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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

NO WOODS, NO MEAT, NO FREEDOM

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Unusually dry summer conditions on Canada’s Atlantic coast have prompted two provinces to take the unprecedented step of banning hiking, camping, and even walking in the woods in a bid to prevent forest fires. Learn about other alarming measures being floated in the name of climate change—from ticks that can trigger a meat allergy to proposals for calculating the carbon footprint of every medical procedure to determine its “importance.”

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0:00.0

If you go to the UK government's website, there's a drought going on in several parts of the

0:06.0

UK right now. They're also experiencing what they're calling water shortfalls. So if you go to

0:11.0

this, this is a document from their government and it says how to save water at home. And you can

0:15.8

see here, well, you want to avoid watering your lawn. Brown grass will grow back, so kill your

0:20.2

lawn, that's fine. Use water from your kitchen to water your plants. Turn off the tabs. This all makes somewhat sense. Take shorter showers. But then the bottom one, it really got me thinking. Delete old emails and pictures as data centers require vast amounts of water to cool their systems. So again, we're seeing this narrative. You limit your life for this

0:38.7

climate narrative. But data centers, artificial intelligence, give it all up to them. Give them

0:43.2

your energy, give them your water because they need them. Go in there. Amazing. Picture grandparents

0:49.1

going there trying to delete their old pictures and emails and their grandkids because the data

0:52.4

centers need them. How many data centers are in the UK? Well, it's a hub. There's about 477 according to this website

0:59.5

right here. Here's a picture of them. So that's what needs the water, not the people, according

1:05.0

to this. We're getting into this climate narrative and, you know, I just released a documentary high wire plus just a month ago

1:14.1

this rush to net zero and what it really costs for us and so I want to move over to Canada now

1:19.9

because there's a major story here we've been conditioned to headlines like this in the past

1:24.3

unprecedented Canadian wildfires made worse by climate change, scientists find.

1:29.5

So people have been watching any fires, any droughts, any floods. It's climate change.

1:35.5

And of course, you know that's your fault. You're the reason that's happening. And so we think about,

1:41.5

well, what are the links they would go? Would they restrict access to people going into even the woods if there's too many fires?

1:48.5

Well, take a look at this.

1:50.0

All right.

1:51.0

Some strict new wildfire restrictions due to the ongoing hot and dry weather.

1:55.0

Extreme fire risk has pushed Nova Scotia leaders to take big steps.

1:59.0

A leisurely walk in the woods is no longer allowed in Nova Scotia,

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