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theo hopkins wrote:
> 
> In article <674267$6a8@priv-sys04-le0.agt.net>, Alleycat
> <kibblesnbits@teleplanet.net> writes
> >If you think this issue doesn't concern your newsgroup, you're wrong.
> >
> >This one concerns everyone and should be addressed regardless of the
> >pretty thoughts we would like to hear about at Christmas.   While
> >we're sitting back watching our politicians talk about global warming,
> >extremely serious weather pattens are happening now, and these
> >patterns are causing problems that need more urgent attention than
> >emissions!
> >
> >Right now in Alberta, we're having monster grass fires in the middle
> >of winter!!
> 
> I have always been told that fire is part of the natural ecosystem of
> boreal places such Alberta.
> 
> Is the problem that people have moved onto land that is naturally fire-
> prone?
> --
> theo hopkins

I agree!!

A lot of the problem, it seems to me, is that people expect the planet 
to be stable now that we've all got our own nice plot of land to live 
on.  Unfortunatley the planet will do what it likes, and we have to 
adapt or die (I'm sure that's a quote from somewhere!).

This argument doesn't of course mean that we should continue to affect 
the planet's behaviour directly - the changes caused by man are much 
much much (get the idea!) more rapid than natural change, and will 
inevitably mean that a lot of wildlife cannot adapt quickly enough.

However, man has the ability to predict what's coming, and take some 
avoiding action. At an individual level, that's exactly what we shoudl 
do. If you don't like fires in winter, move somewhere that doesn't have 
them! :)

Charles T

Earth is my home too. You guys take out your own garbage!