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If the efforts are effective, perhaps not. If. But just doing something/anything isn't the same as solving the problem. Building an umbrella over the ice caps i
by jackhack 9y ago
If the efforts are effective, perhaps not. If. But just doing something/anything isn't the same as solving the problem. Building an umbrella over the ice caps is 1) not technologically possible and 2) the secondary effects of the attempt would be extreme, making the original problem much worse if one accepts the premise that human activity releasing CO2 causes global warming.
Again, imagine the amount of fossil fuel needed for mining, manufacturing, transportation, of a reflective panel that can cover 10% of the earth's surface. If indeed CO2 is at the root of this problem, ask yourself if the shade given by this sun shield would offset the manufacturing costs in terms of CO2 release.
It would be more effective to simply plant more trees, or protect the Amazon from logging or somehow convince China to stop building coal-fired power plants, or the whole world to convert to nuclear power. etc.
Or just build a ladder to the moon. This is silly.
- kardos 9y ago> or somehow convince China to stop building coal-fired power plants They are already convinced: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/0303/China-s-coal-consumption-drops-again-boosting-its-leadership-on-climate-change https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/0303/China...
- jack9 9y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/climate/china-energy-companies-coal-plants-climate-change.html?mcubz=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/climate/china-energy-comp... I don't think so. There's not a lot of evidence "they" (meaning the CPC) are convinced of global consequence to stop. The desire for growth outweighs any actual concern for the future of the planet from their perspective. Without direct evidence of outcome, a tyrannical social structure operates from the top, expecting to deal with the future by sacrificing the bottom. The Aztecs, the Pharaohs, the Romans, USSR etc all fell when they external sources overwhelmed the existing mitigation methods (insidiously or violently) and China will probably travel the same route. One might hope it's not the final lasting dynasty 100 years from now.