"The issue goes mainstream"
I found an article in the montreal Gazette, it talks about how now pretty much the entire public knows about global warming, even comedians make jokes about the government trying to deal with it. Some highlighted points of this article:
"In an ipsos reid poll published last month, 90% of Canadians polled expressed some concern about global warming. And 63 % said they felt 'desperately concerned that if we don't take drastic action right now, the world may not last longer than a couple of generations.' "
I'm glad people are getting more aware and realizing that something has to be done.
Many movies have also helped attract attention to the issue.
This helps get the general public more aware
" No one wants to be lumped into what is more and more commonly considered the Flat Earth Society, those who, despite overwhelming evidence, refuse to believe that the earth is round, that smoking causes cancer and that global warming is a crisis"
These people are just plain ignorant, they won't admit that something is wrong probably because they are to selfish to do anything about it, they don't want to compromise their life style.
The comedy show Rick Mercer reports frequently comments on global warming and how the government deals with it
No one wants to make lifestyle changes, but what they don't realize is that you don't HAVE to take it to the extreme, you don't need to "drive a car fuelled by lettuce" you just have to do your part, take the metro or bus more often etc. it doesn't have to be that hard!
In 2003-2004 Hydro Quebec wanted to make a natural gas plant but many Quebecers rallied against this, it wouldn't help Quebec reach its Kyoto target.
I've heard as well that Quebec is pretty good at being aware of global warming and that makes me proud to be a part of that
"To say something is going to happen in three or four generations is not going to do it (as in make people react) Regrettably, people are not that altruistic"
People respond to immediate rewards
This makes me pretty sad, why do people have to be like that? Unfortunatly that is just part of our human nature, we are selfish, but that shouldn't be the be all and end all of how we act and respond to things.
"Look at what happened in Europe. The EU has reduced emissions to below their 1990 levels and at the same time the (overall) economy has grown by 32 per cent"
Why can't we, Canada and North America in general, be more responsive to global warming, obviously it is possible to reduce emissions, it can be done, people just need to suck it up and be more dedicated! Obviously it takes work and longer than a year to make a change.
Now to end, here is a quote by Jay Leno:
"According to a survey in this week's Time magazine, 85 per cent of Americans think global warming is happening. The other 15 per cent work for the White House."
Lalonde, Michelle. "The issue goes mainstream." The Montreal Gazette 18 Nov. 2006 B3
"In an ipsos reid poll published last month, 90% of Canadians polled expressed some concern about global warming. And 63 % said they felt 'desperately concerned that if we don't take drastic action right now, the world may not last longer than a couple of generations.' "
I'm glad people are getting more aware and realizing that something has to be done.
Many movies have also helped attract attention to the issue.
This helps get the general public more aware
" No one wants to be lumped into what is more and more commonly considered the Flat Earth Society, those who, despite overwhelming evidence, refuse to believe that the earth is round, that smoking causes cancer and that global warming is a crisis"
These people are just plain ignorant, they won't admit that something is wrong probably because they are to selfish to do anything about it, they don't want to compromise their life style.
The comedy show Rick Mercer reports frequently comments on global warming and how the government deals with it
No one wants to make lifestyle changes, but what they don't realize is that you don't HAVE to take it to the extreme, you don't need to "drive a car fuelled by lettuce" you just have to do your part, take the metro or bus more often etc. it doesn't have to be that hard!
In 2003-2004 Hydro Quebec wanted to make a natural gas plant but many Quebecers rallied against this, it wouldn't help Quebec reach its Kyoto target.
I've heard as well that Quebec is pretty good at being aware of global warming and that makes me proud to be a part of that
"To say something is going to happen in three or four generations is not going to do it (as in make people react) Regrettably, people are not that altruistic"
People respond to immediate rewards
This makes me pretty sad, why do people have to be like that? Unfortunatly that is just part of our human nature, we are selfish, but that shouldn't be the be all and end all of how we act and respond to things.
"Look at what happened in Europe. The EU has reduced emissions to below their 1990 levels and at the same time the (overall) economy has grown by 32 per cent"
Why can't we, Canada and North America in general, be more responsive to global warming, obviously it is possible to reduce emissions, it can be done, people just need to suck it up and be more dedicated! Obviously it takes work and longer than a year to make a change.
Now to end, here is a quote by Jay Leno:
"According to a survey in this week's Time magazine, 85 per cent of Americans think global warming is happening. The other 15 per cent work for the White House."
Lalonde, Michelle. "The issue goes mainstream." The Montreal Gazette 18 Nov. 2006 B3
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