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The most feasible approach for bringing about a new period of glacial growth.

Dear Evil Engineer,

I previously wrote to you seeking advice on how to nudge the Earth into an orbit further from the Sun to bring down temperatures to something more comfortable. Unfortunately, you were right – the plan was beyond my powers. I’ve been left looking very silly in my efforts to make it happen.

Now I’m looking for an alternative way to cool Earth down – ideally enough to bring about a new ice age. Could you provide me with more advice?

Yours, A yeti

Dear yeti,

I am very sorry to hear about the failure of your last scheme. Keep in mind that every failure is just another step in your journey towards world domination. This is particularly true for us in the villainy sector, where being made to look silly is – in my experience – the most common origin story of them all.

As to your question about bringing about a new ice age, while I hesitate to correct a yeti on its terminology, by ‘ice age’ I suspect...