Unintended Results?

Early in the spring it was announced that the environment around Oakville was to be sprayed to kill off the deadly Gypsy Moth infestation.

So we were not surprised at the early morning overhead clatter of helicopters laying down their environmental control.

Did it work? Must have. It is now the middle of August and there are no signs of tent caterpillars in the woodlots and ravine hiking trails in Oakville. 

Of course, there are no signs of bees and butterflies in our backyard gardens, either. 

Our Bee Balm bush is now in full bloom and we're the only ones who seem to care. Unlike other years, there are no Monarch butterflies, no yellow Swallowtails, no giant black swallowtails, no red Admirals. Earlier on in the spring, there were no furry Mourning Cloaks.

More troubling, we have a 20-foot-long pumpkin vine with more than a dozen blossoms, none  with any evidence of pumpkins.

So far, to the middle of August, we have witnessed one bumble bee, no honey bees, one dragonfly and very few other insects that might do what the bees are normally assigned to do.

The decision by either City or County council to take control of what the environment is doing no doubt had unintended consequences. 

What's scary is the results the politicians who pretend they can do something about global warming or climate change will actually achieve.

We already know that the political media disinformation has resulted in pointless taxation and record inflation. We can only sit and wait for the scary unintended consequences in the years to come.