This article got me really mad:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1245478/Mild-weather-Canada-forces-Vancouver-ship-tons-snow-Winter-Olympics.html
“Organisers admitted that they seriously underestimated the impact of climate change when they picked the venue at Cypress Mountain, Vancouver, for some of the most popular ski and snowboard events.”
“Seriously underestimated?” Give me a break. And now people are going to think that is fact. Is it a fact? Meanwhile…IF this locally mild Vancouver winter (hello El Nino) was caused by climate change why in the world would you want to burn tons of fuel to fly in snow (that weighs an enormous amount) instead of moving it to another location? How can you possibly fly in enough snow to cover a mountain? How long are they going to do this for? Sorry, but the annoying thing about this is the spread of conjecture posed as fact by the media, multiplied indefinitely thanks to the internet. I have no firm and researched opinion on climate change – I’ve seen very good arguments for both sides – but it’s stuff like this that makes me crazy. Bad reporting all around.
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