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UN May Ban Blotting Out the Sun
Supervillains and Mr. Burns are among those to be most affected by the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity decision on space sunshades. Even though organizations like NASA have been looking into them as a possible way to slow climate change, the UN is expected to limit research into the technology or ban it outright. From the article: "The Convention may consider banning or limiting research into space sunshades. Some question their wisdom. A space sunshade would have a rapid effect on global warming and provide time to develop more permanent measures, they say. The technique has already received serious attention from NASA and other organizations. But others, such as the ETC group, an environmental and social advocacy group, fear simply blocking the sun is a bandage, meant to cover up the problem, and allow humans to continue using fossils fuels. Another fear is that geo-engineering, as techniques like this are called, could have unforeseen consequences on the weather, ecosystem and agriculture."
I've always taken Fox News as a mix between The Onion and Comedy Central, with a splattering of CNN, to make sure they were actually talking about real issues or events.
I feel sorry for those who actually believe the crap that they say. I'm sure there's a true word here or there, but I wouldn't be willing to wager that there were more than say a dozen per day.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
I'm really getting tired of the FNC bashing.
I'm getting really tired of the idiot tea-baggers that just parrot what they hear from Fox "News". Sure the other networks are biased but Fox is so obviously the voice of the extreme right that anyone who doesn't see it is either stupid, in denial or just a liar.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
That only proves the viewers are stupider, not that the news itself is any more or less false/slanted than the other stations.