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Alberta Grid Decarbonization: Emissions Intensity

AI TrackEnactedEnergycontinuum-epoch-712026-02-27
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
provincial_emissions_alberta
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0

Rationale

Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 71)

Domain: energy

Effects: 1 downstream variables affected

Immediate effects: 1

Divergence score: 109.8724

Constitutional basis: Alberta Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan, federal GGPPA

Fiscal cost estimate: 3

Details

Epoch: 71

Domain: energy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $3.00B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): -$9.53B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • −$6.90B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via gdp_alberta
  • −$2.43B → healthcare_spending (Healthcare Spending) via provincial_emissions_alberta
  • −$0.20B → hospital_spending (Hospital Services Spending) via healthcare_spending
  • +$0.08B → preventable_chronic_disease_cost (Annual Cost of Preventable Chronic Disease) via healthcare_spending

Causal effects: 1 downstream (1 immediate)

Divergence after: 109.872

Variable changes

  • provincial_emissions_alberta: {"new": 70.0, "old": 80.53}
  • national_grid_emissions_intensity: {"new": 14.0, "old": 17.39}

Proposed policy move

Targets provincial_emissions_alberta.

Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.

Data sources

  • RIPPLE:provincial_emissions_alberta
  • RIPPLE:national_grid_emissions_intensity