I grew up in Oregon, on the side of Mount Hood, about 45 minutes from year-round skiing. Snow machines and hauling snow isn't that strange at all. People want fresh snow, now slush or solid ice. From the front of my house, the mountain was usually always white with snow, but there were a few summers where it was just at the top, and no skiing at all for a month or so. Nature doesn't always cooperate.
Thing that bugs me most, is that the guys who claim to have their finger on the pulse of the planet, and can tell us for a fact that CO2 is going to burn us all up in a few hundred years, didn't see this coming, and to scramble to figure out an explanation, after. If they did know, but didn't share, because it doesn't help the Warming cause, then it would indicate there was some other motive, other than to save mankind from self-destruction. I still believe this is more than a science issue, it's a push to gain political control over fuel and energy production and use. That's a lot of power over the people, and just just the beginning, since CO2 can't be the only thing we need to change, seem like a relatively minor one. It's a start, be we have to do more. Face it, when it becomes law, we are all going to pay heavily, and still have to do without. It's cold now (mid 30's), but it would be worse without the heater running. I've got two dead trucks, Explorer-transmission, Nissan-throttle body/carburetor, transportation has been rough for about a week now. We are looking at double our energy and fuel cost, or more, plus sinking our savings into shiny new replacements, to help offset the higher operating costs. Obama-care is starting to look more promising, since I won't have anything set aside, to handle any health issues.