So I was burning caps and set off the fire alarm. I was expecting my door to be bashed down by firemen, but luckily so such destruction occurred. Lesson learned? The smoke threshhold of my apartment is two rolls of caps. Never burn more than that inside a ten minute period.
In other “explosion and smoke” news, Israel has bought 500 of the big bunker-buster bombs (BLU-109) from the US (more). These have one purpose in mind: taking out Iran's nuclear facilities (which they built in response to Israel's 200 nuclear bombs; more). Israel doesn't tend to fuck around, so even though Iran has been parading around its Shahab-3 missiles (thanks for your help, North Korea) to deter Israel, a sandbox brawl is certainly in the cards.
But all of this is just a distraction from the real problems.
Since the 1970s, Arctic Ocean temperatures have risen five degrees. For the first time in known human history, the Siberian coastline is ice-free. This is largely because of our increased CO2 levels, which allow solar radiation to enter the atmosphere but then don't allow it to bouce back out. Even if we stopped CO2 emissions growth RIGHT NOW, we'd still be at 520ppm by 2100, and even with a sustained 3% growth rate (very low), we'll hit 1,100 ppm by 2100.
The threshhold point for run-away environmental collapse is estimated to be 450ppm. In order to keep from hitting this we need to stop our emissions growth by about 2010, and dramatically reduce it every year after that. This is simply not going to happen.
My advice? Buy a good mountainbike and a crossbow.
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