Response from: Cindy (Check me out!)

The situation is even more dire than never having maple syrup again. There was a report done by a world group of scientists a few years ago. I'm sorry I can't cite the report here (not good w/computer skills), but I found the news article about it so I am sure others can too. This report was so filled with nothing but bad news that the scientist's were asked to resubmit it with at least some positive things.
One of the predictions that I remember about this report was the fact that maple trees themselves need the cold to survive, not just to make sap. People won't just lose maple syrup. The maple tree itself will become extinct in or around 100 years.
The majority of trees here where I live are maple. I see the same birds come back to these same trees every year. Where will they go after the maples are gone? How will it impact the birds, and in turn, if the birds find elsewhere to go, what else starts becoming affected by the loss of the birds? What about other wildlife and plants? What impact will this have on these other things?
We humans have put the earth into a nightmare situation by putting our desire for money and power and "ease of lifestyle" above the health of the planet and all the forms of life on it. I am hoping that each of us, individually, start seriously thinking about all the things we just toss in the garbage, about every time we flip a switch to turn on a convenience, about what rubber and exhaust do to the ground, air and water with every turn of a tire, because we sure aren't going to heal the earth if we wait on any government to help us.