Cobourg Blog

Most people can see for themselves that the world is warming up - although this December’s weather in Cobourg would say it is not warming here this year.  But there is a question that has not really been answered:

How much influence is there from the activity of humans? Estimates range from 100% to 10%.  If there is a 1000 year cycle that indicates it’s time to be warmer - like when Greenland was discovered - then we are due to warm up anyway.

Assuming we should worry about even a 10% influence, how much effect would Canada have if we even reduced emissions to zero? Obviously it would be negligible except for the “example” we would be giving.  I doubt India, China, South America or Africa would notice yet their emissions are largely uncontrolled even by Kyoto.

Again, assuming we should “do our bit, because it all adds up”, why is Stephane Dion so righteous when as Liberal Minister for Environment he did absolutely nothing - unless you count talking big?  It seems to me I’d rather have a Prime Minister who tells it like it is and yet does at least some things to help.  One of the things I thought Chretien “did well” (as a Politician) was to talk big on Kyoto knowing full well that Canada would do nothing yet get all the credit for being an environmental hero.  It seems to me there were a lot of people in Bali with the same idea.  Two exceptions were Canada and the US.

John Draper