Alberta's Energy Challenges in 2013
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2013-09
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The energy challenges that Alberta faces today are different from those
addressed in the 2008 Government's Plan, Launching Alberta's Energy Future:
Provincial Energy Strategy (the "2008 Plan"). This project analyzes the differences
between the current economic reality for Alberta energy and the economic
assumptions underpinning the 2008 Plan and proposes a new policy for the
Province. Due to the 2008 recession and its impact on the price of oil and the
technological advances of fracking resulting in an oversupply of natural gas, many of
the 2008 tools are less economically efficient. These policies need to be updated to
be aligned with the current economic reality. The policy recommendations include:
a new greenhouse gas strategy; a focus on market diversification to achieve greater
market access; and a comprehensive public relations program to refute the
increasing environmental challenges arising from misconceptions surrounding oil
sand resource development; and lack of transportation infrastructure for oil sand
products.
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Wiedman, Nicole. (2013). Alberta's Energy Challenges in 2013 ( Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.