He shifted in his chair and went “Hmmph.” Here was yet another woe-is-me climate report, some pointy-heads claiming that if we continue ‘business-as-usual,’ the world’s economy will be one-third
smaller in 2100 than in 2024. That, with two billion
more people in it. Ridiculous! That would mean everyone is poorer, and why? Because the world’s a little warmer? Winter’s too long anyway! Besides,
if it ever heated up, it wouldn’t affect
us. Not
here.
Jesus, he thought, even the Weather Network has gone woke. It’s all a hoax to raise taxes! Angrily, he flicked the channel back to Fox News.
Inspired by Biblical Times and “The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs Local Temperature", the study by those pointy-heads. Image of the 2021 Abbotsford BC flood by Jonathan Hayward, Canadian Press.
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