Global Warming Solved

Nike recently filed a patent application for "a golf ball that includes carbon dioxide absorbents in order that the golf ball may reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to aid in alleviating global warming."

So if we all just play more golf, that global warming thing should be reversed in no time! [via Mother Jones]

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 09, 2013
Category: Inventions | Patents | Sports

Comments

The extra energy needed to make this more complex ball will produce more CO2 than the ball can ever absorb by a factor of a gazillion to one.

Posted by BMN on 11/09/13 at 09:48 AM

Yup, sort'a like electric cars.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/09/13 at 10:10 AM

Can someone invent an item like this that can be used during "fore" play ? :red:

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 11/09/13 at 12:00 PM

Ball-derdash! Now way enough golf gets played to even make a small dent. Not to mention the balls will be expensive and no one will buy them anyway.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/09/13 at 06:38 PM

The sun is the ultimate cause of global warming; so let us just blow up the sun?

Posted by BMN on 11/10/13 at 06:29 AM

Purely an advertising patent. And it's working - we're advertising it.

Anyway, you can't reduce global warming by playing golf, because golf itself is a major cause of hot air.

Posted by Richard Bos on 11/12/13 at 07:59 AM

So true Richard, fishing as well. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/12/13 at 08:23 AM

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