1 September 2012 - photosynthesis 4

One further note on photosynthesis: Who needs it? It is because Earth’s air is transparent that we have hurricanes and droughts and all the other damaging weather. With the proper pollution, the air becomes opaque and the sun heats only the top of the atmosphere, forming a simple and stable set of air layers. Of course the plants will all die, but there’ll be enough for this generation, the only one that matters.