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Stop Global Warming With Smog?
lkypnk writes, "The AP is reporting that Nobel Prize winning scientist Paul Crutzen has suggested deliberately spreading a layer of particulate matter in the upper atmosphere to help reflect some of the sun's energy in an effort to combat global warming. He reminds us that the eruption of the volcano Pinatubo in 1991 cooled the planet by as much as 0.9 degrees; he believes his computer simulations show a similar effect from deliberate injection of sulfur into the atmosphere by humans. Whatever the feasibility of the idea, as the president of the National Environmental Trust has said, 'We are already engaged in an uncontrolled experiment by injecting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.'" From the article: "'It was meant to startle the policy makers,' said [Crutzen]. 'If they don't take action much more strongly than they have in the past, then in the end we have to do experiments like this.' ... Serious people are taking Crutzen's idea seriously."
Because solving the base problem is an unattractive, costly proposition that requires environmentally unaware entities to change the way they do business. The problem is not the green guys... And changing the idea of someone else is a heck of a lot harder than changing your own. Right now these others prefer running the risk of blowing up the planet, than reducing their greenhouse gases emissions, or even going to the european model of paying for emissions. It's an economic policy problem, a tragedy of the commons.
If that were true, I'd certainly vote for him, because being flooded by "refugees from oppressed nations" (translation: population surplus from irresponsibly breeding 3rd world populations) is much worse than global warming.
Just look at what is happening in Paris. Or London. Or Los Angeles. Or Miami. Or any place with a large 3rd-world population.
Or just compare the flooding of New Orleans with the flooding of areas many times bigger (both in area and population) in Taiwan a couple of years ago, Romania last year, Bulgaria 2 years ago or central Europe a couple of years ago.
Global warming will be bad enough as it is. No need to make it worse by importing irresponsibility, criminality, overpopulation and disease from the 3rd world.
Be happy if you are lead by politicians who actually do their job (caring about the people who voted them into office is their job. Caring about 3rd world countries is not)
Greetings from Austria to Australia.