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Historical Carbon Emissions From Dragons In Middle Earth

Posted by Unknown on from the dragons-less-bad-for-environment-than-americans dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The climate of Middle Earth has recently been under the spotlight, with the current and future climate of Middle Earth simulated using the HadCM3L General Circulation Model. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been little work investigating the historical carbon emissions of Middle Earth. Specifically, what impact has the demise of dragons had on carbon emissions? To shed some light on this question, we start by considering the carbon footprint of the antagonist, Smaug." Smaug is surprisingly environmentally friendly.

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  1. Re:seriously?? by Runaway1956 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Even nerds and geeks need a little laugh now an then. Don't worry your little head - we'll all be back to the task of designing the next quantum computer as soon as we've had a chuckle, and another Mountain Dew.

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  2. Re:I wish people would just stop... by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For most of the time, Earth was a very hot humid place with an atmosphere you wouldn't want to breathe.

    Dragons might like that.

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