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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.
As an architect, let me say that the moment you try to force me to paint my beautiful roof-top gardens white, I will be forced to get...hostile...
If only "hostile" meant more than "think about sending a nasty e-mail."
Ginga no Rekshiya Mata Each page.
Find some way to vent 20% of the planets atmosphere into space. That should get rid of enough CO2.
... of Futurama.
Let's start dropping giant ice cubes into the sea to stop global warming!
Why enforce silly rules like cutting down emissions if you can come up with a half-baked crazy idea instead?
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The Simpsons: Australia edition
Skinner: Hm, it would be great if we had something to hunt here. I know! Let's import rabits and turn them loose!
Lisa: But they'll have no natural competition and could devastate the ecosystem!
Skinner: Don't be silly, then we'll just turn cats loose. They'll go feral, and the bunnies won't have a chance.
Lisa: But cats are even worse in the wild!
Skinner: Don't be silly, then we can just bring in leopards. You think cats have a chance against them?
Lisa: But leopards are even more dangerous!
Skinner: Don't be silly, if it ever gets bad, we can just give everyone a high-powered rifle and tell them to shoot the leopards on sight.
Lisa: Isn't it kind of dangerous to tell people to fire high-powered rifles at rapidly-moving targets in population centers?
Skinner: Don't be silly, we'll just abolish the right to a trial by jury and have the death penalty for accidental killings. You think anyone's stupid enough to be reckless with a rifle if that's the consequence?
Lisa: But then you'll have a totalitarian government!
Skinner: Ah, but that's the easy part -- then we just vote in a new constitution.
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
How many times do we have to screw up an ecosystem
Don't worry, come winter the apes will all freeze to death.
global warming is a conspiracy by canadians to become the new california and the scandinavians to become the new riviera
fight the canuck/ nordic global consiracy theory! let the truth come out!
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
when faced with climate change, some people just stick their head in the sand and do nothing
that just means your ass gets sunburnt
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it