"I think our party has got into a mess on the environment. As a practical matter of politics, nobody knows what (Kyoto) is or what it commits us to."
Michael Ignatieff
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A winter without end
Environment Canada says Ottawa is approaching a record-breaking year with 410.7 centimetres this year compared to the previous record of 444.6 centimetres that fell in the winter of 1970-71.
If it's any consolation, spring is just 11 days away.
I lived in Ottawa back then. We just had weather; we didn't have climate change. But within about 3 years someone had joined the dots, and done some extrapolating, and the great ice age was to be feared.
I learned in statistics class back then that "trends are not destiny". It seems that lesson is about to be relearned. Or so I would hope.
I lived in Ottawa back then. We just had weather; we didn't have climate change. But within about 3 years someone had joined the dots, and done some extrapolating, and the great ice age was to be feared.
ReplyDeleteI learned in statistics class back then that "trends are not destiny". It seems that lesson is about to be relearned. Or so I would hope.