Systems Approach to the Green Energy Strategy & Development in Canada
The impact of global warming is widespread, a number of factors have to be identified and analyzed. Causal factors include world population growth at present and growing exponentially. Increases of personal incomes and wealth have created more increased consumption of public/private housing transit and transportation which have in turn increased demand for raw materials, natural and mining resources such as gas, coal, oil sand and ocean oil/gas exploration. The melting of the North Poles glaciers has affected the ocean levels flooding of river and creeks and as well affected agricultural production on a major scale. In order to have clean environment on earth, we need a flexible management to cope with global warming and its impact on our quality of life. An alternative to coal and fossil fuels which are directly causing climate change through heat-trapping gases that are wanning the atmosphere must be technologically found and implemented as early as possible. A mix alternative and clean energy such as solar panels, hydro, wind-turbines and bio-mass energy system has to be developed and implemented. This requires a close cooperation among public institutions, private industry, technical experts, university researchers, financially and administratively, among all nations. Nuclear energy can be considered as an alternative clean energy and must be developed and also monitored for the safety. According to the world wildlife fund Canada released a list of the ten top Canadian cities in terms of greenhouse gas emission reductions, municipal targets, green building codes and green transportation, Vancouver ranked first, with a score of 8.1 out often, followed by Toronto (7.2) and Montreal (6.2). Vancouver has reduced emission to 1990 is the only Municipality on track to meet Kyoto and has the greenest building code in Canada. Some of the important Green Energy Strategy and Development in Canada have been designed and implemented by various Provinces listed as follows: B.C. established the BC forest and range practices act (BCFRPA) which was one of the first in North America requiring tenure holders to pursue sustainable forest management planning and to provide measurable results. Ontario Provincial Government passed a new green act to explore solar, wind, water and biomass new technological energy. The worlds biggest solar farms as an example, is in Enbridges 80-megawatt power project on 380 hectares near Sarnia, Ontario. The goal is to make solar cells more efficient. Electrovaya Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario has developed and advanced enough to get electric cars such as ChevyVolt onto the market. Society on Earth must think about energy and be conscious of its use. People must understand that what they can do to conserve energy will have cumulative effect. Also, people need to act on their responsibility. And finally, it needs the participation of everyone, not just power plants, equipment manufacturers or public/private institutions. All society needs to take responsibility to be involved pulling together, all the time.
Martin H.Yeh Franklin C.Yeh
University of Manitoba, Canada
国际会议
2011 International Conference on Strategic Management(2011年战略管理国际会议 ICSM)
成都
英文
116-122
2011-09-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）