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As someone who grew up hearing stories about the unintended environmental damage caused by many well-intended Corps of Engineers projects, geoengineering makes
by diggernet 10y ago
As someone who grew up hearing stories about the unintended environmental damage caused by many well-intended Corps of Engineers projects, geoengineering makes me cringe.
Edit: I probably should have found a way to use "hubris" in that sentence...
- ScottBurson 10y agoIt's a reasonable concern, but whether to modify the biosphere is not a choice we have any longer. We are modifying it -- that's what all that CO2 that we are already putting into the atmosphere amounts to. Geoengineering is about looking for ways that we can modify it intentionally along with the unintentional modifications we are already making. Caution is certainly warranted, and there is some danger of hubris, but running screaming from the room is not a productive response either.
- diggernet 10y agoYeah, but I'm not running screaming. Just asking that anyone submitting a proposal for geoengineering please include plans of equal or better feasibility and speed for an undo button, should the need arise.