Most people in the world accept the threat of Climate Change or Global Warming, however over 13% of Americans along with the Saudis and Indonesians deny that the rampant greed of Mankind has any effect on the weather and another 40% of my countrymen are agnostics. Right-wing newspapers report the expansion of glaciers, while scientists announced that grass is growing at the foot of Mount Everest. I am not surprised, since the fossil fuel industry has spent billions of dollars to convince these citizens that 'we' i.e. humans are not to blame.
This winter in New York snow has only fallen twice without any lasting accumulation, yet the forecast for the next ten days predicts snow over the weekend. It might end up as rain, but however the Ice Age flourishes in my friend's freezer. Waffles are frozen into his mini-glacier and a small pint on vodka chills on the rim.
His ice pack is a thing of beauty for someone from the north, because in the last century we had snow and lots of it.
Falmouth Foresides, Maine 1958
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