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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (6276)	1/4/2007 11:57:54 PM
From: PaulRLess	Respond to of 30229

Congratulations, you've brought a lurker out. Although I'm from Winnipeg I won't comment on mosquitos! Think about changing weather patterns & the effect on agriculture. In western Canada it likely means extended droughts & no more wheat, canola etc. In Ontario much more precipitation. Maybe you'll end up growing rice.LOL For you stocks 3 years of severe drought in Alberta would severely curtail the oil sands & a melting permafrost would probably mean no mining in the far north. We will not be able to stop warming if it is all natural. If we are exacerbating it then we are fools. Most of the steps needed to minimize our contribution to warming also minimize the things you are worried about (smog, carcinogens). Hope this helps!

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (6276)	1/5/2007 12:41:56 AM
From: Threshold	Respond to of 30229

Small world. Spent a couple of summers in the tankhouse at the mine in Flin Flon. By midshift you wished you were somewhere the bugs could get at you.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (6276)	1/5/2007 2:42:16 AM
From: russet	Respond to of 30229

Toronna might be tropical rain forest,...Brazil a desert,...and our great north like New York :-)

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (6276)	1/5/2007 10:39:10 AM
From: LoneClone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30229

One of the effects that is already occurring from climate change is that the rings of desert that girdle the tropics north and south are being pushed towards the poles. The forest fires and insect infestations that are destroying forests in BC, Portugal, Australia, etc. are likely the forerunners of this desertification. Another important effect is the disappearance of summer runoff from mountain glaciers and snowcaps over the next few decades. Watch for this to have a major effect of the Canadian Prairies and central and western US as the rivers that currently sustain life and industry exhibit greatly reduced flows or dry up altogether each summer. LC