07-07-2013, 09:52 PM
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dumb libs love censorship
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this is a tangent, but well illustrates the discrepancy between "scientists" environmental predictions & what actually happened...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_oil_fires
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Immediately following Iraq?s invasion of Kuwait, predictions were made of an environmental disaster stemming from Iraqi threats to blow up captured Kuwaiti? oil wells. Speculation ranging from a nuclear winter type scenario, to heavy acid rain and even short term immediate global warming were presented at the World Climate Conference in Geneva that November.[8][9]
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Scenarios that predicted serious environmental impact on a global level did not happen, though regional and long-lasting impacts, as noted above, were serious.[13] At the peak of the fires, the smoke absorbed 75 to 80% of the sun?s radiation. The particles rose as high as 20,000 feet (6,100 m), but were scavenged from the atmosphere relatively quickly.[12]
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