Michael Tobis: Heat Wave!

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Climate scientist Michael Tobis returns to join Plutopians as the planet continues to bake and burn. We discuss the Canadian wildfires, climate change, and political roadblocks to finding a solution.

I think most of the members of the so-called conservative party here are going to be climate deniers, too. Especially since many of them – the bulk of them – are from Alberta, which is the Texas of the north, if you’ll pardon. It’s basically petroleum, ranching, and cold instead of petroleum, ranching, and hot. There’s been a lot of cultural overlap – there’s a longstanding resentment of the east and the power centers that feeds into this. So the yahoos are out in force here, sorry to say.

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