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Warming Up Mars With Greenhouse Gases

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-news-in-august dept.

fembots writes "Scientists are thinking of using the same toxic stuff (Octafluoropropane) already blamed for global warming here to put some life back on Mars. It would take hundreds of years but eventually ice sheets would melt, grass would grow here, and temperatures would hit 50 degrees along the equator of the planet. Martian organisms might be revived too - if there are any."

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  1. You are WHERE? by ArmorFiend · · Score: 1, Redundant
    eventually ice sheets would melt, grass would grow here, and temperatures would hit 50 degrees along the equator of the planet.


    So ... how did you get to mars again?!? Lemme guess, your submission about how you got to mars using a trebuchet and an old diving bell running linux got rejected by the editors because of a too-large number of grammatical errors!
  2. 50 what? by HermanAB · · Score: 0, Redundant

    50 Kelvin? That is freakin cold. 50 Celsius? That is freakin hot.

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    Oh well, what the hell...