I haven't written here in months, but I just got a cellphone call from a friend 'in high places', who tells me that there's a new initiative, headed up by Al Gore and the IPCC, to make a dramatic move in the Global Warming situation.
Basically, the idea is to cover the earth's poles in aluminum foil (that's hard to write, given that my native language has it at 'aluminium'). The idea is that we will be able to reflect back the sun's energy, so that the ice under the foil will no longer melt (as it will then be in shade).
More details after the jump....
The Canadian company ALCAN has agreed to produce up to a million square miles of aluminum foil, at cost price, for the project as it's viability emerges. It seems that ALCAN wishes to make known that it takes social responsibility seriously, and wants to build some social recompense for the millions of Coke and Pepsi cans it has produced. Yay! Great news.
Implementation details have yet to be worked out.
I'll update as I hear more.