I’m sitting here in Essex County Ontario, the most southern county in Canada and i’m freezing my ass off.  It’s no surprise that Windsor (across the river from Detroit) can be dangerously cold in winter, even in the midst of global warming.  Eventhough polar ice caps melt and Caribbean waters are overheating, most weather patterns remain intact, if not exactly the same as in the past.

The biggest problem about global warming, that makes it hard to take these warnings seriously, is our view from the “warming pot of soup”.  If the climate suddenly (within days/weeks) changed, say temperatures rising 5C, it would be obvious.  But since we’re living in the environment and changes are gradual, say over years, that much like the pot of soup coming to a boil, it’s hard to see the evidence as evidence.

Solving the problem is simple, reduce the production of greenhouse gases, reduce greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere.  It’s simple to do, but not very practical in a modern world generating these gases in power production.  The world much shift to a renewable, low impact, no waste energy source to power our world.  Only solar is a passive, renewable, low impact alternative to hydro carbon energy (not accounting for production materials).  Wind and wave power, while renewable and clean does impact the air and current flow, around the collection turbines. The same can be said for thermal collection methods, only photogeneration of electricity promise no impact to the environment.

Well just a few thoughts, in the dead of winter

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