Wrong... Blame fossil fuel industry, blame the auto industry, blame tax cuts that result in the defunding of forestry management. and then most of all, blame ourselves for enabling all of the above
THEN we can join hands and fix this
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Wrong... Blame fossil fuel industry, blame the auto industry, blame tax cuts that result in the defunding of forestry management. and then most of all, blame ourselves for enabling all of the above
THEN we can join hands and fix this
You're 100% right. But my point is, international cooperation is key, and every country has a part to play. As we've all seen during the COVID pandemic politicizing natural disasters is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, it appears as though we haven't learnt a thing.
We have. Politicians who gobble fossil industry cock do not care. This is intentional and no amount of "learning" helps as long as oligarchs exist. Sorry.
"politicizing disasters" to me just sounds like exploring the possibility that there are people and actions to blame...
Disasters are kinda act of God. But doubling the odds (prob more like 10x) of having one is a human decision.
American here. I was browsing all and saw this.
I'm not blaming Canada. I'm not aware that anyone is blaming Canada. The smoke comes from Canada. I'm frustrated with the smoke. So are you.
IMO it's like when a Canada goose shits in my yard. Im angry at the goose not Canada.
Yeah but how do you know we didn't send that goose on a mission to shit in your yard? Maybe you should be mad at Canada.
What the heck, Canada?!? Least you could do is apologize...
Ope, sorry
Welcome to the dystopian future ..... where we argue and fight with one another and maybe even start at a war or two about why our planet is falling apart ... rather than admitting we are all the problem and that we should do something about it.
The massive overreaction and resistance to COVID mandates gives us a bitter taste of what's to come. Like, if a certain segment of the population can't even handle relaxing at home for a little while and wearing pieces of cloth, they'll sure be in for a rough awakening once the severity of the climate situation necessitates measures like, I don't know, vegetarian mandates due to meat shortages, outdoor or N95 mask mandates for all the smoke like we're seeing now, or water rationing like what California has been doing for drought.
Some people seem to think that you can rope off a "designated peeing area" in the swimming pool...
We all share one climate -- it doesn't matter where in the world you burn the coal or where the fires break out, we all suffer together. That's the reality that a lot of people all over the world don't seem to be willing to understand.
βdesignated peeing areaβ in the swimming pool
No piss in la piscine!!
Mais Γ§a s'appelle une piss-in!!!
I mean they're basically telling you to...
I've seen no mention of forest management in this thread. I'm no expert, and I realise this issue is a few concurrent problems, but it is, at least, partially Canada's fault for allowing clearcut forestry methods on such a broad scale. Old growth forests are somehwat resistant to fires. The undergrowth burns, but many trees do not. The "forests" planted by the forestry industry are essentially monocultures and they burn hot and burn fast.
My province blamed the latest wildfires on offroad vehicles and as a result banned the use of any off-road vehicle.
Iβve got an electric dirtbike that doesnβt even get warm anywhere and I was asked to dismount over this risk. Kinda silly if you ask me.
More nuanced rules would be good in some ways, but I think more nuanced rules would require a larger government and more expensive services to oversee, or even to make such rules. I would be in support of trying that, as I think the long term benefits will exist, but many are not as there is an increase in short term pain because we'd have to pay long before we'd see a benefit, and people would have to keep voting to be in pain before results are realized. Hard to sell.
You know what? Whether or not these wildfires are a direct consequence of Canadian climate policy or not, Canada does not get nearly the blame it deserves for continually raping this planet and its people.
Care to elaborate on this?
Is this even true ? Is there anyone blaming Canada for this ?
I was wondering the same, then I remembered all those shity headlines, post about vax, pizzas, Facebook comments about 5G or Covid and now Iβm certain some peoples are blaming Canada for setting the winds to the US.
That's right! I guess I meant serious organization like an elected official or something like that.
The New York Post had a huge "Blame Canada" headline on June 8th, so... Yep, very literally.
That's the New York Post though. They're just joke news for incel red hatters.
They still have a readership, unfortunately.
In all situations the best course of action is to simply blame Canada https://youtu.be/kYB6ZSwdrvM
I've not seen, or perhaps not paid attention to, any blame game. This is exactly what all the modeling for climate change predicts, and it's gonna get worse. So if people want to point fingers, the list of countries and industries that have produced most CHG gases ever, and currently, is easily available online.
Get ready for the blame game, because as climate change intensifies, that's gonna happen over and over again. We're leaving the "this may be real but is it man-made?" phase and entering the "okay, but it wasn't MY fault" phase.
Wait. Are people blaming anybody for this?
It's everyone's fault. Especially big corps, energy companies and some governments with less than good environmental policies that have been increasing greenhouse gas emissions for decades now. And the governments that have enabled them to do so.
We need to start taking forest management seriously in this country.
Human development has disrupted the natural forest cycle, and putting out every fire that threatens us is only making things worse. Couple that with the unknown consequences of climate change going forward, we need to be far more proactive than reactive.
The title of your post makes me think of the songβ¦
Blame Canada, blame Canada with theirβ¦
My family to the north, hold strong. It sucks, and after spending several summers behind doors away from wildfire smoke, all I can say is stay safe and healthy. Our elders have failed the world and weβre paying for it.
it's because you don't sweep your forest floor! /s
They're just jealous that we even still have trees that can burn. Sorry, Manhattan.
Best comment IMO lol
the way this made me cackle
What...next we'll get blame for the cold weather..?
We just need to tax it. 47 tons of real smoke flavoring. /s