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 / 10:40 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

First of all, I think all responsible experts will agree that there's risk of leakage and local risk—health hazards—for humans. There's no question. That's true of essentially any large-scale energy technology.

The comment about regulation is that a well-regulated system can have very low local risks and a poorly regulated system can have big risks, just as with any other technology.

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