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Because the American syrup tappers will lose their jobs to Canadians. 80% of syrup already comes from Canada.
by pchristensen 17y ago
Because the American syrup tappers will lose their jobs to Canadians. 80% of syrup already comes from Canada.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoWouldn't that easily be offset by gains in citrus production? After all, more people drink orange juice that consume syrup. Heck, most of the syrup you get doesn't come from trees anyway.
- pchristensen 17y agoSure. I believe that global warming has the potential to be a big net positive because it will shake things up and create new markets and opportunities. I think the syrup thing is just an example of the straws that the "no changes anywhere ever" people have to grasp at to show how bad global warming will be. Since artificial syrup > Canadian syrup > Vermont syrup, we're talking about economic damage to a small fraction of one product. But those workers have their very own senator or two.