'''Nuclear winter''' is the [[theory]] that large-scale [[nuclear]] [[war]] would cause a global cooling effect, because soot and smoke would block out the [[sun]] for a prolonged period of time.
[[Fred Singer]] said:
:*I always considered "nuclear winter" to be a hoax and scientifically incorrect—and have said so in my Nightline debate with [[Carl Sagan]]. The data from the [[Kuwait]] oil fires support this view. Actually, nuclear explosions would create a strong [[greenhouse effect]] and cause warming rather than cooling. Let's hope we never have to find out. [http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=9551] [[categoryCategory:articles proposed for deletionTheories]]