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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

A serious question

What will we eat?

Says the sign over empty freezers. Following the severe storm two days ago, this was the sight that met me when I went for my usual shopping on Saturday morning. A lot, no really, a lot of shelves and freezers were empty because the neighborhood grocery store suffered the same electricity cut we were all going through. The result was that the meat, milk products, frozen foods were not safe to sell. What a terrible waste! New normal you say? You thought food prices were high? Wait ‘till climate change really kicks in.

Sky after the storm

I have seldom been afraid of the sight of the sky around my place, but this seemed ominous, threatening, to me. We can never win a fight with Mother Nature and we would do well to keep that in mind. Get active, friends! Pressure the government to take serious, concrete action about this crisis. People and nature all over the world are suffering. We can and must act on climate change!

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5 responses to “A serious question”

  1. Masja Avatar
    Masja

    Go for it Isobel!

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  2. Masha Avatar
    Masha

    I misspelled my name! But do go for it!

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  3. Adeline Ciebien Avatar
    Adeline Ciebien

    Yes—terrible waste of food. Grocery stores need generators!.

    Re: petitioning government re: climate change. What exactly should the govt do??

    Eliminate eating meat to lower methane gas?? It would certainly help—what about all the meat eaters?? And unnecessary travel?? That would empty the airports fast. And unnecessary travel —that includes people like me driving to Cap St. Jacques for a walk—and the building of monster luxury homes—I could go on and on.

    Where should the govt start??

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      isobel cunningham

      I think the government should redirect the huge tax breaks and subsidies the give to oil and gas producers to development of wind, water and solar power for starters. Because I take 2 flights a year I have given up driving a car, but I live close to a metro. A visitor to the museum ( Dempsey Bob) told me she eats meat once a week because she flies twice a year too. Of course we could go o and on but I think one personal decision at a time is already helpful.

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      1. Adeline Ciebien Avatar
        Adeline Ciebien

        You are spot on re: removal of subsidies to oil companies—a sign of the strength of the oil lobby in Ottawa. But the need for oil will not decrease until all forms of transportation can function on alternate fuels—what would that be? And the cost of electric vehicles does not include the cost of production so just changing private vehicles to electrical is not the answer. The third rail of public discourse is the need for population control. I don’t think the govt will go for that one!

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