Canada Should Minimize The Consumption Of Home Energy

Firstly, Canadians must minimize their consumption of home energy. Home energy is the energy produced from households, which is the energy produced from household appliances (ex. lighting, thermostat, furnaces, and etc.). The amount of energy consumed by some household appliances depend on the climate the appliance is surrounded by, for example when the weather is colder than usual, more heat would be consumed by the household, and vice versa (Better Buildings, n.d.). There are many ways to monitor the energy consumed by a household, an example is the Home Energy Simulation Models. Home energy is one of the largest contributors to global warming, and this becomes evident when looking at stats. The greenhouse gas emissions from the household

Transportation is the way humans get around places, from one place to another, and there are many different types of transportation vehicles that can be used. By definition, a vehicle is a transportation device, and there various types of vehicles that are available in Canada, some that must be fueled by gas and others that must be powered by batteries. In big countries like Canada, it is vital to have access to transportation vehicles in order to get to their destination everyday. However, Canadians may be using their transportation vehicles, a bit too frequently. The greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector produced by Canada is 60,424 megatons, which is almost 9 percent of the total greenhouse gas emitted in Canada. One strategy to minimize greenhouse gases from transportation, is not using it at all and finding alternatives of vehicles that require no gas or fuel. For example, walking or using a bike as transportation, uses absolutely no energy as no force or motion is being done from the bike itself or by walking. Any of these activities do not require energy from fossil fuels, therefore, no carbon dioxide would be emitted. Walking instead of driving 5 km everyday can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by almost 300 kg every year (2010). 240 grams of carbon emissions are saved per km not driven in a gas fueled vehicle (Dumitval, n.d.). Another strategy is reducing the speed on highways is an easy yet effective strategy that can help reduce global warming in Canada. Two percent of the energy is reduced when the speed is decreased (Desai, 2014) and around 40 grams of carbon emissions are saved when the speed is reduced by 20 km/h (Dumitval, n.d.). Diminishing the number of emissions from transportation by walking/biking or reducing the speed on highways will help reduce the impacts Canada is facing from global