The climate has changed. It's affecting us. right here, right now. The photo below is of Kamloops on July 23, 2014. No, this dealership isn't anywhere near the river.
Today's Globe and Mail describes an event that affects 20 million people in Brazil. No water.....
South America’s largest city is nine months into an unprecedented drought, with no end in sight. The water shortage is already squeezing businesses in Sao Paulo and threatens to further undermine the stalled economy in Brazil, until recently one of the world’s fastest-growing. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/unprecedented-drought-puts-sao-paulo-water-supply-at-risk/article20798270/#dashboard/follows/Why do people still deny climate change? Or deny that we need to take action now?
A right wing editor states that:
"The people I work with at the National Post — because there are some colleagues I have who are what you may call 'climate change deniers' — generally the one universal aspect is that they tend to be right-wing in their thinking, they see market-based solutions as the solution to enriching our society in every respect and it bothers them, the idea that here's this problem that cannot be solved with unfettered industrial activity." https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7545992365056379718#editor/target=post;postID=1041667914935287024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1YnJa5-wZk&feature=player_embedded
An educated person I know - she teaches at a university - said "It won't happen in my lifetime. And I'm enjoying the warm September." When I retorted that I hoped she would enjoy a polar vortex winter, she said, " But that happened in TO. It won't happen here."
Climate change deniers are afraid of changing their comfortable lifestyles and world views. I have news for them: change is inevitable. Climate change is already here. If we don't treat it as a major crisis, things are gonna get a whole lot worse.
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