Artificial Cheese

I know the Media’s got you scared of Global Warming with their rising water levels and killer icebergs attacking New Zealand. Unfortunately, I have no words to ease your worries, because you should be worried. Our years of chugging around SUVs and running the air conditioner “just for the humidity” has finally caught up with us. I know we can’t stop, and don’t bother, because the killer icebergs are already en route to New Zealand.

But I think that there’s still hope. I’m not talking about putting our hopes in the hands of scientists or God or anything goofy like that. I’m talking about Global Dimming.

I’m sure we all know about Global Warming. We know about the Greenhouse Effect where the heat absorbed by the Earth is being recycled in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from our cars. But I’d be surprised if you’re familiar with the term Global Dimming.

Global Dimming is the magical affect that particulates, aka aerosol particles, have on the sun’s rays. These particles become the nuclei of cloud droplets and actually block the energy from the sun. This causes a cooling effect on the Earth’s climate.

Is Global Dimming the opposite of Global Warming? Well…they are as much opposites as diet pills and chocolate cake. Global Dimming is responsible for a lot of the decreased rainfall and famines in the world. But if we are truly committed to stopping the killer icebergs, and we don’t want to spend time learning self-restraint, then get that aerosol pumping.