Real action is needed to fight climate change

By Letter to the Editor on November 5, 2021.

Editor:
The proposals available to deal with global warming have managed to divide our country without solving or achieving anything. The Liberals are not serious nor are they sincere about reaching any goals. Their plans are not realistic, and they know it. They are only looking at the next election.
Only someone who believes that Trudeau would be our PM for the next 30 years would support them.
As for the Conservatives, they have not made any attempts to deal with this existential threat to humanity.
The western provinces, including Alberta, have chosen fighting and demagoguery. All over Canada, one can only observe politicians fighting for votes and not practical answers. None of them has provided any creative solutions. They all lack imagination and sincerity.
Most realistic economists are of the view that fossil fuels will be needed for almost another century.
The truth of the matter is that is how long the world economy will need to transition from fossil fuel to clean energy.
Alberta and other oil producing nations do not have to be defensive nor opposed to tackling the issue.
Indeed, they can play an active constructive role in bringing the temperature down – literally and figuratively.
Canada is a very generous nation. We can invest the money provided to poor nations in creative projects that provide jobs and transform deserts into oases.
All this can be done while lowering the temperature worldwide.
All it takes is assembling huge floating tents over the deserts of Africa and other continents. By blocking the sun, the temperature would decrease drastically.
Ironically, these floating tents would require oil for their liners. This proposal would help everyone, including the oil industry.
This is one proposal that does not destroy any industry.
Our aim is to work together not to fight each other. Remember, united we stand, divided we fall.
The dire situation we are facing demand that we all work together to avoid extinction.
Robert Skaf
Thunder Bay, Ont.