DARPA Invented the Internet, Now It Will Stop Global Warming

Written by Tina Casey
Published on March 16th, 2009
3 Comments

Earth in SpaceIf you don’t know what DARPA is, you will soon.  The Defense Advanced Research Group invented the internet back in 1969, and now it has set its sights on geoengineering a cure for global warming.  What does that mean? For one thing, it means that a communications network originally designed for national defense somehow morphed into Perez Hilton, D-Listed, and TMZ.  For another — well, now that DARPA has put algae-fuel and bioplastic plastic fuel on its A-list, let’s hope that so-called clean coal project gets the D-listed treatment.

h/t to sciencemag via talking points memo.

Image: ugenro on flickr.

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3 Responses to “DARPA Invented the Internet, Now It Will Stop Global Warming”

  1. Allan Says:
    March 16th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    It will be fun to see DARPA hit a brick wall, called The Sun, which is now coming into focus as the cause of Earth, Mars, etc., getting warmer, short term.

    Be pretty tough controlling that, won’t it?

  2. akamarkman Says:
    March 16th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Dear Allan,

    http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/607/

    http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F16.html

    ;)

  3. g Says:
    March 17th, 2009 at 2:25 am

    i might be showing my youth but didn’t al gore invent the internet and global warming?

    i’m sorry. i couldn’t resist. :-)

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