Pablum Fed Climate Change

There was an interesting opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun on June 8 discussing the interpretation of "GLOBAL WARMING".

It would seem as though the Science behind "Kyoto" has always been in question and there is every reason to dispute the idea that human contribution to green house gases are the main culprit in this debate. There are myths being perpetrated by both sides so it is difficult to wade through the debate to make an accurate personal assessment.

This is a good place to explore < a href="http://www.envirotruth.org/myths.cfm"> "MYTHS AND ENVIROTRUTH". Take a look and make up your own mind.

It would appear that some over over-bloated environmental movements are playing political policy with their massive budgets. Mainstream media is quick to pick up a < a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/bc/media/item.shtml?x=798"> SIERRA CLUB BALLOON and some people feel compelled to sign up when it would appear that the sky will be falling. This when it would appear that the whole issue of climate change is miles away from being close to concise.

As Professor Tad Murty points out ,< a href="http://www.envirotruth.org/news/20051212.cfm"> $40 BILLION can buy a lot of science.

The hysteria being generated filters all the way down to our little Hamlet where our Mayor went so far in her last innaugural address to state that one of her main goals this term was to plant trees to < a href="http://www.corp.delta.bc.ca/assets/Clerks/PDF/Inaugural_2005.pdf"> MITIGATE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. Our Mayor has also asked council, in this same address to make "Climate Change and its effects on Delta a priority in the coming three years". How can we take this seriously when there are so many more critical issues at stake?

In my opinion the idea of our continued degradation of our climate and of the environment has become so mainstream that the cause has taken on an aura of the very culprit it is trying to harness. The environmental movement has all the earmarks of an "environmental Enron" gone bad including the LARGE SALARIES that go along with it.

Wanton rape and pillage of the environment is no longer tolerated in western democracies and it would seem that the business world and developers are making good effort to adapt to 'friendlier ways" of doing business.

That, of course, is my opinion. What is yours?

Mike Schneider