Today is a special day. Today is the day that the Kyoto Accord is coming into affect in Canada. According to the regulations, Canada is supposed to cut back on their greenhouse gas emissions by 5% from their 1990 levels (20% below 2002 levels). We all know that global warming is causing catastrophic events around the world. From the melting ice in the North opening up routes for foreign countries to challenge our sovereignty over the North, to the slowing of the Gulf Stream from Mexico which ultimately leads to cooler temperatures for countries like the UK and Northwestern Europe. Did you know that an area 100 by 100 miles in New Mexico covered with solar panels could provide all the energy needs of the USA?

I know that there is a lot of controversy around the program and countries are reluctant to reduce their emissions because other polluting countries refuse to do so themselves. But why can't we be a leader in the world? Why do we always have to wait for everyone else to do something first instead of setting an example to the rest of the world? I think there is a key role that we can play...to do the moral right and fulfill our cultural mandate. So lets make a difference.

Hi Craig,
I saw you had been at my blog and so ended up at yours. Happy blogging!
~rev.gvp

Amen, Craig. People always complain about what they have to do when others aren't doing it, blah, blah, blah.

We have a responsibility as human beings to maintain the environment as much as possible; why do we always shirk it?

Meh. I'm done.

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