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.'"

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Frist stop!

[Anonymous Coward]

Geo-engineered first goatse.

Global warming is a scam.

[tail.man]

Global warming is a scam.

http://tinyurl.com/globalwarmingisascam

They are geo-engineering the planet already..

Anybody ever look at the sky?

http://tinyurl.com/aerosolcrimes

Re:Global warming is a scam.

[tail.man]

You believe what you want.
The entire climate change issue is loaded "pseudo-science" on both sides.
You don't need to be a scientist to realize which side is correct.
The nasa article in the link speaks for itself.
I don't care who John Coleman is what he says makes sense.
The court case involving the gw swindle ended in a decision that the content was essentially true.
Excess CO2 has nothing to do with global warming in fact rising CO2 is an effect of increased global temps not a cause.
The US senate means nothing. The hundreds of scientists that disagree with the climate change fraud do.
Think for yourself for a minute. CO2 is what we exhale and what plants inhale. A good case can be made for the good caused by a warming planet. The facts indicate that there has not been any warming. Studies have shown that incorrect measurements taken in hot heat island city environments can account for the change.
Natural variation makes a lot more sense than the idiocy of the global warming "proof".
Go on and believe the few "experts" ignore the others and follow what Al Gore says.

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:Global warming is a scam.

[Anonymous Coward]

Go on and believe the Gov is good and we are killing the planet.
The truth is you are being scammed .
The earth is over heating and the bad guys are coming for you.
Kill yourself save the planet.
There are no powerful people that meet and plan and do things that give them more power.
The loving elites/gov/big business want you to be happy, live long and prosper.

http://therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/club-of-rome-the-first-global-revolution/

In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself.

Go back to your gaming console and be the hero that you know you are!

Three?
How about 700?
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=83947f5d-d84a-4a84-ad5d-6e2d71db52d9

Re:Global warming is a scam.

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you name THREE? Reputable environmental scientists, climatologists, even (real) meteorologists? You know, scientists with expertise in the field we're talking about? Do they have any, what's that word, evidence?

Your dont have any evidence either. Just theories and models which assuming the thing that they are trying to prove.

Re:Reducing emissions does nothing

[CRCulver]

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

Or do nothing

[Anonymous Coward]

Or we could just do nothing as there doesn't appear to be any evidence that the world is warming anyway.

Change this line from:

[Anonymous Coward]

"First, we kill all the lawyers" to

"First we kill all the engineers/scientists"

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.