedGreen on Thursday May 05 2016, @07:08PM
Must not be following the recent trends though they have plenty of coal as well, more than oil I do believe, the tide is against a new coal plant being built in North America let alone there where they are shutting theirs down. Natural gas again which they have plenty of is the new low cost electrical production method in favour at the moment. They have a good deal of wind resource which they are starting to take advantage of and the southern part of the province is the best place in Canada for solar again starting to take off. Your electric car fantasy is just that at 10 million cars a year production it will take ~40 years to replace all the gas powered vehicles on the road at the moment in Canada and the US and that is nowhere near happening. Some time in a century or so it may get done hell in about 20-30 years electric may be half the production on a yearly basis but they are definitely going to have to sort out a better electrical grid in that time to get it done too....
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