You can check the government page yourself, it claims Victoria has an average usage of 30gj. That was the only false part in my statement. You clearly didn't even check the links before getting defensive. The one retailer information suggests the average rural house in Alberta is 272gj. Which is even far more than 5x that of Vancouver.
These retailers quoted are just as qualified as a retailer in Ontario.
I proved exactly my point that you can use whatever statistics you want to create whatever truth you want. Which is in alignment of your original article about the carbon tax. They aren't lying about the numbers. They're just using the numbers they want to. Statistics never tell the truth. Ever. The numbers can, but statistics ALWAYS tell the story of the person who formed them.
Their math for natural gas is off, and it shows when you try to google the average usage. There are numerous websites and all of them are inconsistent. But one consistency is the Alberta average uses approximately 5x the amount of Vancouver. And 3x Southern Ontario. Considering those 2 areas are the most densely populated areas in Canada and consist more commonly of high density housing, which generally have less heat loss, it skews the average significantly. For example Vancouver still uses less than 1/3 of the national average because they don't see -40C. Once again, Vancouver and Southern Ontario speak for the entirety of Canada.
Carbon tax is set at $4. 095 per GJ, which will mean they determined the national average to be 80gj but I consistently found sites stating over 100gj. Which i still find low based on personal usage and I have a 900sf home with 2 people. And I have an electric water heater, not natural gas.
No matter how hard I try, I can't make their numbers line up.
First off, all your claims about average usages between provinces are wildly off. Vancouver uses an average of 74.3GJ, compared to Alberta's 100GJ. That's not even close to 2x, let alone 5x. Ontario vs Alberta is a 12% difference, not 3x. Secondly, the reason Ontario (Enbridge) was used is because roughly 40% of the country lives there and the difference between its usage and the national average is only a 2.4% difference. Also, the government data by province is outdated, hence going to a more recent source once finding which province would make the best use case. Lastly, there is obviously margins for error when doing an analysis of averages across a nation, especially in a condensed newsletter and not a multi-page report, any rational person would understand this is a generalized analysis, not an exact science, however, the overall argument of the short piece is undeniably correct. No matter how you cut it or what petty arguments you want to have, the Carbon Tax is undeniably a financial burden on Canadians, with zero impact on the global climate, and we've been endlessly gaslit about it.
I'm sorry, I misquoted. It was Victoria, not Vancouver. Here's the government page i pulled data from and compared it to my own average usage in Alberta over 2024.
Canada is a vast country, we can't take national averages and apply them unanimously. It's no different than taking an average wage vs median wage in the sense of needing the numbers that the most number of people have, not the middle of everyone.
You didn't "misquote." You made statements that were off by hundreds of percent, while complaining about an analysis with a margin of error of 1-5%.
You criticized this article for using differing sources to form an argument. "It shows when you try to google," then did the same thing you criticized this article for in defence of yourself. Have a good day.
You can check the government page yourself, it claims Victoria has an average usage of 30gj. That was the only false part in my statement. You clearly didn't even check the links before getting defensive. The one retailer information suggests the average rural house in Alberta is 272gj. Which is even far more than 5x that of Vancouver.
These retailers quoted are just as qualified as a retailer in Ontario.
I proved exactly my point that you can use whatever statistics you want to create whatever truth you want. Which is in alignment of your original article about the carbon tax. They aren't lying about the numbers. They're just using the numbers they want to. Statistics never tell the truth. Ever. The numbers can, but statistics ALWAYS tell the story of the person who formed them.
Their math for natural gas is off, and it shows when you try to google the average usage. There are numerous websites and all of them are inconsistent. But one consistency is the Alberta average uses approximately 5x the amount of Vancouver. And 3x Southern Ontario. Considering those 2 areas are the most densely populated areas in Canada and consist more commonly of high density housing, which generally have less heat loss, it skews the average significantly. For example Vancouver still uses less than 1/3 of the national average because they don't see -40C. Once again, Vancouver and Southern Ontario speak for the entirety of Canada.
Carbon tax is set at $4. 095 per GJ, which will mean they determined the national average to be 80gj but I consistently found sites stating over 100gj. Which i still find low based on personal usage and I have a 900sf home with 2 people. And I have an electric water heater, not natural gas.
No matter how hard I try, I can't make their numbers line up.
Average national gas usage: 88.4GJ
Average usage in Ontario: 90.8GJ
Average usage in Alberta: 100GJ
Average usage in BC: 74.3GJ
Hence why the Endbridge (Ontario) estimate was used.
Source: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/natural-gas/report/canadian-residential-natural-gasbill/index.html
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First off, all your claims about average usages between provinces are wildly off. Vancouver uses an average of 74.3GJ, compared to Alberta's 100GJ. That's not even close to 2x, let alone 5x. Ontario vs Alberta is a 12% difference, not 3x. Secondly, the reason Ontario (Enbridge) was used is because roughly 40% of the country lives there and the difference between its usage and the national average is only a 2.4% difference. Also, the government data by province is outdated, hence going to a more recent source once finding which province would make the best use case. Lastly, there is obviously margins for error when doing an analysis of averages across a nation, especially in a condensed newsletter and not a multi-page report, any rational person would understand this is a generalized analysis, not an exact science, however, the overall argument of the short piece is undeniably correct. No matter how you cut it or what petty arguments you want to have, the Carbon Tax is undeniably a financial burden on Canadians, with zero impact on the global climate, and we've been endlessly gaslit about it.
I'm sorry, I misquoted. It was Victoria, not Vancouver. Here's the government page i pulled data from and compared it to my own average usage in Alberta over 2024.
https://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/showTable.cfm?type=SHCMA§or=aaa&juris=ca&year=2019&rn=18&page=1
Here's a link to a retailer saying the average is 14gj/month in Alberta
https://peacepower.ca/blog/how-much-energy-does-the-average-household-use-in-alberta
And another.
https://www.gasalberta.com/gas-market/understanding-your-natural-gas-bill
Canada is a vast country, we can't take national averages and apply them unanimously. It's no different than taking an average wage vs median wage in the sense of needing the numbers that the most number of people have, not the middle of everyone.
You didn't "misquote." You made statements that were off by hundreds of percent, while complaining about an analysis with a margin of error of 1-5%.
You criticized this article for using differing sources to form an argument. "It shows when you try to google," then did the same thing you criticized this article for in defence of yourself. Have a good day.