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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostI think you are rather gullible...
a troll
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Heating our homes for free will also save us from the approaching Ice Age.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWe'll all have solar panels and wind farms that will heat our homes for free and save us from Global Warming.

That reminds me, in the old Ice Age-fearing days of the seventies, scientists hatched a cunning plan to cover the Arctic ice with black dye, but I can't remember what for.
Or it might have been soot.Comment
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It will retain more heat if its black, thereby stopping the expansion of the ice sheet.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostHeating our homes for free will also save us from the approaching Ice Age.
That reminds me, in the old Ice Age-fearing days of the seventies, scientists hatched a cunning plan to cover the Arctic ice with black dye, but I can't remember what for.
Or it might have been soot.Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Ah bless. Just turn up your gas fire in your Swindon ex-council house and get cosy. Live the thinking to those who can.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWe'll all have solar panels and wind farms that will heat our homes for free and save us from Global Warming.
Hard Brexit now!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ja...eather-britainOriginally posted by sasguru View PostAh bless. Just turn up your gas fire in your Swindon ex-council house and get cosy. Live the thinking to those who can.
Brrrrrr.Comment
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I keep warm by burning copies of the Guardian. If I ever catch that Polly Toynbee I'll splash out on extra fuel just to make sure.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostComment
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Yes, that was it. To stop all that shiney ice and snow reflecting the sun's radiation back into space.Originally posted by ratewhore View PostIt will retain more heat if its black, thereby stopping the expansion of the ice sheet.
But if it retained the heat it would melt and trickle away wouldn't it, and you'd have to put a new coat on it every day or so?
Oh I don't know. It was supposed to be cunning anyway.Comment
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