Global Warming Opportunities

I'm trying to avoid mentioning Toronto, but when things happen here that are happening all over, I'll resist the temptation. Our mayor, David Miller, like most politicians, loves the global warming scenario. It gives him an opportunity to spend lots of our money on stuff that seems to be good, and since results cannot be measured, we'll have to depend on him to assess the value. There could also be some good potential revenue sources. An example of this is his stated intent to have as many electric vehicles in the city fleet as soon as possible. Along with this he and council are encouraging us to replace our gas powered lawn mowers with electric ones. Two problems with this: 1) Ontario has no extra electrical power capacity, so how are we going to add all those vehicle batteries and mowers to the grid? 2) At least half of our power is coal generated. Last summer one of my neighbours proudly showed me his new electric mower. There was nothing wrong with his gas-powered one. I remarked that it was a very nice coal powered mower. He stared at me as if I had lost my mind.