Nuke Iran, Stop Global Warming

Jules Crittenden, the uber-right Boston Herald columnist, has an idea. He notes an AP article that says a regional nuclear war could easily be enough to touch off a nuclear cooldown and thus:

I nominate North Korea for 100 Hiroshimas. Though Iran, being closer to the equator and dustier, might be a more efficient target. Apparently we need to spread them around, anyway. Fifty each. Done.

We need to get the scientists on this now. The great thing is, everyone can get behind this. Eliminate dangerous extremist terrorist-supporting regimes and save Gaia!

And the trouble is...Crittenden is such an insane uber-right warmonger that while I think he means this as a joke (after all, he doesn't believe in global warming), I cannot be certain.

Meanwhile, in the real world, the BBC reports on the latest data presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, which suggests that the Arctic could be ice free in summer by 2040. That will accelerate climate change, devastate the ecosystems that the world relies upon for its food and water supplies and open up a massive geopolitical can of worms.