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Global loss of daylight can be added to the list of the world's serious problems. People don't take it seriously but if things keep going this way we won't ever have sunshine and natural light again. Solar power will be crippled, forcing recourse to fossil fuels and worsening the greenhouse effect and AGW.
This little-noticed but highly dangerous problem has been developing for at least five months or so, probably longer. I have confirmed this by emails to friends in Canada, Poland and the UK.
Just as an example, where I live, near New York City, we have dropped from over 15 hours of daylight to just over 9 hours in recent months. An effort was made back in early November to stop the trend. This has worked for the mornings, temporarily but been counterproductive at night.
At the very least the U.N. must get involved. We cannot go on destroying the earth and not caring.
This little-noticed but highly dangerous problem has been developing for at least five months or so, probably longer. I have confirmed this by emails to friends in Canada, Poland and the UK.
Just as an example, where I live, near New York City, we have dropped from over 15 hours of daylight to just over 9 hours in recent months. An effort was made back in early November to stop the trend. This has worked for the mornings, temporarily but been counterproductive at night.
At the very least the U.N. must get involved. We cannot go on destroying the earth and not caring.