Until I see a causal explanation for an evidentiary trend that takes the planet's entire geological history into account, I attribute this latest version of the falling sky to the disaster that is the West's intellectual class.
Well Rags (if I may be so familiar), I don't think that anyone is going to sit you down at Starbucks and give you the personalised dog and pony show, but the evidence is there if you want to read it. It takes a bit of effort, but even discounting the more extreme fear-mongering, there's no debating that something is going on. We really notice it up here.
And Cam - as far as Kyoto goes, there was a law passed a few weeks ago here, that basically binds the government to meeet the targets...as impossible as that is. A grandstanding gesture to be sure, but it's (Global Warming) the primary voter concern in this country.
For me, it's one of those conscience things. I'll be long gone before there are palm trees in Toronto, but I feel like I have a duty to do my small part. I'm not suggesting we should try to start a compost heap on the boat or anything, but I think seriously about getting one of them there newfangled hybrid cars...had a hybrid dog once and it worked out real well ...
