Scientists Blocking out the Sun

Ashtangiman writes to tell us The New York Times is running an article about geoengineering in which many solutions to global warming include decreasing the amount of sunlight that the planet sees. The ideas are not new, many have been around for quite some time, however they have been relegated to the fringes of science and many have never been published because of this. From the article: "Geoengineering is no magic bullet, Dr. Cicerone said. But done correctly, he added, it will act like an insurance policy if the world one day faces a crisis of overheating, with repercussions like melting icecaps, droughts, famines, rising sea levels and coastal flooding."

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Life imitates art

[nEoN nOoDlE]

"Mankind has always dreamed of destroying the sun" -- Mr. Burns

This plan has already been covered

Mr. Burns/Gates

[simrook]

Haven't we learned anything from The Simpsons?

If we block out the sun, Mr. Gates will die at the hand of a lollipop suckling 2 year old as he attempts to rench it away.

And that, would be bad for all the starving children he's saving with his foundations.

Won't somebody, please, think of the children!!!