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Small Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming for Years?


Science & Tech  (tags: globalwarming, global cooling, nuclear war, humans, news )

Mary Patr
- 456 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Even a regional nuclear war could spark "unprecedented" global cooling and reduce rainfall for years, according to U.S. government computer models. Widespread famine and disease would likely follow, experts speculate.



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wolf a. (122)
Friday February 25, 2011, 8:13 am
yes, it could. And cutting off the patient's head could stop cancer.
 

Ralph R Sutton (56)
Friday February 25, 2011, 11:15 am
Yeah, great idea, but before we start the cooling process lets gather up all the global warming alarmist and send them to Libya. Once we have all of them in one spot we blanket the whole country with nukes. Why Libya? It supplies 2% of the world's oil so not only do we cool the planet, but we eliminate a major source of that nasty CO2 producing fossil fuel. It will also quickly reduce the world's over population by 6 million innocent people and no telling how many global warming alarmists which could be a significant reduction in population.

Sounds pretty ridiculous doesn't it, but no more so than this article.
 

Carol H. (196)
Friday February 25, 2011, 2:03 pm
noted, thanks
 

Green Road A. (3883)
Friday February 25, 2011, 2:27 pm
Right, and spraying large cities and towns all over the globe with biological weapons grade anthrax would also eliminate the problem by killing 98% of all humans on the planet. Problem solved.

No one will be left to use carbon fuels, no one will be left to cut down the forests, no one will be left to foul the air, water and ground.. Wow, that actually sounds pretty good, except that it is totally crazy loony toons logic, like the article.

We have all of the solutions, but are not using them yet. IT is easy to do the right thing, once the suffering gets bad enough.... that will force the solutions. War is like using a sledgehammer, when a small finishing brad nailer will do the job perfectly well.

Who comes up with this stuff anyway? The Pentagon Intelligence folks?
 

Eternal Gardener (554)
Friday February 25, 2011, 6:25 pm
I do believe humanity is stupid enough to give this a go. The alternative of this "quick" solution is taking the long road towards sustainability in every facet of life. But hey, pressing a stupid button is sooo much easier... grrr dickheads! Good things take time to establish!!!
 

Cindy C. (145)
Saturday February 26, 2011, 1:30 pm
oh blimey days
 

Christoffer IsNotMyAlias (18)
Saturday February 26, 2011, 11:26 pm
And people say nukes are not good for anything :)
 

Shannon Hudgens (18)
Sunday February 27, 2011, 1:00 am
to crazy!
 

Lori A. (50)
Sunday February 27, 2011, 3:23 am
Thanks for sharing!
 
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