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.'"

Comments

Re:Reducing emissions does nothing

[CRCulver]

But then the trees would suck up precious water resources, worsening Earth's water crisis.

Re:Global warming is a scam.

[timmarhy]

sorry, the sun IS responsible for global warming, which supports life on earth.

your other problem is that other planets are indeed warming as well.

the biggest beef i have with popular global warming is that CO2 does not, and never has, been a significant greenhouse gas. but suddenly it's responsible for our planets temp???! the sun and water vapour is the key driver, the classic diagram of CO2 reflecting heat like a green house is an outright lie - that function is provided by water vapour.

Re:Or else ...

[CrimsonAvenger]

Or we could just have a brief and rather blunt conversation with our friends in the coal, oil and beef industries.

Yep. Shut those industries down.

Then, after 90+% of the world's population dies off, the remaining 10-% can continue to live as men were "meant to live" (pretty much the way our ancestors lived 20000 years ago - the phrase you're searching for is "nasty, brutish, and short").

The only quick fix to the problem requires a massive human die-off. Until you're willing to lead that die-off by example, stop wasting time suggesting that that's the ideal answer to the problem.

Note, by the by, that if we shut down all the evil power industries (coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear), then we would no long be able to make those fluffy green power industries that some people are so enamoured of - it takes power, and lots of it, to build solar panels or windmills in industrial quantities.