Table 9Obstacles to the adoption of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry — Innovators versus non-innovators, 2004

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Obstacles to the adoption of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry — Innovators versus non-innovators, 2004: Part 1
  Lack of information or knowledge Lack of available technology Lack of skilled personnel High cost of equipment
Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator
  percent 1
Logging 27 13 27 27 9 7 64 30
Oil and gas extraction 33 15 43 30 30 0 78 15
Mining 27 33 35 29 4 12 69 40
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 39 10 33 20 6 0 50 27
Natural gas distribution 50 0 63 14 0 29 75 43
Food 38 27 26 12 29 15 62 34
Beverage and tobacco products 29 21 14 21 29 7 86 29
Wood products 33 15 9 14 15 3 61 35
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 8 13 13 10 19 3 83 66
Petroleum and coal products 67 44 0 38 17 19 100 38
Chemicals 23 27 12 22 5 10 51 43
Non-metallic mineral products 40 20 20 32 7 4 53 41
Primary metals 20 24 26 17 15 11 57 48
Fabricated metal products 25 16 13 18 25 16 44 35
Transportation equipment 36 30 24 9 8 14 72 63
Pipeline transportation 63 7 58 39 4 2 79 36
Total 31 21 25 20 15 9 67 41

Obstacles to the adoption of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry — Innovators versus non-innovators, 2004: Part 2
  Lack of financing Regulation and policy barriers Other None
Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator Innovator Non-innovator
  percent 1
Logging 27 22 9 7 9 5 18 40
Oil and gas extraction 43 11 30 11 22 11 0 37
Mining 15 30 15 11 15 18 8 20
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 39 16 28 14 0 8 28 43
Natural gas distribution 50 14 75 14 25 0 0 43
Food 35 37 9 9 6 8 18 29
Beverage and tobacco products 57 14 0 0 0 29 14 21
Wood products 42 21 27 7 12 5 15 44
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 77 50 4 19 4 10 2 15
Petroleum and coal products 50 19 67 6 42 0 0 38
Chemicals 37 31 9 8 7 10 26 30
Non-metallic mineral products 27 20 27 7 7 1 13 28
Primary metals 48 35 7 5 11 10 15 27
Fabricated metal products 31 26 0 7 0 4 13 38
Transportation equipment 36 43 4 7 8 11 0 23
Pipeline transportation 17 11 46 25 0 11 8 16
Total 42 29 18 9 10 9 11 30
1.
Number of establishments that indicated encountering the obstacle as a percentage of all establishments that provided a response.
Note(s):
Establishments who answered "Yes" to adopting new or significantly improved systems or equipment to reduce greenhouse gases during the period 2002 to 2004 are considered "innovators." Establishments who answered "no" to adopting new or significantly improved systems or equipment to reduce greenhouse gases during the period 2002 to 2004 are considered "non-innovators". This table includes reported data only. Due to changes in the methodology used to calculate the 2004 results, comparisons to 2002 results are not possible.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.