Arctic ice could be gone by 2040

[lendaddy]

Couldn't we replace the ice with Gore and companies unsold books and DVD's thus offsetting the displacement losses?

[fastpat]

Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I think he is on to something here. All we have to do to counteract the effect of the melting ice is to kill off all the whales.

What kind of dog do you use for that?

[Nathans_Dad]

Originally posted by fastpat
What kind of dog do you use for that?

One that can swim REALLY well...

[Aerkuld]

Originally posted by IROC
...The problem would be that reducing the surface area of the ice is going to reduce the amount of energy reflect back into space and increase the rate of heating which will melt more ice...

Mike

Why not just cover the poles with all those pirated CD's and DVD's from China instead of crushing and burning them?

Would this then reverse the theory that decreasing numbers of pirates is the cause of global warming ?