Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, Installed by the European Union

By Mark Steyn at The Corner

Andrew, speaking of the drain from Spain, you don’t know the half of it. Leading climatologist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings us up to speed on the latest settled science:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Western countries of plotting to “cause drought” in Iran by using high tech equipment to drain the clouds of raindrops… 

“Western countries have designed plans to cause drought in certain areas of the world, including Iran,” Mr Ahmadinejad said in the city of Arak in Markazi province.

“According to reports on climate, whose accuracy has been verified, European countries are using special equipment to force clouds to dump” their water on their continent, he said.

By doing so, “they prevent rain clouds from reaching regional countries, including Iran,” Mr Ahmadinejad charged.

Iran has experienced several droughts in recent years.

But don’t tell me the sinister Eurocrat in charge of cloud draining, monitoring the speech back in his office in Brussels, doesn’t have a sense of humor:

Moments after the Iranian president made the startling claim at the inauguration of a dam in a central province, it started to rain.

Much as I’d like to believe him, I think these “raindrop exchanges” are far more likely to be a low-key pilot scheme for the next level of “offset trading”. I’d bet Al Gore’s already on his way to his second billion from it.