[Harry Lime]

I guess what Brendone is saying is that raw sewage pumped out of Victoria doesn't have any effect except possibly on tourism. Globally it's meaningless.

Also, Canadian Co2 emissions are mathematically meaningless on a global level as well and the general uproar on oil and gas production is mostly for aesthetic and political posturing.

Perhaps what we should be concentrating on are the things that are controllable and have a direct and significant impact on us locally. For Canadians, that would be stopping mining close to sources of fresh water feeding our watersheds, such as stopping mining on the Eastern slopes of Alberta. In America it would be stopping the cultivation of almonds in California, which eat up an insane amount of fresh water and are a direct cause of drought downriver.