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Originally Posted by Griff

Time to eliminate all those scrubbers from the coal stacks.

Unfortunately darker and dirtier skies also means less plant growth, less food, less conversions of CO2 to O2, more human disease (ie sharp increase in asthma), etc. Dark material in the atmosphere may have been actually masking symptoms of a problem that is, otherwise, much worse. I forget the exact number, but something like 10% of sunlight is now blocked. Again, no doubt that mankind has caused a massive shift in the earth's atmosphere. George Jr eventually conceded same. But using typical MBA training (or maybe from his experience of not even drilling one successful oil well), he says we cannot do something. Therefore we should not even try. George Jr is typical of MBAs who fear innovation. He is even a quitter. His solution - denial.

Even more amazing: nobody even noticed the lunacy of George Jr's reasoning. Such ostrich thinking does not change facts. A problem exists. Many are so in denial as to stifle the advancement of mankind. The solution to global warming: innovation. Instead George Jr worries about mythical missile attacks and other junk science only for political gain - such as a silly Man on Mars. Science for science reasons: too complex for an MBA and no glory for the politician. The science of global warming and the innovations to solve it: not listed in the political agenda provided by Cheney, Rice, and Wolfovitz. Denials of global warming are not supported by science. That denial comes from politics. Science says global warming does exist AND is created by humans.