Charge it or Fuel up?

With the growing importance of the issues of “climate change” and “global warming” so too has the debate of whether the planet should focus on the fossil fuel industry or the option of electrically-powered cars? The reader should be reminded in the interests of transparency that the author is an employee of Enbridge Pipelines Inc. and thus has informed opinions that may be taken as biased.

It is indisputable that the fossil-fuel industry has provided the world with incredible advancements and improvements in quality of life; however, that same industry is also a source of pollution along with other industries, e.g., tourism, agriculture[i] etc. The Table below attempts to illustrate the pros and cons of each and leads to the conclusion/recommendation. The table below illustrates the dependency that each option has for the other r i.e.the battery option cannot go it alone nor can the world maintain the status quo if the future well-being of the health of the world remains a priority, which it must! Therefore, the world’s energy needs should be satisfied using the existing hybrid model, to borrow a term from the automotive industry. After all, all of us win with satisfied energy needs and a healthy planet now and into the future; certainly this is something we can give to all living organisms and future generations . Certainly, a vibrant, healthy, and beautiful planet now and into the future is worth it!

[i] The methane from the agriculture industry is a major source of global warming