It's snow joke, this climate change.
Ok, I apologise for the horrendous title. And I'm not implying that because it snowed, Global Warming (TM) isn't happening, because that's just a stupid thing to say.
Yesterday we awoke to find a blanket of brilliant white cloaking everything. Jess went out to build a snowman and, as soon as she had finished, the dog went over, sniffed, and lifted his leg on it.
She didn't have to goto school, either. With a remarkable piece of foresight, the school had a couple of months ago designated the day as a Parent/Teacher Consultation Day, which means there is no school for the kids, barring a 30-minute appointment where we learn how good/bad she is doing. Our appointment was not until 6pm so she had the whole day to play in the snow. Her report was generally good, so we got a pizza for dinner.
I wasn't even that late for work. Last month when it snowed I left at 08:30 and got in at 10:15. Yesterday I left at 09:00 and got in at 09:30 which wasn't bad at all. I think waiting for some of the traffic to dissipate was a good idea.
Today I read about how Richard Branson is going to provide some huge prize fund for the person who can work out the best way of removing C02 from the atmosphere. Scientists want to remove 1 billion tons of the stuff.
Hang on. We really don't know for certain that increased CO2 does anything bad. More to the point, we don't know if removing the stuff from the atmosphere will do anything bad, either. Scientists have been known to be wrong in the past. They used to think the earth was the center of the solar system, and that the earth was flat. The atom is the smallest thing, remember? There is always a damn good chance that they are wrong about this, too. Global weather is impossible to model, because it is just so complex. We don't have the knowledge yet to make informed decisions.
Then again, if removing CO2 from the atmosphere does suddenly prove that we should have left it alone because it's all going screwy, then it'll have to be put back. Then hybrid cars will have loads of tax, petrol will be discounted and grants will be given for fitting V8 engines. Hurrah! Driving might become fun.
But I'd rather they didn't monkey around without knowing what they were doing, when it is something that affects us all.
Yesterday we awoke to find a blanket of brilliant white cloaking everything. Jess went out to build a snowman and, as soon as she had finished, the dog went over, sniffed, and lifted his leg on it.
She didn't have to goto school, either. With a remarkable piece of foresight, the school had a couple of months ago designated the day as a Parent/Teacher Consultation Day, which means there is no school for the kids, barring a 30-minute appointment where we learn how good/bad she is doing. Our appointment was not until 6pm so she had the whole day to play in the snow. Her report was generally good, so we got a pizza for dinner.
I wasn't even that late for work. Last month when it snowed I left at 08:30 and got in at 10:15. Yesterday I left at 09:00 and got in at 09:30 which wasn't bad at all. I think waiting for some of the traffic to dissipate was a good idea.
Today I read about how Richard Branson is going to provide some huge prize fund for the person who can work out the best way of removing C02 from the atmosphere. Scientists want to remove 1 billion tons of the stuff.
Hang on. We really don't know for certain that increased CO2 does anything bad. More to the point, we don't know if removing the stuff from the atmosphere will do anything bad, either. Scientists have been known to be wrong in the past. They used to think the earth was the center of the solar system, and that the earth was flat. The atom is the smallest thing, remember? There is always a damn good chance that they are wrong about this, too. Global weather is impossible to model, because it is just so complex. We don't have the knowledge yet to make informed decisions.
Then again, if removing CO2 from the atmosphere does suddenly prove that we should have left it alone because it's all going screwy, then it'll have to be put back. Then hybrid cars will have loads of tax, petrol will be discounted and grants will be given for fitting V8 engines. Hurrah! Driving might become fun.
But I'd rather they didn't monkey around without knowing what they were doing, when it is something that affects us all.
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