Cold-hammered Crazy Stupid

When we're talking about anthropogenic global warming nutballs, this is the mentality with which we're dealing. It's from a government BBS, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, in the "Ask a Scientist" portion of the site:

[Q:] If we do not do enough to thwart Global Warming, and the oceans start to rise, could we use the effects of Nuclear Winter to offset global warming? Of course we would have to be careful about radiation and radioactive contamination by using the cleanest possible nuclear devices.

[A:] This is a good question...

NO IT ISN'T. It's a fucking retarded question. It may be the most retarded question in the entire history of retarded questions. The only possible response to this question is: "You are retarded. Go away."

Yet the so-called scientists fielded the question as though the questioner actually possessed functioning brain cells.

But wait! That's not all! Upon reading further into the responses, I'm not sure who is nuttier:

I wonder if we could not provide the shade with less potential harm than nuclear explosions would cause, such as putting a huge tarpaulin into earth orbit to create a solar eclipse.

/facepalm

This is the fruit of our universities, folks. Are you scared yet? I am.