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Cleaner Air Adds To Global Warming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the catch-22 dept.

shmlco writes "In the "You Can't Win For Losing" department, an article on the BBC web site is reporting that reduced air pollution and increased water evaporation appears to be adding to man-made global warming. Research presented at a major European science meeting adds to other evidence that cleaner air is letting more solar energy through to the Earth's surface. Burn fossil fuels, you make things worse. Clean up your act, and you make things worse. Is it time to set off a few nukes and see if nuclear winter can cool things down?"

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  1. Bad idea by Jordan+Catalano · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it time to set off a few nukes and see if nuclear winter can cool things down?"

    Uh-uh. Last time I tried that on Sim Earth, my planet was overtaken by sentient robots. Of course, the robots eventually get taken out by carnivirous plants, but is that really much of an improvement?

  2. Must be due to the by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Marked increase in SMUG. Damn you, George Clooney!

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  3. Heh by Moby+Cock · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it time to set off a few nukes and see if nuclear winter can cool things down?

    I nominate Idaho for Nuclear Whipping Boy

  4. Re:Don't agree with global warming by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    My 10 gallon fishtank has about 500 goldfish in it right now. There's still room left for a few hundred more. I don't understand why people think the tank is overpopulated.

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    This guy's the limit!
  5. Re:not that far off by Keebler71 · · Score: 4, Funny

    oh! oh! Can I suggest a name?! Can we call this new innovation an "atmosphere"?

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  6. So I set off a few planet busters by arcite · · Score: 5, Funny

    And then my cities were surrounded by mind worm boils! They were everywhere! Where did they come from? Did they not like me replacing their fungus with my pretty tree farms? I don't know, but they were pissed off. So I convened a meeting with the planetary council and got the vote to um raise sea levels and uh... Um, sorry what were we talking about?

  7. Re:Don't agree with global warming by Why+is+My+Ass+Bleedi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't you just voluntarily self-terminate so that there's more for me?