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**mv37afnr** · 01-18-2010, 09:45 PM

Actually a volcanic eruption (a big one) would cool down the earth.

In SUPERFREAKNOMICS, less statistics than their first book, but just as interesting, they take on global warming in a chapter, one of the things discussed is on volcanic eruption, nice read.

Of course, hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming is roughly the equivalent of hoping to lose one of your legs in an auto accident as a strategy for losing weight. It is highly effective in the short term, but offers mid-term inconveniences, and does nothing to stop the problem in the long run.

01-18-2010, 09:45 PM	#8
mv37afnr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Actually a volcanic eruption (a big one) would cool down the earth. In SUPERFREAKNOMICS, less statistics than their first book, but just as interesting, they take on global warming in a chapter, one of the things discussed is on volcanic eruption, nice read. Of course, hoping for a volcanic eruption to slow global warming is roughly the equivalent of hoping to lose one of your legs in an auto accident as a strategy for losing weight. It is highly effective in the short term, but offers mid-term inconveniences, and does nothing to stop the problem in the long run.
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