We have a huge winter like storm coming...How can I slow down Global Cooling?

Question

I bought the gas hog car

I threw out all those dim light energy saving bulbs

I still do not think i am doing my part

Answer 1

Where I live, it is common the see winter storms through March, April and into May. By the way, winter is the result of the tilting of Earth's axis, not "global cooling".

Answer 2

Personally I'm burning as much wood as possible

Answer 3

Wow, my fuel bill (for heat) went up like 40% this winter...yeah, we should work on this Global Cooling crisis!!

Answer 4

When I was a girl growing up in the '50's in Canada, the winters were just like the one you're experiencing now, every year.  What is not normal to me is how there is sometimes no snow on the ground for Xmas in Canada.

Answer 5

By emitting more hot air about things you don't understand.

Skeptic argument:   It's cold this winter in (fill in the blanks)  Kalamazoo, China or whatever.

"Objection:  It was way colder than normal today in Wagga Wagga, proof that there is no global warming."

"Does this even deserve an answer? If we must ..."

"Answer:  The chaotic nature of weather means that no conclusion about climate can ever be drawn from a single data point, hot or cold. The temperature of one place at one time is just weather, and says nothing about climate, much less climate change, much less global climate change."

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/10...

And one winter is by far too small of a time frame to be meaningful when talking about global climate change over long periods of time.

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Skeptic argument.  They predicted global cooling in the seventies.

"It is true that there were some predictions of an "imminent ice age" in the 1970s, but a cursory comparison of those warnings and today's reveals a huge difference."

"Today, you have a widespread scientific consensus, supported by national academies and all the major scientific institutions, solidly behind the warning that the temperature is rising, anthropogenic CO2 is the primary cause, and it will worsen unless we reduce emissions."

"In the 1970s, there was a book in the popular press, a few articles in popular magazines, and a small amount of scientific speculation based on the recently discovered glacial cycles and the recent slight cooling trend from air pollution blocking the sunlight. There were no daily headlines. There was no avalanche of scientific articles. There were no United Nations treaties or commissions. No G8 summits on the dangers and possible solutions. No institutional pronouncements. You could find broader "consensus" on a coming alien invasion."

http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/11...

Answer 6

Tell the sun to brighten up a little.

Answer 7

Not much, unfortunately. There are lots of things we could do to stop warming, but cooling is much tougher. You could eat more beef so they raise more flatulent cows to produce methane, plant trees since they also produce methane and that's 21 times as potent a greenhouse gas as CO2 is. You'd need to stop polluting the air, though, since it's (ironically) one of the things that are supposedly keeping global warming in check thru dimming.

I think what we need is to install giant satellites that can either cool or heat the planet, then let the UN decide which it should be. After all, they're the ones who decided that temp 100 years ago was the absolutely perfect global temp, who else would you trust with that power? <end sarcasm>

If it does begin to get cooler we could launch a few solar collectors and beam that energy down to an Earth station and use it to produce heat. But I doubt it will be enough to stop a full ice age so I'm hoping it's not that serious. Here's hoping the solar cycle finally kicks in!