On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Howard Brazee wrote: > If the overcast is a pollution as a result of two hundred thousand years > of sorcery, then has the rate of pollution gone up since the interregnum? I think a standard riposte would be, maybe the new Orb is hybrid. I think Paarfi would mention noticeable differences in the overcast, and I continue to think a significant loss of sunlight would have a strong effect on agriculture and hence society.