Production increased 35 per cent, while exports doubled. Carbon dioxide and methane emissions stem from the large amounts of energy and electricity used to produce, process and ship oil and natural gas for domestic use and exports. Upstream refining also consumes large amounts of electricity, which in Alberta is coal-fired, also increasing demand and emissions of carbon dioxide. 100 Vehicles are becoming more powerful and less fuel efficient. Vehicles are being driven longer distances.
Similar trends are evident in Canada.
Carbon dioxide emissions are up from both increased demand and from decreasing reliability of nuclear power plants in Ontario and New Brunswick. This increase in emissions follows a significant decrease in 1993 and 1994 in Ontario with the opening of the Darlington nuclear power station. However by 1995, according to Environment Canada, although electricity production showed no growth, fossil fuel's share rose to 20 per cent. That year, nuclear generation was down by 9.4 Twh from the previous year. Hydro power production grew by about 6 Twh to fill part of the gap, but fossil-fuel generation also increased by 5.4 Twh.