In other words, energy transition as pure political will. In other words, energy transition as pure political will. In fact, Mills notes, while the data show nothing resembling an energy transition, we’ve seen continual additions to energy supplies from all sources, politically favoured or not. More specifically, in 2024 fossil fuels supplied nearly three-quarters of industrial energy use and more than half of residential energy use in Canada, with natural gas remaining the dominant source, particularly for space heating. Despite decades of electric-transportation boosterism by governments across the country, fossil fuels accounted for almost 99% of the transportation sector’s energy consumption in Canada.