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Essentially it is covering earth with special clouds. Main problem here is that you can never remove them, if you keep things on earth unchanged then over decad
by jaakl 7y ago
Essentially it is covering earth with special clouds. Main problem here is that you can never remove them, if you keep things on earth unchanged then over decades of our everincreasing energy consumption and co2, methane etc production you just need more and more such protection, until the sun and blue sky is never seen. It is not resolving the problem, it is just hiding it more and more.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoIs it impossible to find suitable compounds that would degrade to a point of no longer working, with a reasonable half-life. So we could reapply or not as surprise to achieve the cooling needed. [fwiw this seems a very high risk strategy to me]
- imtringued 7y agoIn our current political climate this would basically end with climate change denial winning and continuing to do business as usual until all fossil fuels have been burned. Eventually we cannot afford to geoengineer the atmosphere any longer and then it is not just "good night" for humans but for all animals on the planet. I feel this could end up being worse than our current path but it gives us more time for carbon capture to become economical.