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**Written by Doug Powers

What do you suppose is the carbon footprint of just the study of global warming? The study of anthropogenic global warming just has to be one of the leading causes of anthropogenic global warming, yet the industry is continually given a pass things like this:

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite plummeted into the Pacific Ocean after a failed launch attempt Friday, the second-straight blow to NASA’s weakened environmental monitoring program.

The Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Glory satellite lifted off early Friday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, but fell to the sea several minutes later. The same thing happened to another climate-monitoring satellite two years ago with the same type of rocket.

Before too long you’ll be able to walk across the Pacific all the way from Al Gore’s seaside California mansion to Japan without getting wet by only stepping on global warming satellite and rocket wreckage — which will require purchasing carbon credits from Al Gore to offset of course so things like this don’t lead to an environmental disaster.

**Written by Doug Powers

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