Campfire 🔥 Ban, Climate Change, and Pooning…

[PuntMeister]

Heading out to the Beautiful BC back country. Leaving the firewood at the ranch this year for the first time in a loooong time 😢 So sad; campfires are an iconic part of the BC camping experience. But I get it—it’s the responsible thing to do, given the super dry weather and the already out-of-control fires burning across Canada. Are you bummed about this too? What to do?

Let’s blame climate change shall we? Four fingers point back at us though. Drive a car? Fly your ass on a jet to go see the world? Just bought an AC unit recently? Instead of a carbon tax, I’d rather see an incentive for Canadians to do their carbon footprint calculator annually and achieve some % reduction. You attract more flies with honey than vinegar as they say. I know we are a drop in the global carbon bucket in Canada, but I want to roast my weenies on a non-hypocritical campfire anyway

Now to pooning. Pooning can save the planet. Stay the fuk at home. Take transit to your next 5 sessions. Put your ass on the local SP’s massage table instead of in a car or on a jet plane.

Seriously people, we can fuk our way to reversing climate change. It’s fun, good cardio, and kind to the planet.

#Pooncation.

-Punt.

 

[mark670]

thats but might some snow this summer and 20 years the call change.

 

[Newb808]

Heading out to the Beautiful BC back country. Leaving the firewood at the ranch this year for the first time in a loooong time 😢 So sad; campfires are an iconic part of the BC camping experience. But I get it—it’s the responsible thing to do, given the super dry weather and the already out-of-control fires burning across Canada. Are you bummed about this too? What to do?

Let’s blame climate change shall we? Four fingers point back at us though. Drive a car? Fly your ass on a jet to go see the world? Just bought an AC unit recently? Instead of a carbon tax, I’d rather see an incentive for Canadians to do their carbon footprint calculator annually and achieve some % reduction. You attract more flies with honey than vinegar as they say. I know we are a drop in the global carbon bucket in Canada, but I want to roast my weenies on a non-hypocritical campfire anyway

Now to pooning. Pooning can save the planet. Stay the fuk at home. Take transit to your next 5 sessions. Put your ass on the local SP’s massage table instead of in a car or on a jet plane.

Seriously people, we can fuk our way to reversing climate change. It’s fun, good cardio, and kind to the planet.

#Pooncation.

-Punt.

#thinkgloballytricklocally 💯

 

[gaisye]

The summers have gotten quite bad, a week of this and I already start missing our winters.
I am trying to read more about it to understand what can be done. I wonder if we can predict things based on satellite imagery/temperature data/weather data using machine learning.

 

[sexpanther69]

Heading out to the Beautiful BC back country. Leaving the firewood at the ranch this year for the first time in a loooong time 😢 So sad; campfires are an iconic part of the BC camping experience. But I get it—it’s the responsible thing to do, given the super dry weather and the already out-of-control fires burning across Canada. Are you bummed about this too? What to do?

Let’s blame climate change shall we? Four fingers point back at us though. Drive a car? Fly your ass on a jet to go see the world? Just bought an AC unit recently? Instead of a carbon tax, I’d rather see an incentive for Canadians to do their carbon footprint calculator annually and achieve some % reduction. You attract more flies with honey than vinegar as they say. I know we are a drop in the global carbon bucket in Canada, but I want to roast my weenies on a non-hypocritical campfire anyway

Now to pooning. Pooning can save the planet. Stay the fuk at home. Take transit to your next 5 sessions. Put your ass on the local SP’s massage table instead of in a car or on a jet plane.

Seriously people, we can fuk our way to reversing climate change. It’s fun, good cardio, and kind to the planet.

#Pooncation.

-Punt.

Ahhh, only if wages kept up with the hobby 😂

 

[Mrmotorscooter]

I remember when they had commercials that would show you how to be responsible with your campfire and the correct way to put it out, dousing it with water and stirring with and stick dousing it again. People these days seem clueless and leave their fires carelessly only to catch the surrounding area on fire. 3 fires got loose at Harrison lately and erupted into major burns, awareness should be taught in schools, human causes are the major source for fires these days, it’s a cryin shame.

 

[westwoody]

People these days seem clueless and leave their fires carelessly only to catch the surrounding area on fire

Everyone I see camping lets their fire burn out and leaves it.
They assume it’s out, or don’t bother checking it.
Fucking idiots!

 

[carvesg]

Everyone I see camping lets their fire burn out and leaves it.
They assume it’s out, or don’t bother checking it.
Fucking idiots!

Yep after setting their fire above a tree root system that might reignite once they are gone .

 

[Billiam]

I remember when they had commercials that would show you how to be responsible with your campfire and the correct way to put it out, dousing it with water and stirring with and stick dousing it again. People these days seem clueless and leave their fires carelessly only to catch the surrounding area on fire. 3 fires got loose at Harrison lately and erupted into major burns, awareness should be taught in schools, human causes are the major source for fires these days, it’s a cryin shame.

Unfortunately you can't teach common sense.

 

[bmallard]

Instead of a carbon tax, I’d rather see an incentive for Canadians to do their carbon footprint calculator annually and achieve some % reduction.

People can't figure out the idea of not putting plastics into organics bins, and you expect them to figure out their carbon footprint?

 

[DrunkWhenSober]

Propane fire pits still good

 

[kelcaine]

I find this thread interesting to see how the topic of camping and fire bans have led to people thinking about sex… and the fact that most replies are not about sex here.

 

[Mr. J]

Campfire bans definitely bum me out. I've never been camping and have not once seen a fire cancelled for anything. Still, given the wildfire situation, I get it.

 

[Oldfart]

Now I'm inspired to save Mother Earth by walking to one of the convenient rub and tugs in Langley City instead of driving to Surrey or Coquitlam to get my ashes hauled.

 

[PuntMeister]

People can't figure out the idea of not putting plastics into organics bins, and you expect them to figure out their carbon footprint?

There’s an app for that:
https://futureplanet.com/app

…and yes I do expect all human beings to at least try and roughly figure out their carbon footprint.

It’s not about total tons of CO2 or getting the data exact, it’s really about becoming conscious of your choices and the impact they have on the planet. EG: if you fly 4 or more times a year (especially overseas), you are effectively a planet fucker.

I hear so much chatter about climate change and saving the planet from bleeding heart hypocrites who vacation in Vietnam, Thailand, Bali, hop over to Morocco for a few days and stop in to see their friend in New York. Time to wake the fuck up people.

If someone is too stupid or lazy to learn about their personal impact on climate change, then they should shut the fuck up or get off the planet imho. Governments and education leaders don’t help—too ignorant about their role in this and can’t be seen to denounce the travel industry, hospitality, etc, so instead, it’s heatpumps for everybody!

Our individual actions on climate change are like rearringing the deck chairs on the titanic. We collectively know something is wrong but remain ignorant about what to do and blame industties and governments for the things we consume.

Run your CF calculator. Please.

-Punt.

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Back when that huge fire was threatening Kelowna, '04 maybe? should have been a wake up call to all levels of our governments of what was coming.
Add up the losses in resources, the costs in lost homes, lost economies and the lists go on and on and why the fuck are we not building fleets, BIG FLEETS, of water bombers.
Canada is a leader in this tech and it should be something in the forefront now and for the near future.

 

[westwoody]

it’s really about becoming conscious of your choices and the impact they have on the planet. EG: if you fly 4 or more times a year (especially overseas), you are effectively a planet fucker.

Working at an airport the number of private jets is fucking unbelievable. I sit outside for lunch and see five or six take off. And this is Winnipeg, a tiny fraction of what goes on in bigger places.
There are people who fly back and forth from Winnipeg to Toronto/Calgary/Vancouver at least once a week.
Instagram has rich assholes flying all over the place constantly. Musk alone made 170 flights last year.
The average gazillionaire does as much damage ti the planet as a million of us peasants.
Celebrities and their hypocrisy are 99% of the problem.

 

[westwoody]

BIG FLEETS, of water bombers

No good without people to fly them.
Nobody in their right mind would fight firest fires! That’s scary dangerous and I sure as fuck wouldn’t.

As long as we have morons approving residential developments in bone dry areas like the Okanagan or Southern California things are going to get worse and worse. More water being pulled out of aquifers so yuppies can have nice lawns. Car nuts washing their shiny hot rods in violation of water waste laws.
They deserve to have their houses burn.

 

[Wakeup]

We have the water bombers bur our gov't won't pay so they are deployed elsewhere in the world. check out https://www.coulsonaviationusa.com/

They are a Port Alberni company. They work in lots of third world countries that will pay. They resurrected the Martin Mars years ago but again expensive to run but best water bomber ever, it counld fill in @ 2 mins in a lake or ocean. Gone now , incredible machine I was around them a fair bit years ago. Hate forest fires,been to involved.

 

[jgg]

No good without people to fly them.
Nobody in their right mind would fight firest fires! That’s scary dangerous and I sure as fuck wouldn’t.

As long as we have morons approving residential developments in bone dry areas like the Okanagan or Southern California things are going to get worse and worse. More water being pulled out of aquifers so yuppies can have nice lawns. Car nuts washing their shiny hot rods in violation of water waste laws.
They deserve to have their houses burn.

I flew for the aerial observation officer, but only the North west Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and non mountainous Alberta. Those guys that fly the water bombers or the aerial obs in the mountains have special kind of balls.