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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. not that far off by Goldsmith · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've seen a (semi) serious suggestion that the best way to deal with global warming is to put a thin film of dust in between the earth and the sun. This wasn't from some internet hack either, but a rather senior physicist.

  2. Change != Worse by notnAP · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Burn fossil fuels, you make things worse. Clean up your act, and you make things worse
    s/make things worse/change the environment/
    Maybe we should just realize that we live and therefore we affect the world around us, and that the environment is ever changing. Oh, and things evolve. And it's not a good idea to build a dream home on a sand dune.