Combatting Global Warming With Artificial Volcanos?

An anonymous reader writes, "Some scientists are suggesting that a short-term solution to global warming could be to inject sulfate-based aerosols into the stratosphere as a 'sunlight-reflecting, cooling foil.' Tom Wigley of the National Center for Atmospheric Research says that adding just 5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide annually to the stratosphere 'would have a significant influence.'" From the article: "Constant aerosol production also could mean we wouldn't have blue skies anymore, and it could reduce incoming solar radiation enough to hobble such imperatives as replacing fossil fuel with solar energy technologies."

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Global Warming: A Room Temperature Crock of Shit

[Bastardchyld]

I am so tired of hearing about Global Warming. I mean seriously, weather-prediction (meteorology) is an in-exact sceince, it is basically best guess. This is why the Tsunami was able to do the damage it did. There is no way to predict something that is completely random. And bottom line no matter what you meteorology majors think you know it is still random to the Human race, if it wasn't then Natural Disasters would not make the news because we would prevent them.

Besides just cause it got hot this summer does not mean that it is because of anything we did. The earth will go through cycles (hot/cold). Worst case scenario is our emissions will kill every person on this planet (directly) but to think that we could bring about the end of the world is just vain.