Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines

lucidkoan writes "Environmentalists have long argued about whether geoengineering (using technology to alter the climate) is a good way to tackle climate change. But the tactic has some heavy hitters on its side, including Bill Gates. The Microsoft founder recently announced plans to invest $300,000 into research for machines that suck up seawater and spray it into the air, seeding white clouds that reflect rays of sunlight away from Earth. The machines, developed by a San Francisco-based research group called Silver Lining, turn seawater into tiny particles that can be shot up over 3,000 feet in the air. The particles increase the density of clouds by increasing the amount of nuclei contained within."

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when I stuck my tongue out when it rained, I didn't taste any salt at all,

If I was choosing my nick again I would be the RTFT-TROLL (yes; that loud)

Here it is; the article title again, but this time a bit marked up for those of you so bloody stupid you can't see it.

Science: Bill Gates Funds Seawater-Spraying Cloud Machines on 2010-05-10 23:35

and a marked up an excerpt from the summary.

[...] The Microsoft founder recently announced plans to invest $300,000 into research for machines that suck up seawater and spray it into the air, seeding white clouds that reflect rays of sunlight away from Earth. [...]

P.S. Typical of Gates, that he's investing into a speculative solution into solving a problem he has a large responsibility for (just like drugs and vaccines for people who've been deprived of them by his IPR policies) still, better than a kick in the teeth. Many of our tycoon overlords don't even bother with this level of "largesse".

P.P.S. In case that wasn't enough of a troll to start a "discussion" I'll just post a link to someone who seems to have done the calculation whether this can help enough and found it can't; maybe we just need to start cutting down on fossil fuel use now??