Nova Economy Benefits

After attending university in Nova Scotia for four years and taking the carbon economy class. I pondered to myself. If British Columbia is a province located near the ocean and they are focusing on renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro. Surely, Nova Scotia is in the process or is currently using these methods to power their economy. Through my research it has become apparent that this is not the case. Although this is not the case at the moment, Nova Scotia is taking steps in the right direction and I would like to offer my advice and recommendations guiding Nova Scotia forward.

Nova Scotia, Canada. Home to around 921,727 Canadians as of 2011 (Government of Canada), emitted 23 metric tonnes of Co2 in 2005 and 20 metric tonnes in 2011. While British Columbia emit, 64 metric tonnes in 2005 and 50 metric tonnes in 2011( (Environment Canada 37). This is where I found some interesting data. It is apparent that although the population gap is significant between the two provinces, the emissions reductions from 2005-2011 are considerably more substantial in British Columbia compared to Nova Scotia. Digging deeper it was uncovered that per capita in 2011, individuals in British Columbia emit

“Twice each day, around 115 billion tonnes of water surges in and out of the Bay of Fundy. The daily total exceeds all the water flowing down all the rivers in the world” (Nova Scotia Department of Energy 20). It was estimated that with the use of underwater turbines could extract roughly 2,000 MW of electricity (Nova Scotia Department of Energy 20). Although there is a significant potential laying the Nova Scotia’s backyard. The technologic, economic and financial challenges must be resolved before any real results can be seen. However, in the future Nova Scotia will focus its attention towards to use of tidal energy and the economic factors that must take place in order for this to become