David Schindler, the Scientific Giant Who Defended Fresh Water Among the world’s grea

[Guest]

Here’s one of his thoughts on politicians ;

In an email last summer to The Canadian Press, Schindler quoted a saying of his grandfather’s in reference to politicians and industry officials who turn a blind eye to science: “Too low to kick and too slimy to step on.”

[chuckChuck]

A5 you never explained how you and your family can respect David Schindler as one of the worlds greatest fresh water scientists but then ignore his work that shows the impacts of the oil industry and climate change on freshwater in Alberta. Please explain.

From the previous post on David Schindler:

Federal Politicians Must Consider Costs

It's easy to see the high costs of climate change and the high value of water, Schindler said. The amount of money put into fighting forests fires plus the value of lost forestry quickly escalated into the billions this summer. B.C. alone spent nearly $300 million fighting forest fires in 2015 although the province only budgeted $63 million for the task.

Schindler said it's time to be more honest about these costs.

“How is it that we can have three leaders debating economics in the run up to the election — talking about figures of the same magnitude — without talking about this side of the ledger?"

“They talk about jobs, they talk about big industry — how about the costs? Don’t you guys know that there are two sides to the ledger?”

Schindler ended by saying the value of water and the cost of a warming climate can’t be kept separate from any grand promises about the economy.

“Before we can have an economic action plan we need to have a climate action plan,” he said.

[Guest]

I spent many years in the patch
All I know is Canada’s oil patch is regulated better than anywhere else in the world
They need to respect and acknowledge that instead of bringing Blood soaked oil here from MIddle east

[fjlip]

“Before we can have an economic action plan we need to have a climate action plan,”

WRONG! Azz backwards.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Chuck, quit trolling, I'm not going to take your bait, let's leave this as a respectful thread honouring David's life. Save your global warming and childish taunting sermon for a more appropriate time and place.

[chuckChuck]

A5, I think its pretty clear why you can't or won't explain yourself in regards to David Schindlers work on fresh water and climate change.

It's obvious that you can't defend your denialist opinions with credible science done by world class scientists like Schindler.

[furrowtickler]

Sure hope it warms up in this area , tiered of frost in June and August , Snow in September the past 4 years . A few degrees warmer would make all the difference in the world . +1 is far better than -4 in crop production during the growing season

[chuckChuck]

And the glaciers keep shrinking................thankfully we have and had scientist like David Schindler who can explain what is happening and what the risk is. His legacy will live on!