Not sure whether to laugh or cry....UK/US "causing drought"

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at this story

It's sad because people are being lied to, but it's hilarious what that newspaper can come up with

I saw that - I can't remember which way round it was exactly - but something like - our crap has been floating over north Africa making it less warm than it otherwise would be because sunlight was being reflected back out to space rather than being absorbed by the ground (an heating up the atmosphere). If we cut down our particualte pollution things get even worse (particularly for that area).

Aren't Jared Diamond and David Bellamy having a Gould/Dawkins fight at the minute about this?

On the ?all under water in 200 years? thread Chandra mentions Global dimming - is that that what you describe Zebra?

Also, did anyone see that documentary by the other Theroux brother about green energy/nuclear power debate? It was very interesting. I read James Lovelock doesn't support wind energy either.

David Bellamy admits that his data was mainly based on someone mis-typing the statistics.

Sorry, yes it's Bellamy/Monbiot isn't it? JUst (trying) to read Jared Diamonds Collapse at the minute. Should take me about 200 years the rate I'm going!