For the past 10 days it's been typically and bitterly cold in Quebec averaging -15c. Not the worst cold snaps we've had but close enough. It got me thinking abut an article the local "sports" pages ran regarding global warming.
The month of December presented us Montrealers with fairly warm weather for that time of year. So what better thing to write about, the editor thought, about global warming and hockey? That'll get the commoners all worked up. Hit them where it hurts the most in this province: with hockey. As if that wasn't enough on its own they decided to stretch it out. Mainly, they asked the hard hitting rhetorical questions: What kind of an affect and impact will "global warming" have on the development of Canadian hockey players? The logic was that if there are no outdoor rinks for kids to master their skills as a result of the earth turning into an oven we would have the equivalent of barbarians on skates.
And they say intellectualism is alive and well. What a bunch of baloney.
So much for that. It's fricken freezing and the rinks are packed with kids. Sometimes the weather goes in cycles. Ask any climatologist about that. We're probably in a warming period. Global warming is turning out to be big business. I bet you that in 20 years we probably won't be "alerting" people about any of this. Questions: Are guys like Gore any different from apocalyptic Christian fundamentalists? One uses scientific "facts"and the other the bible. Roger Bacon would probably loathe both.
Go forth and try and save the earth. You probably won't win. Something tells me Mother Nature has a hand in all of this. Still, it's a fair debate in small doses and with fair minded people. I'll listen but spare me the hockey will whither nonsense. That's what we mean by hyperbole. All they have done is contribute to the hysterics of modern mass media. We claim to be progressive but we're no different than extremists from times past.
The truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle.
The rest is pure garbage.
Regardless of whether or not you believe that in global warming, you can't deny that the way we treat our world is absolutely disgusting. If Gore's an Inconvenient Truth scares people into recycling, riding their bikes and giving up suburban lifestyles, I'm all for it. Our present lifestyles are not sustainable, that you can't deny.
ReplyDeleteAgree with you there. Wow, two comments! I should go on the offensive more often. Thanks.
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