Remember Carl Sagan and the Kuwaiti oil wells burning? "It could be the worst ecological disaster man has ever known".
BZZTT. Nuclear Winter is hogshiznit.
Harumph.
Jonathan Adler March 2003
The oil-well fires billowed smoke for months, spreading soot, oil mists, and deposition for hundreds of miles in all directions, contaminating air, water, and soil. (For those concerned about global warming, the fires released nearly 500 million tons of carbon dioxide, an amount greater than the industrial emissions of all but a handful of nations in 1991.)
Remember Carl Sagan and the Kuwaiti oil wells burning?Yes, it was a mistake he admitted.