Climate Crazies are like broken records

Vincent J. Curtis

25 Sept 21

RE: How the new government can take a more collaborative approach to climate change.  By Grant Linney (passim)

RE: Towns and cities partner with Universities to confront climate change. By Jessica Blythe.  She is a climate adaptation researcher and associate professor at Brock University’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre. (passim)

With the election over, climate craziness is back again in full force.  We’re supposed to take the crazies seriously even though they take no account of facts now widely known, and they simply repeat themselves like broken records.

It is widely known that Canada is not the cause of global climate change.

Accounting for only 1.5 percent of world CO2 emissions, Canada ranks behind China, America, India, Russia, Japan, and Germany.  Canada ranks behind Iran, South Korea, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia!

Since Canada is not the cause of global climate change, nothing Canada does can stop the effect of climate change.  So, what to do?

I’ve recommended bracing for impact.  If we’re expecting floods, then let’s spend our money making sure municipal sewer systems can handle the water.  If we’re expecting drought, then let’s make sure our western farmers can irrigate their fields.  And if we’re expecting the sea level to rise, then let’s build a one foot high sea wall to protect the endangered areas.

Let’s not waste our money chasing chimeras (like EVs!).  That would only leave us poor and defenseless when the apocalypse comes.  We need to keep our powder dry, and spend our money wisely.

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