OPINION JOURNAL - BOTW May 6th:
Be Careful What You Wish For http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050502/full/050502-8.html
The Earth's future looks bright--and that's bad news, according to "global warming" enthusiasts, reports Nature.com:
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Our planet's air has cleared up in the past decade or two, allowing more sunshine to reach the ground, say two studies in Science this week.
Reductions in industrial emissions in many countries, along with the use of particulate filters for car exhausts and smoke stacks, seem to have reduced the amount of dirt in the atmosphere and made the sky more transparent.
That sounds like very good news. But the researchers say that more solar energy arriving on the ground will also make the surface warmer, and this may add to the problems of global warming. More sunlight will also have knock-on effects on cloud cover, winds, rainfall and air temperature that are difficult to predict.
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Blogger Vilmar Tavares http://rightwinghowler.blogspot.com/2005/05/those-wacky-environmentalists.html weighs in with some advice:
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Break out the SUVs, boys and girls, and let's all go for a spin!!! Take your garage filling, V-8 powered environment killer, fire it up and drive to your mailbox (don't forget to leave it running for a few minutes so the engine is properly warmed it. We don't want excessive moisture to build up in the exhaust system and rust out the muffler.) Go ahead, punch a hole in your catalytic converter, too, and when you drive to the grocery store at the corner....hell, be bold!!! Leave it running!!!
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But the Nature report says that the improvement in air quality most likely is a result of "the collapse of communist economies and the consequent decrease in industrial pollutants." So maybe you should trade the SUV in for a Trabant http://www.team.net/www/ktud/trabi.html .
I'm supposed to be getting some money by the end of summer, and want to buy one of those Ford Escape SUV hybrid vehicles.
Someone must have one, but I cannot seem to locate one of a dealers lot. My dealer says he's had a couple, but they fly off the lot as fast as they get on it.
Doom and Gloom! The sky is falling! Oh, woe is me!
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