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Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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This page seems fake to me. No contact informations. All "follow us pages" such as twitter, facebook etc link to the root of the page.

Search for Gstaad Schnee Helikopter and you will find plenty of German sources for this news. HN doesn't accept foreign language submissions, though.

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You realize there are entire towns and villages whose lives depend on this tourism, right? I'm not saying it's a perfect solution to fly snow in, but you can't discount the impact this has on the population if the resorts close down.

Typical human behavior to constantly seek to push their luck, past the point of sustainability. Any resource-based community, tied to a single commodity, must know it is living on borrowed time.

Well thats true forever and even for non-human animals.

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US but I really hope rhat the world atarts taking this seriously When Europe is as hot as Asia during summers and as hot as Asia during respective winters that clearly proves beyond a shadow of doubt that global warming is real Because Trump had said "it is snowing here" to justify xlimate denying. They have extreme polar vortex over there so they haven't yet faced the se…

> I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US

I feel like this isn't the clearest phrasing. :) Perhaps you meant anti-anti-climate change (clunky) or anti-climate change awareness or similar?

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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I know Europe isn't as anti climate change as US but I really hope rhat the world atarts taking this seriously When Europe is as hot as Asia during summers and as hot as Asia during respective winters that clearly proves beyond a shadow of doubt that global warming is real Because Trump had said "it is snowing here" to justify xlimate denying. They have extreme polar vortex over there so they haven't yet faced the se…

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Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

#25
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You realize there are entire towns and villages whose lives depend on this tourism, right? I'm not saying it's a perfect solution to fly snow in, but you can't discount the impact this has on the population if the resorts close down.

Typical human behavior to constantly seek to push their luck, past the point of sustainability. Any resource-based community, tied to a single commodity, must know it is living on borrowed time.

It's really easy to be so philosophical when you're not going to lose your livelihood

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Global warming being caused in part by internal combustion engines and aviation results in less snow for skiers... Solution? Chopper some more snow in to counter the effects of I.C.E's and aviation. Huhmmmm.... Does anyone else spot a dichotomy in thinking here?

You realize there are entire towns and villages whose lives depend on this tourism, right? I'm not saying it's a perfect solution to fly snow in, but you can't discount the impact this has on the population if the resorts close down.

There are entire towns and villages on the floodplains of rivers whose course meanders over time. There are lots of resorts and cottages on shallow coastal barrier islands that are inundated frequently by hurricanes and rising oceans. If you put down a deep well in an arid region, you can often find an aquifer with enough water to last a small town or farm for a few decades that replenishes on a scale of millennia.

The earth changes. Humanity doesn't have a responsibility to a resort owner keep things the same as they were when we started keeping good records.

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Global warming being caused in part by internal combustion engines and aviation results in less snow for skiers... Solution? Chopper some more snow in to counter the effects of I.C.E's and aviation. Huhmmmm.... Does anyone else spot a dichotomy in thinking here?

I guess Futurama is a documentary now

https://youtu.be/0SYpUSjSgFg?t=66

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Global warming being caused in part by internal combustion engines and aviation results in less snow for skiers... Solution? Chopper some more snow in to counter the effects of I.C.E's and aviation. Huhmmmm.... Does anyone else spot a dichotomy in thinking here?

You realize there are entire towns and villages whose lives depend on this tourism, right? I'm not saying it's a perfect solution to fly snow in, but you can't discount the impact this has on the population if the resorts close down.

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Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

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Global warming being caused in part by internal combustion engines and aviation results in less snow for skiers... Solution? Chopper some more snow in to counter the effects of I.C.E's and aviation. Huhmmmm.... Does anyone else spot a dichotomy in thinking here?

Absolutely idiotic isn't it?

Re: Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

#30

Global warming being caused in part by internal combustion engines and aviation results in less snow for skiers... Solution? Chopper some more snow in to counter the effects of I.C.E's and aviation. Huhmmmm.... Does anyone else spot a dichotomy in thinking here?

transport accounts for 16.2% of greenhouse emissions
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