it’s a wonderful world.

it’s heart-warming to know our prime minister is committed to protecting the environment. the liberal party is apparently forcing the carbon tax on the provincial governments that aren’t into it. trudeau’s being applauded for his bold intention to keep our planet healthy for generations yet to come. the wonderfully and wildly weird part of that good-news story is that folks seem to have forgotten he or they are also boldly pushing through a major oil pipeline. so what’s wrong with this picture?

the liberal government is saying taxpayers will all receive a rebate to offset the rising costs involved in exacting the carbon tax. however, they also recently paid $4.5 billion of taxpayers money to actually buy the trans mountain pipeline. i’m perceiving mixed messages here. it’s kinda like: do you like like me or am i in the friend-zone? i just need to know.  

perhaps they’re trying to strike a balance. perhaps they don’t wanna fugg up the economy. or perhaps they simply don’t wanna fugg up their economy. and yet we’re talking about our friggin whole friggin planet! and according to the ’u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change’, which included the world’s leading climate scientists, we’ve got twelve friggin years!

i’m fine. in twelve years i’ll be pushing eighty and i have no children. but here’s my problem: i have your children. and have you ever experienced extreme heat? well i have and i can assure you it aint pretty. first you just feel a little thirsty, but soon your tongue begins to hang out, eyes bulge, legs wobble and you have trouble sustaining an erection. and don’t get me started on other forms of extreme weather. i experienced extreme weather just the other day but that was due to some vegetarian burritos i’d eaten, but i digress.

now i know most people feel somewhat discouraged, dispondent, even depressed in regard to this huge problem. it’s a global issue after all, and the current leadership of the biggest polluter of all the countries doesn’t even believe it’s a real thing. they believe they know better than all the scientists. 

a friend of mine once said that old age is when you realize you’re not just having a bad day. old man trump and others will eventually realize that all the rather catastrophic events happening around the world these years are in fact part of a very unfortunate trend. 

in the meantime he, who has already pulled out of the wto, nafta, the nuclear arms deal and stormy daniels, has pulled out of the paris agreement on climate change mitigation. he stated that the accord would permanently hurt american workers. of course there won’t be any american workers to hurt in a decade or two if all the scientists happen to know more than trump. 

which brings me back to my point: i personally believe our government at least should keep things in perspective. i personally believe we should say yes to carbon taxes, no to oil pipelines, fugg up the economy if that’s what it’ll take. i personally believe our children should see that, irregardless of any other complacent countries, horrible hardships or fear of failure, we’re courageous enough to do the right thing.