Geo-Engineering to stop Climate Change

MattSparkes writes "Following the latest report of the United Nations climate change panel, there has been a flurry of renewed interest in so-called geo-engineering. This is the theory of using technological schemes to stop climate change. These can range from sun-shades orbiting the Earth, to pumping millions of tonnes of sulfur into the atmosphere to the bizarre idea of painting the ground white to reflect more light. Let's reduce our emissions now, before I have to go and paint my roof bright white." Thanks to jamie for pointing out another potential solution of seeding the southern oceans with iron to spur plankton growth.

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Re:Halt!

[waif69]

More real climatologists are popping up and stating that the concept of man-made global warming isn't real. The real issue is the rest of the world wants to punish the US and have them pay some sort of UN tax. In the 1970's the press reported stories that the planet was cooling and we needed to change how and what we do in industry and how people consume to alter global weather. Either the attempt to change the global weather from the 1970's caused the global warming and the environazi's were very wrong then or they are wrong now or they are just plain wrong and want to blame everything on mankind and want to deal with their guilt for being rich or successful or something.

Re:anything

[m0rph3us0]

Not driving IS a TRILLION DOLLAR PLAN. People think the benefits of a car are simply free. Exactly what type of fucking vehicle do you think they deliver your groceries in moron?

If you want a cooler planet you don't drive and not use electricity, because I don't care and I like driving I'll keep driving my car.

The main problem with Global Warming is it's driven by the sun so there is fuck all we can do about it anyways.

Re:anything

[robophobe]

Ah, the real agenda emerges! New taxes! I thought I smelled a rat. Real cost my ass! The left has found a convenient and convincing new club to beat us with. The threat of global warming. This is just another excuse to extract my hard earned wages from me. Now I'll have to pay a tax for my "CO2 footprint".

This has been tried before. In the 70's our so-called climate experts were crying doom and gloom over global cooling. They were convinced that we would be in trouble in 10 years. I would laugh my ass off were it not for those who are buying in to this new hysteria.