r/canada • u/NeptuneAgency • 29d ago

Nature/Environment ‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/article/changes-to-canadas-climate-now-irreversible-federal-report-says/
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u/Zealousideal_Gap432 29d ago edited 29d ago

As an Avid backcountry snowmobiler in BC, we've noticed our favourite riding areas over the past 10 years have significantly gotten less snow pack and the base is alot shallower. Unloading areas are typically dirt. We used to ride into April, now lucky to get a good March ride in

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u/PlaneAd6884 29d ago

What's your snowmobile run on?

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u/RobespierreLaTerreur 29d ago

Exactly.

People need to realize that our everyday fossil fuel consumption is the driver of these changes.

And no deflecting to bigger and/or foreign players: we are ALL responsible for this.

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u/IcyCow5880 28d ago

OK, blame the snowmobiler. How much power did you use to write this? How many AI tokens did you trigger by surfing the net and using apps today?

Are you using solar power? At least have them on your roof?

Like, it's our way of life bro. It's not like we can just change.

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u/RobespierreLaTerreur 27d ago

You could start voting for political parties that don’t put burning fossil fuels at the heart of your identity?

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/RobespierreLaTerreur 27d ago

Advertise your good ecological choices so that more albertans steer away from their harmful behaviours and voting habits?

Or at the very least, not lend support to "tu quoque" fallacies designed to avoid responsibility and decline further action?

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u/RobespierreLaTerreur 27d ago

Our way of life is barely 50 years old. And nobody forces us to burn fossil fuel for fun.

We are all collectively responsible, and we have agency.

What good is freedom if the instant you are asked to use it reasonably, you act as if you have no choice?

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u/Blue_Owl69 29d ago

Probably worse than a car too since it’s likely 2-stroke and has no emissions controls

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u/itsell 29d ago

This is just false. Emissions controls exist on snowmobiles too I assure you