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"buying some time" would be the most underwhelming use of such a technology. If you are putting large enough sunshade to change the climate, you can use it to a
by chr1 7y ago
"buying some time" would be the most underwhelming use of such a technology. If you are putting large enough sunshade to change the climate, you can use it to actually control the weather, make sahara green, make siberia warm, melt greenland ice sheet in controlled way moving it to antarctic.
- _ph_ 7y agoMaking the Sahara green is a good idea, Siberia warm, much less so. Actually the thawing of the perma frost is currently one big danger, as it would release a massive amount of greenhous gases (mostly methane).
- chr1 7y agoYou would do it in a controlled manner so that the amount of released gases from arctic is compensated by gases absorbed by greening deserts.
- PaulHoule 7y agoIncreasing CO2 is very bad for the oceans and has mixed effects on crops. We may want to remove carbon with biochar, iron seeding, etc. Fast or thermal breeder reactors with a high outlet temperature (e.g. Fast Flux Test Facility) coupled to a low cost gas turbine generator set could push fossil fuels out of the market in some places.