Friday, April 17, 2026

Turning down the temperature on the climate catastrophe debate

Dear gentleman at the restaurant who told me that he is instructing his children to avoid having kids because “It’s unfair to have kids with the soaring temperatures and the climate catastrophe”:

Our weather here in Vancouver continues to be beautifully unpredictable in the short term but pretty darn steady – as documented in the adjacent chart using data from Environment and Climate Change Canada – when you look at the big picture.

And the global picture is not scary, either. Looking at the United States, for example, 2024 seems on track to be the third consecutive year of dropping average temperature – Average Annual Temperature by Year.

It’s totally OK to become a grandpa … as long as you focus more on spreading love and respect than fear and climate alarmism … “Breaking news – it’s OK to have babies!

(Rob Driscoll – BIG Media Ltd., 2024)

Rob Driscoll
Rob Driscoll
Rob Driscoll is co-founder and president of BIG Media Ltd. He is a writer and entrepreneur who is deeply committed to elevating the level of coverage of our society's most pressing matters as well as the level of respect in public discourse.
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