Brain Dump

I've discussed this before, but clearly the WH wasn't listening as their science specialists are using taxpayer money to study the possibility of dimming the sun by putting stuff in the air. You know like volcanic ash. Oh, wait, they're ignoring all the volcanic eruptions because we can't possibly learn anything from nature because man is somehow smarter. Let's ignore the world changing eruptions. Countdown from All That's Interesting, yes, it's real website. Mount St. Helens, 1980, was the largest in USA history but nothing compared to others. Thera 1645-1500 BC, you know, the one that created Santorini, Greece. Vesuvius 79 AD and Tambora 1815 - personal favorite as it created the Year Without Summer (that title doesn't raise any warning flags, apparently); I have to work it into my Regency stories. Krakatoa 1883, and let's not forget Mount Pinatubo 1991, which is still affecting the planet. It doesn't take a science degree to know that dimming the sun is a stupid idea. It's like these "experts" never opened a book and think they can invent the wheel from scratch better than it was done the first time. And yes, that's a heavy dose of sarcasm. None are so blind as those who refuse to see.