[NativeNewYorker]

My enviro conversation stopper is to say Leif Erikson FARMED southern Greenland before setting out for Newfoundland 1000 years ago.

I say I'll worry about Global Warming after I get solicitiations to purchase pastureland in Greenland.

[AnAmericanMother]

Leif Erikson FARMED southern Greenland before setting out for Newfoundland 1000 years ago.

And when the Little Ice Age set in, things got REALLY ugly there. Nobody is sure what happened to the last Greenland settlements, but after awhile nobody heard from them any more . . .

There was a reason they called it "Greenland", originally.

[BluH2o]

... Leif Erikson FARMED southern Greenland before setting out for Newfoundland 1000 years ago.

John Cabot within 10 years of Columbus discovering America in 1492 was exploring what is now eastern Canada. His explorations took him into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River where he reported finding an abundance of grapes. Having some knowledge of that area I can assure you grapes haven't grown in that neck of the woods in a long, long time.