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Global loss of daylight can be added to the list of the world's serious problems. People don't take it seriously but if things keep going this way we won't ever have sunshine and natural light again. Solar power will be crippled, forcing recourse to fossil fuels and worsening the greenhouse effect and AGW.
This little-noticed but highly dangerous problem has been developing for at least five months or so, probably longer. I have confirmed this by emails to friends in Canada, Poland and the UK.
Just as an example, where I live, near New York City, we have dropped from over 15 hours of daylight to just over 9 hours in recent months. An effort was made back in early November to stop the trend. This has worked for the mornings, temporarily but been counterproductive at night.
At the very least the U.N. must get involved. We cannot go on destroying the earth and not caring.
Unimpressive troll post. While obviously intended as some silly attack on actual environmental issues, the OP doesn't make any connection between them and his would-be humor. This also ignore the fact that climate change is responsible for every major extinction event in the Earth's history, as well as countless examples of war, famine, pestilence, and death throughout recorded history. Finally, ironically, darkness can kill. Look up the effects of the fallout from the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Serious reductions in light levels, leading to plant death - followed by death up the food chain - were a consequence, as well as a variant of nuclear winter.
Unimpressive troll post. While obviously intended as some silly attack on actual environmental issues, the OP doesn't make any connection between them and his would-be humor. This also ignore the fact that climate change is responsible for every major extinction event in the Earth's history, as well as countless examples of war, famine, pestilence, and death throughout recorded history. Finally, ironically, darkness can kill. Look up the effects of the fallout from the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Serious reductions in light levels, leading to plant death - followed by death up the food chain - were a consequence, as well as a variant of nuclear winter.
Poor troll post: I only give it a 3 out of 10.
Yes. The sky is falling!
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Originally Posted by ottomobeale
Almost as bad as the dihydrogen monoxide crisis. We must ban dihydrogen monoxide. Given enough time, it can even wear away rock.
That one is very serious. Many people die with it in their system.
Also, it can rust metal and cause slipperiness on pavement. My son,an engineering student. is studying the problem and may right his "capstone" paper for his senior year on that.
Gee, I would not give up your day job writing satirical posts.
Yep. I think some lights are off, but they aren't the sun.
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