Scientists Want to Stop Global Warming With Giant Mirrors

So here's the plan: build a cannon that is six tenths of a mile across (0.6 mile) and use it to launch mirrors into orbit a million miles above the earth's surface. Those mirrors will deflect enough sunlight to save us from global warming.

Well, honestly, this is one of the more realistic ideas I've seen for saving us from global warming. Wonder how long before Al Gore jumps in and takes credit for inventing it.

The idea was (really) invented by Dr. Roger Angel at the University of Arizona and would only cost about $350 trillion in funding. He's put in for a grant from Obama's administration right now. It will create at least thirty green jobs, so it's got a better cost to job ratio than most of Obama's plans so far.

NASA has agreed to fund a pilot project.

Doubters include Utah's Senator Orrin Hatch (R), who thinks the project is "unrealistic" and "too expensive in a downward economy." He then proceeded to talk about his latest anti-flag burning amendment he's proposed in Congress.