Once upon a time, before Nintendos and Legos and people and kittens and horsies, the world was covered in plants! The plants were very tall and did very well because there was a lot more CO2 (what they breath!) in the air and the earth was very muggy and wet. Then came the DINOSAURS, and they liked to eat the plants and they lived for a very, very long time! As the dinosaurs and plants died (oh noes!) they fell to the ground. Some were eaten, but many fell in swamps were things break down very, very slowly. In fact, as the layers and layers of dead things built up, a black substance we call "coal" was born under ground (amazing!). This cycle of things dieing and turning into coal under ground went on for a very, very long time. And the carbon that the dead things had accumulated from their environment was buried in the ground with them (very important!) Then came a scary asteroid that killed a LOT of things! And at the same time the earth began to get chillier and the dinosaurs were no more (oh snaps!)... And the swamps began to dry up, and everything became more mild (yay!) Then the humans came (that's you!). And the humans started cutting down trees to make things and growing things. That seemed pretty bad now, but it wasn't too bad because the trees would have died anyways and new ones would grow in their place. The earth was mainly O.K. with this, even if the squirrels were not. But then, humans discovered the very old coal that lived deep underground. The same coal that had not been part of the earths natural cycle for a very, very long time. And guess what they did... They dug it out! And burned it so you can play your Nintendos. And they did this night and day. When you burn coal (or anything!) you release a lot of things, mainly carbon compounds like CO2. CO2 is not very fun because it rises into the air and forms a cuddly blanket around the world, trapping heat (easy experiment!). Which is good for plants (like poison ivy!), but too much of it can make the world very hot for horsies and humans. You see, the world has gone on for a very long time without all of this coal in its' natural cycle, but now we are burning a whole lot of it, very quickly and the sky (which is only about 60 miles thick, your dad could drive to space in an hour!) is very thin, so naturally, things are going to get very hot if we do not slow down or stop digging up dead plants and dinosaurs and burning them night and day! THE END

[apod.nasa.gov]

mfaerber

Subterfuge

dazzledog

Also, it shows how if China has it that bad, we shouldn't just continue what we're doing until we have insane smog and go "Oh! Now its time to be energy efficient!" We should be energy efficient NOW to avoid that from happening.

daftrok

[www.businessinnovationinsider.com]

daftrok

Michai

Discofunk

What brand is it, and where can I get one?

@daftrok:"That's smog over China."

And we're responsible for Chinese smog, how?

GadgetPlay

Tsumi91

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daftrok

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daftrok

[earthobservatory.nasa.gov]

That's smog over China. So I don't give a fuck about the Polar bears losing their precious ice in the poles (go to Canada you pussies!) nor do I care that its 2 degrees hotter in the summer. I don't want to breathe smog. That's why I want myself and others to be energy efficient.

daftrok

shenanigans

djdare

daftrok

shenanigans

This green crap is really really getting old though, seriously guys. I'm not saying I'm a wasteful prick, much to the contrary, I am conscious of my usage, because I pay the fucking bill, and that's how it should be. Do people really need another LCD to tell them that turning on the big on uses energy, and they should probably shut off lights when they leave the room?

djdare

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