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Okay, he's a South American president, but I'd take him or Bukele or Milei over the embarrassment we have in the White House any day. Meet President Dr. Irfaan Ali of Guyana.
His doctorate is in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the West Indies and his party is the People's Progressive Party/Civic -- and he's still preferable to the "progressives" in this country. Unlike Democrats, he's dedicated to the wellbeing of his people. God bless him.
His point about biodiversity is well-taken, too. Mr. C and I just attended the Western Landscape Symposium yesterday where we heard Dr. Doug Tallamy of the Homegrown National Park movement (check it out). It's a conservation effort dedicated to "building networks for life" -- one person at a time. I'm a fan of localism, so this has great appeal to me.
I think there's an obvious inconsistency in environmentalism calling for "carbon capture" and at the same time biologists (and entomologists like Dr. Tallamy) recognizing that plants which perform the desired "capture" depend on CO2 for photosynthesis and tissue growth, but maybe that's just me. I say the more CO2 the better!
The BBC interviewer is so arrogant and obnoxious he can't even see the hypocrisy of rich nations like the UK lecturing poor countries about their contribution to CO2 emissions. Energy is life (and wealth). And CO2 is necessary for the plant life that sustains the planet and all of humanity along with it. President Irfaan Ali seems to get it.
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Some day you should give us your reasons for saying that.
It sounds like that journalist wasn't conducting the interview for the purpose of gathering information. But he got some anyway!
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Ben just said to me, "Mom, I know where I want to move to."
I said, "Let me guess. Guyana?"
"How did you know?"
He saw this clip about the time you did. :)
Happy Easter, Western Chauvinist. :) :)
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Is Ben attracted to the biodiversity angle? I understand the appeal. Unfortunately, Guyana is preparing for an invasion by Venezuela. The world on fire under the Marxist regimes.
Happy Easter to you and yours, Marci!
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I just stated my reason. CO2 is plant food. The focus should be on creating "networks for life" -- particularly insect life, which is being devastated by deforestation and turning the prairies into solar and wind farms. Dr. Tallamy explained that biodiverse prairies have the same carbon capture ability as forests.
I'm focusing on making my yard a habitat for caterpillars after hearing Tallamy's talk. I already grow milkweed (the Monarch population is in big trouble) and goldenrod. We're up against a green space with Gambel Oak -- all good for caterpillars. But, I'm going to shoot for more host plants and more diversity and I'm hoping to influence my neighbors to do the same.
Climate change is a scare hoax meant to empower Big Government and enrich "green" industries. But, that doesn't mean we don't have responsibility to be good stewards of the environment -- especially the only one we can really affect -- in our own backyards.
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