Today in the apocalypse, the International Institute for Strategic Studies warns that global warming could hurt like nuclear war (via ThinkProgress), while the Freakonomics quorum debates what really ought to be done about it. Be sure to read down to the comments, where a bunch of nutty right-wing commenters pretend to work themselves into a panic about the specter of the next Ice Age—from which only global warming can save us! Which means denialism has finally hit stage 3.
PS: Climate change could actually wind up causing the next Ice Age, at least for Europe, if it shuts off the Gulf Stream.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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