In an ill-conceived attempt to combat global warming, scientists in Beijing, China have finally succeeded in [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21005228]completely blocking out the sun[/url]. Once they realized the smokescreen was actually toxic to humans, and ironically, contributing to greenhouse warming effects, [url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/world/asia/china-smog-blanket/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+World%29]the government finally stepped in issued alerts for all children and elderly to remain indoors and avoid breathing if at all possible[/url]. It halted driving and production at major factories around town to ease the demand on coal plant and let the city, literally, come up for air.
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