Dr. David Keith at the Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee

On February 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2007 / 10:10 a.m.

Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Department of Economics, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, University of Calgary

Dr. David Keith

But the answer is that the devil really is in the details. You could design an intensity-based system that achieved real reductions and did the job. The issue is where you set the intensity knob. So if you set a very long-run, clear target and really ground intensity down, you could do the job with intensity.

So the problem isn't intrinsically intensity; the issue is actually doing something, providing a real, clear carbon price. Whether it's through intensity or total caps is almost a sideshow.

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