Key threshold for electricity emissions

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Assignment:

Ontario's power grid is 5% Natural Gas, and 95% Renewables/Nuclear, whereas Alberta's power grid is approximately 45% coal, 45% natural gas and 10% renewables.

Estimate the CO2 intensity of Ontario's power grid [in tCO2 GWh-1].
Estimate the CO2 intensity of Alberta's power grid [in tCO2 GWh-1].
Where would Kennedy, author of the 2015 Nature Climate Change article, "Key threshold for electricity emissions", argue that owning an electric vehicle is most beneficial, from a life-cycle emissions standpoint? Why?

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