Warm Fall
As I was out for my morning run, I marveled at how warm it was. I’ve run for a number of years and usually by this time I have on a sweater and long pants. This morning, I was in a tank top and completely comfortable.
Is this global warming? Have the years of abusing our planet really caught up to us? In Canada, where the climate is temperate, food is plentiful and water flows from every tap it seems more like hype.
But in areas hit hard by hurricanes, drought, and wild fires the “hype” is much more believable.
I enjoy my morning run, in fact I noticed today, I’ve gotten to enjoy it a lot lately, without getting wet. I can’t remember the last time I had one of my runs rained out.
Already in Waterloo Region there are water advisories in effect. The Grand River Conservation Authority asking users to cut back even further.
Are we doomed? Can we reverse the damage? I hate to be a pessimist but I doubt we can have much of an impact. Even though I spent my run pondering the subject I still drove to work, idled my car in the Tim Horton’s drive-thru, and picked up three coffees in paper cups for the guys in the news room.
I consider myself a socially conscious individual, but even I have not changed my habits. An now, emerging economies like China want to have all the things we’ve enjoyed for years. I’ve read in numerous articles on the internet that China is one of the fastest growing markets for automobiles.
It’s going to take a lot of sacrifice to repair the damage. And there are going to be a lot of people who don’t want to give up the lifestyle they’ve become accustomed to.