WARMING: You should give thanks

Rather than working ourselves into a tizzy because we perceive a disaster will come our way in 10 or 12 years unless we spend billions or trillions on renewable energy, we ought to be thankful over each 10th of a degree of warming that happens.

This warming extends our growing seasons and the increased carbon dioxide makes all plants grow better. Even an additional week makes a lot of difference.

Don’t let anyone fool you into believing the world climate depends totally on what we do. Nature has always controlled the weather and will continue to do so for thousands of years.

It is only the socialists and collectivists who want us to spend so much money on renewables because they know it will mean more government in every case. They do not care about our great Constitution or any of the conditions of our founding.

Without doubt most of the things they propose to do will destroy the landscape and are very impractical on several levels.

We need to relax about our climate and try to appreciate whatever happens. Truly there is no better way.

JIM HOLLINGSWORTH

Coeur d’Alene