Vodka from CO2? Feasible. Energy storage? Fantasy. Danielle Smith's hot-and-cold views on technology

She has effused about hydrogen cars, small modular nuclear reactors and even direct-air carbon capture. But industrial-scale batteries? Danielle Smith describes those as "fantasy thinking."

Vodka from CO2? Feasible. Energy storage? Fantasy. Danielle Smith's hot-and-cold views on technology
Premier Danielle Smith speaks to host Dave Kelly at the Pembina Institute's 2023 Alberta Climate Summit.

She has effused about hydrogen cars, small modular nuclear reactors and even direct-air carbon capture. But industrial-scale batteries? Danielle Smith describes those as "fantasy thinking."