And there I thought I was crazy...

For while now I have had the feeling that it got darker over the past years. Not in sunshine, but when there were loads of clouds, I had the feeling that it didn't used to be so dark when I was a kid. Since I'm generally known to have a screw lose I thought I was imagining things. However, turns out global warning is not what we should worry about but Global Dimming. Less sunlight is getting through our athmosphere because the shit we pollute it with reflects sunlight and also makes clouds thicker and stay thick longer. "Over the past 50 years, the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth has decreased by about 3% a decade."

This also explains why it gets loads colder in places with not much sunshine (global dimming) and a lot hotter yet in countries without much clouds (global warming).

Also water does not evaporate as fast anymore, since less sunrays are reaching the oceans.

If you're interested, some articles here:
www.guardian.co.uk
www.contrails.nl
and good old wikipedia

I just wish people would stop being so selfish and greedy with the oil industry and stop boycotting environmental friendly research. Argh!