Dear Editor:
If the “pollution” pouring out of the chimney stacks in the (May 17, Raeside) cartoon is supposed to be CO2, then it is ironic that it is “killing” the tree that uses and needs CO2 to survive.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas in the same way that water vapour is, except it is relatively insignificant in the atmosphere, and Canada’s contribution to the world total is less than two per cent. Idealists seem to want to live and enjoy first-world lifestyles without realizing how much oil/energy is needed to maintain those lifestyles or how many products they use every day are derived from oil. Until viable alternatives are found, we are reliant on oil for our survival. And depriving (developing countries) of the energy they need to get to where we are is just plain wrong. The farcical carbon credits scheme helps these people not a jot.
Jerome Henen
North Vancouver
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