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wiredog writes "The Guardian reports on research which shows that the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface has decreased by 10% in 30 years. This has implications for global warming models and, especially, agricultural output."
Great. It may be that the easiest way to counteract the warming effects of CO2 emissions is to *not* cut back on the other nasties generated by burning fossil fuels.
G.W., you are indeed a visionary with your assault on the Clean Air Act. And all this time, I thought you didn't care.
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Well, what we SHOULD do is use renewable energy sources to produce electricity to produce the hydrogen. In fact, hydrogen will probably play a key role in wind power in the future - produce H when the wind blows, use the H to produce electricity when it doesn't.
The problem is, for as long as the worlds most powerful country is lead by man made by the oil industry, this seems pretty unlikely...
7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea; 9 and a third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter. 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice, as it flew in midheaven, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!"
The more we learn about our environment, the more possible (probable?) the judgements listed in the Bible become.
- Jasen.
Why build solar panels when we can just take energy from 3rd world countries? What about all the defense contractor/oil jobs that could be lost due the peaceful aquisition of solor enery? Even people who make bombs have families to feed!!!