Could watching TV be responsible for killing polar bears, changing weather patterns, and causing food shortages, all signs of global warming? Seems like it. "A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming, reports an ABC News. "Almost half of the televisions sold around the globe so far this year have been plasma or LCD TVs. But this boom could be coming at a huge environmental cost. The gas, widely used in the manufacture of flat screen TVs, is estimated to be 17,000 times as powerful as carbon dioxide." Read more -- or, if you want to start saving the Earth immediately, stop using your flat screen, don't buy any more of them, and start watching TV on Fancast. It's the least you can do to save the planet, and the least has never been more entertaining.
