The Bigger Picture.
(or, adding things up)
I'd like to thank all of those people who were driving around with Italian flags hanging out of their car windows, honking their horns and screaming yesterday. Not only were you creating huge amounts of noise pollution but you provided us with another example of how people have no concept of our dependence on and wasting of fossil fuels and the creation of greenhouse gases.
When I mentioned this, people said, "well, it's only one time".
However, I disagree. This time it's the World Cup. What about the Stanley Cup? Or the Olympics? Or any other event like in which this kind of thing happens.
Also, I personally saw at least 20 different vehicles, many of them SUV's driving around in an unsafe fashion in my town. However, I am willing to bet that this wasn't the only city that this happened in. I wonder how many cars worldwide did the same thing.
Does that number seem so small now?
It doesn't to me.
When are people going to realize that this kind of behaviour has already started greenhouse gas emissions? That it has already started destruction of the environment and made people sick. What's it going to take to get us to stop our wasteful ways? What's it going to take to get everyone on board with this cause?
A friend of mine told me of a study that was going to happen in which they were going to determine what the levels of human tolerance to global climate change is and what the adaptability threshold for humankind will be. I was so excited to hear this because then there will be clear information on the subject and it will be a wakeup call to people about these wasteful ways. However, I still say that if people don't already know, will this study scare them into doing things more responsibly?
I was thinking as well, how Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is hedging on the Kyoto Accord saying that it is not possible to us to reach the limits set for Canada in the time left. First, I was angered that he drew this conclusion and thus set into motion a whole list of other countries that were doing the same thing. Then, I got to thinking that this was Stephen Harper's way of saying that Canadians couldn't work together to reach this goal. Like we were totally incapable of doing it.
So, basically, Stephen Harper is saying that he has no faith in Canadians OR Canada.
What do you Canadians out there think? Are we up for the challenge? Are we able to work together to reduce emissions? Are we able to change our ways and pressure big business to follow suit?
What about others out there whose countries aren't going to honour Kyoto?
Now, before you say that it's a flawed agreement, I have one thing to say. We have to start somewhere. I say we honour it and go the step further. It can't hurt, can it?
PS I just wanted to add that I am not against people celebrating Italy's win in the World Cup. I just think that it should be more responsible. Like on the street or something...
(or, adding things up)
I'd like to thank all of those people who were driving around with Italian flags hanging out of their car windows, honking their horns and screaming yesterday. Not only were you creating huge amounts of noise pollution but you provided us with another example of how people have no concept of our dependence on and wasting of fossil fuels and the creation of greenhouse gases.
When I mentioned this, people said, "well, it's only one time".
However, I disagree. This time it's the World Cup. What about the Stanley Cup? Or the Olympics? Or any other event like in which this kind of thing happens.
Also, I personally saw at least 20 different vehicles, many of them SUV's driving around in an unsafe fashion in my town. However, I am willing to bet that this wasn't the only city that this happened in. I wonder how many cars worldwide did the same thing.
Does that number seem so small now?
It doesn't to me.
When are people going to realize that this kind of behaviour has already started greenhouse gas emissions? That it has already started destruction of the environment and made people sick. What's it going to take to get us to stop our wasteful ways? What's it going to take to get everyone on board with this cause?
A friend of mine told me of a study that was going to happen in which they were going to determine what the levels of human tolerance to global climate change is and what the adaptability threshold for humankind will be. I was so excited to hear this because then there will be clear information on the subject and it will be a wakeup call to people about these wasteful ways. However, I still say that if people don't already know, will this study scare them into doing things more responsibly?
I was thinking as well, how Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is hedging on the Kyoto Accord saying that it is not possible to us to reach the limits set for Canada in the time left. First, I was angered that he drew this conclusion and thus set into motion a whole list of other countries that were doing the same thing. Then, I got to thinking that this was Stephen Harper's way of saying that Canadians couldn't work together to reach this goal. Like we were totally incapable of doing it.
So, basically, Stephen Harper is saying that he has no faith in Canadians OR Canada.
What do you Canadians out there think? Are we up for the challenge? Are we able to work together to reduce emissions? Are we able to change our ways and pressure big business to follow suit?
What about others out there whose countries aren't going to honour Kyoto?
Now, before you say that it's a flawed agreement, I have one thing to say. We have to start somewhere. I say we honour it and go the step further. It can't hurt, can it?
PS I just wanted to add that I am not against people celebrating Italy's win in the World Cup. I just think that it should be more responsible. Like on the street or something...
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