Oh, Canada...

You know, if I hadn't just read an article about Canada pushing its trash on the States (see below post "Waste Not, Want Not"), I would think that Canada was admirably requesting that the US change its position on climate change and pollution.

It's one thing to fight equally for countries to clean up for the sake of the environment, but when Canada demands that the States take their garbage out of one side of their mouth, then tell us to clean up our act out of the other side, it just sounds way too hypocritical.

Ok, so you want to know how one is linked to the other, eh? Ok, hoser, here's a quick chemistry lesson. Many blame the current climate changes on greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions are composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide and ozone, along with methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and chlorofluorocarbons. One of the products of solid waste decomposition is methane. Methane is a highly explosive flamable gas, and many landfills try to burn the gas, so it doesn't explode, which then pumps the methane into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. You see the chemical cycle, hoser?

Maybe Canada should find ways to take care of their own trash themselves, rather than forcing their neighbor country to take it. And, then maybe we will talk together about cleaning up our respective countries for the sake of the environment.