"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Clouds Save Earth from Runaway Greenhouse Hell
"Look to Venus, and gulp. On our planet's twin, the atmosphere is toxic and at 460 °C, the temperature is high enough to melt zinc. Earth was thought to be immune from such a fevered state, but a new study suggests we shouldn't be quite so complacent – if it wasn't for clouds we would already be in trouble."
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