There have been plenty of “dress rehearsal” type ‘climate change’ screeds over the past few months, some saying this is what the world will look like with the climate crisis, others saying with all the climate policies in place. The latter aren’t exactly selling their solutions when people aren’t working, people are stuck at home, they can’t travel to visit friends and family, and the government fines them for walking the dog
Maine Voices: COVID serves as dress rehearsal for dealing with climate crisis
We human beings have known about climate change since the late 1980s, and we have known about the damage it is causing for years. 2019, with its wildfires, storms, melting sea ice, floods in Miami and elsewhere and famines, has provided a dramatic manifestation of what we expect in the future. Scientists are telling us that all of these weather events will increase in intensity.
None of those things happened before CO2 went above 350ppm….oh, wait, the good Rev. Richard Killmer is using the “since 1980’s” timeline…did they?
In Canada, there is a belief that government should have the right to make decisions in times of need. Governments are trusted to make decisions based on their understanding of the common good. Because that is true, all of the provincial governments, no matter what their party, agree with the federal government’s strategies on COVID.
The good Warmist Rev sure seems to be calling for authoritarian government.
What about the question we started with? Has COVID been a successful dress rehearsal for mitigating the climate crisis? The United States is in process of being the only country in the world that is leaving the Paris agreement, which it is scheduled to do Nov. 4, one day after the U.S. election.
The Canadian government is committed to the Paris agreement’s goal of getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. That means that they have agreed to reach 30 percent of the 2005 levels of greenhouse-gas emissions by 2030. A terrific goal. There are people in Canada who believe that they need to do much more. Some have stated that they should cut 60 percent of the greenhouse-gas emissions produced in 2005 by 2030.
It seems to me that Canada has had a successful dress rehearsal and should do well at reaching its climate change goals. Its commitment is admirable.
Seriously, is this really a good argument by climate cultists like the good Rev? Are you enjoying your test drive of Modern Socialism, America? How about y’all up in Canada? Is this the way you want things to go? Choose wisely.
