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Extreme Weather Events and Greenhouse Gases

fossil fuels: If we do nothing to curb our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels, we can expect more and worse heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and a host of other extreme weather events, which are decidedly not positive, in our future, according to Brandon Sun. Our relentless burning of gas, oil and coal, apparently without a thought for tomorrow, produces greenhouse gases which trap the sun heat and cause the earth average temperature to increase. We apparently lack the brain power to listen to and actually hear what the world scientific community has been warning us about for over a generation. How much hotter will it get That question does not seem to be on the minds of most humans, who are more intent on climbing aboard another climate-destroying jet plane to get to the next Olympics on the other side of the world. Just last March, I wrote a story I called Only Heroic Efforts Will Spare Earth Mighty Boreal Forest From The Worst Ravages Of Climate Change. Even the common sea slug does not defile its own nest the way we do. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.