Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Egon Spengler View Post
If everybody recycled, it would actually be very beneficial. Did you know that due to the overpopulation of people in California, Japan, and China, there is an overpopulation of garbage, and it is therefore sent into the ocean, halfway between California and Hawaii? It's just a giant floating waste dump out in the middle of the Pacific, three times larger than the state of Texas. Now that doesn't lead to global warming or anything, but it is disgusting.
That really is ****ing discusting. I know recycleing is important - I do it all the time. But I wouldn't feel guilty if I... lets say... chucked one bit of scrap paper in a waste bin. Not that I would anyway, beause I have a recycleing bag in the kitchen. ^^

Quote Originally Posted by Govinda
Entity, you live in London, right? Isn't the Thames Barrier almost always up these days? I remember when it barely was. That is one effect specific to where you live, and one which will get worse with time.
I imagine so. I've not really been down that end for a while and seen it, but from what I've heard, yes. It's worrying, but... not much you can do about it. They could make it bigger, but then it would become an eye-sore. Oh, then they would have to build a big one along the coast to stop water getting in that way.

I came up with an idea about using soloar panels to power long and very wide tubes of metal which would be used to... re-freeze the ice up north. But it probably wouldn't work, and be a load of crap. Besides, some boffin probably already thought that one up. :/