Took my GTS to town (440mi.) last week. Had a great drive. Still have a foot of snow in the yard and 18" of ice on the lake though.
Global warming is too close to all the Politican's hearts though. BC gov. added another $.11 gl "carbon tax". This tax will be added to all the other fuel taxes that go into the provinces coffers (.10/ltr "excise tax" - they even ship all BC oils to Alberta so that they can collect the extra 10 cents as it comes back into BC. $.14.7/ltr 'assorted' BC taxes, and about .13/ltr for "transit" taxes).
"Global warming" is all about collecting more taxes and since it's obvious not a penny has gone to any clean up - there must be only "Global warming of the MOUTH and collecting more and more money". If there was truth to Global Warming then the Gov. would be spending money, not just collecting it, don't you agree?
FYI, a month or two ago, while the East was catching up to '70s records for snow and cold the news had an announcement that North America is 4C colder than average. They also announced that while the Polar ice does melt (normal), there was an EXTRA 6" of ice formed this winter (above average). They haven't repeated this though - gov said to shut up?
Ted