Barb McQuade: I thought the hazy sunrises and sunsets in Michigan this week were cool until...

[CaptYossarian]

2. Not only is the population doubling, at least we Americans are getting larger.

Eventually, this should have an effect on the Earth's gravity. It wouldn't be for a few generations, but it seems to be inevitable.

And what is the released carbon from these mega-fires doing to the present climate change? That would also get worse.

I don't doubt that the smoke from those states have hit Michigan. I seem to remember reading that ash from Mount St. Helens went around the Northern Hemisphere and arrived back in Washington again.

I'm sick of the American oil-garchs bribing the GOP to lie about our planet's future. Koch Industries run ALEC and are behind shadow groups like Club For Growth and Americans For Prosperity. This crap is a direct result of that damn Citizens United eff-up by the Supreme Court. It's our turn to stack the court and save all the species and the only home we've got.