Ah, another White House-style revelation that the industry leaders installed in the cabinet are doing precisely what they were hired to do. Protect investments. Apparently, rather than address the cause of Global Warming (or even admit its existence) the administration's taken the most logical Rube Goldberg approach.
The US government wants the world's scientists to develop technology to block sunlight as a last-ditch way to halt global warming...
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Scientists have previously estimated that reflecting less than 1% of sunlight back into space could compensate for the warming generated by all greenhouse gases emitted since the industrial revolution. Possible techniques include putting a giant screen into orbit, thousands of tiny, shiny balloons, or microscopic sulphate droplets pumped into the high atmosphere to mimic the cooling effects of a volcanic eruption. The IPCC draft said such ideas were "speculative, uncosted and with potential unknown side-effects".
To those who still hold to the belief that Bush only watches sports on TV... this is proof positive that his tastes aren't quite that limited and he's expanded his repertoire to include Jimmy Neutron for scientific investigative balance.
Posted by kerry at January 31, 2007 04:03 AMOne hot summer day Jimmy Neutron comes up with a boy-genius idea to beat the heat — 900 SPF sunblock! He launches the potent cream toward the sun, and the whole town becomes a winter wonderland. But things get a little too cold for comfort when Jimmy's sunblock causes a new ice age. He's got to find a solution before the angry cave people of Retroville find him!
Judy: J-j-j-james Isaac N-n-n-neutron! Haven't we warned you about tampering with the unstable structure of a chaotic system?!
Hugh: We'll just have to learn to adapt to this hostile, savage environment. (grabs a spear) I better run! Me and the other dads are off to hunt caribou! Spotted a big herd up on Abner Boulevard, gotta keep fresh meat on the table, buh-bye!