It's only June...
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... but let's keep expanding the oilsands!
You have to wonder how bad it needs to get for the fervent among the deniers to come around.
Given our experience with COVID I'm guessing there's a sizable chunk who could be on their death bed still clinging to their ignorance.
That was possibly the most disturbing part of the pandemic... People in ICUs about to be intubated, insisting that COVID was a hoax with their last words.
That sort of purposeful disinformation crosses the line into having been weaponized for the purpose of tearing the fabric of society apart -- even worse still is the fact that education has been eviscerated so much over the past 50+ years that such a large percentage of people will fall for it.
It's crazy to me that some schools don't even have ac. Mini splits are cheap as hell. From an email I got recently:
Provincially, the percentage of schools with more than 25% air conditioning coverage is 44%. Since 2017, the OCDSB has made considerable progress improving the cooling systems in our schools:
70% of schools have air conditioning in some or all learning spaces (an increase from 41% in 2017) 25% are partially air conditioned to varying levels, but not in classrooms 5% of schools have no central air conditioning (a drop from 34% in 2017).
I'm dating myself here, but when I was in elementary school, it was rare that it was needed in June and September. It's definitely not the case anymore.