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UK Royal Society Claims Geo-Engineering Feasible
krou writes "The BBC is reporting that a UK Royal Society report claims that geo-engineering proposals to combat the effects of climate change are 'technically possible.' Three of the plans considered showed the most promise: 'CO2 capture from ambient air'; enhancing 'natural reactions of CO2 from the air with rocks and minerals'; and 'Land use and afforestation'. They also noted that solar radiation management, while some climate models showed them to be ineffective, should not be ignored. Possible suggestions included: 'a giant mirror on the Moon; a space parasol made of superfine aluminum mesh; and a swarm of 10 trillion small mirrors launched into space one million at a time every minute for the next 30 years.'"
Nice to see they consulted Wyle E. Cyote.
Seriously, how about a chalk farm?
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
the solution is ... one big tin foil hat for earth?
If they each have a tiny self destruct device onboard? What could possibly go wrong there?
Did you watch the video?
The laws of physics have not changed.
Contrails are ice crystals that dissipate within minutes.
Chemtrails are a proven fact.
http://tinyurl.com/aerosolcrimes
I suppose you don't mind breathing aluminum, barium and all the other goodies in the "clouds".
http://tinyurl.com/globalwarmingisascam
"In the short term, the BFG hopes to offer an on-demand (i.e. dedicated launch) suborbital service..."
They couldn't have named their company better ! :p
not to Australians like me ... there's so little water here that we have to survive on beer.
Yeah, because a minor detail mentioned in passing in one paragraph of the trilogy ruins its bold dramatic arc.
Yeah... fire millions of mirrors in the sky while keeping the rate of earth raping as it is... What about throwing giant ice cubes in the sea, thus solving the global warming problem ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Tell me, how's the weather on Venus at this time of year?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
And in contradiction to yourself, trees are actually responsible for helping create water. Ever seen a desert with trees? Nope...
Also, trees create wind. Notice how whenever it's windy, the trees are always flapping about?
Blah!
You prove it.
You will believe what you want and I will too.
You will ignore the facts that indicate you are wrong and so will I.
Your world view does not match mine and that is fine.
I listen, I just don't buy it.
You go on and trust the fear mongers that want to take us back to the stone age to solve a false problem.
Why are you so concerned?
Put your mercury laden cf light bulbs in your sockets. Drive your prius around and think about killing yourself off to save the planet.
My scientist are right and yours are wrong.
http://tinyurl.com/depopulationreality
which is made with? I'm sure the liquid mixed with the malt, barley (or other grain) and hops is potable water.
News bulletin: We've already fucked with it. (Without understanding).
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Yes, just another instance of the onion-type repair model. Once a problem has become obvious, create another layer to fix the problem. Reminds me of a code-comment like 'hack to circumvent the bug created by the fix
CC.
TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
Order of magnitude estimates are perfectly reasonable, especially given the uncertainties involved here.