The Rintrah Perspective

Every night I check the weather. I double check it in the morning before heading out. And everyday there is more.

Winnipeg has set records in July for weather. And this is not weather in general but particular aspects of weather. Mainly the temperature. The average temperature was 29.8 degrees or 85.64 degrees fahrenheit. fahrenheit is for losers.

Two years ago it was so cool there was no summer. Then it rained and rained last year. Now we have the opposite of both of those. Hot and dry. Breaking records for heat. Breaking records for lack of precipitation – a record set in 1875, by the way.

And then there is Ontario. They are using record levels of power. A record which is garnering up warnings. But it seems that energy is something that Conservatives just do not give a damn about. It is their god-given right to power things and, most importantly, to power things their way. Cars, the A/C, propaganda machines. These should all be powered by the most idiotic, mindless, wasteful, and dangerous methods possible. Nuclear power and gasoline. One power that can fight wars and one to start the wars to be fought.

Gas prices, by the way, are still rising. And the prices have not reached the summit. The climax is not to be seen. And the words “plateau” and “decrease” have disappeared from the lexicon.

Rather than finding safer, cleaner, and renewable ways to power vehicles, homes, businesses and so on, we look to the tar-sands. Tar-sands which pollute and are expensive. Even if that were not so, there are other costs. Digging up that shit will continue to deplete the remaining 50% of the caribou population and destroy 13.8 million hectares of land or 53 282 square miles. Miles is a stupid unit of measurement. That amount of land accounts for 21% of the province. Imagine Florida (America’s penis) being destroyed entirely (a sex reassignment surgical operation?)

The problem is not necessarily individual projects. Alberta energy evaluates every project on a one by one basis. The problem is the collective issue. If there is a forest fire it will be dealt with. But forest fires are not considered on an individual basis. The cost is considered as a collective whole. Altogether forest fires are a huge issue. Individually they may not be that bad. But there is no plan in place to deal with the firestorm that the oilsands likely are producing for the environment. (Not to mention what will happen when the oil is refined and used.)

But for now we can stop thinking about the things we do to cause weather from happening and hope that next year will average out this year. Unless, of course, this year brings the average up.

Soon we can call 511 to see if weather is happening.

And if none of this is of interest to you then you can divert your attention to the news that really isn’t news. A meteorite fell in Canada 40 years ago. What does this mean? I guess it proves that stuff in space, when it hits our atmosphere, burns up and follows the laws of gravity. Just like anything else.