Leslie

I'm up in Toronto and most people are thrilled with the warm winters we've been having. You hear people remark that if this is global warming then global warming great! No snow anymore!

Not a clue of how vulnerable we are, not even a consideration. Sometimes I wish that I was as oblivious.

Who said "ignorance is bliss"? You know the older I get the more sense those old sayings make.

Leslie
----- Original Message -----
From: rumpleteasermom
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: dialects and suchlike


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "psam ordener" <psamo@g...> wrote:

>
> And this is global warming????
>

Well, yes actually it is. Obviously, in your region the climate used
to be slightly different. People got used to putting there warm
clothes up in February and getting their spring stuff out. The fact
that you can't rely on the weather to cooperate anymore IS a symptom
of global warming.
I wish they would find a better word for it. People seem to think
that it means every place on the planet will get warmer
simultaneously. That's not what is happening. The overall average
temperature is rising (and no reputable scientist says otherwise
anymore). This is causing climate CHANGE. Some areas may even get
cooler. Some like Ohio will get less predictable but milder overall.
Storm patterns will change.
And the problem is that some people cannot disassociate the debate
over WHETHER it is happening (even the Rebublicans are starting to
admit it) from the one about WHY it is happening. And the majority of
average citizens don't understand a lot of what they read about it and
don't take the time to investigate it fully to understand.

Bridget




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