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What sort of geoengineering project could a country the size of NZ undertake on its own though? Certainly nothing that will make any difference to global climat
by wizofaus 3y ago
What sort of geoengineering project could a country the size of NZ undertake on its own though? Certainly nothing that will make any difference to global climate - at best they might find ways to control cloud-cover and/or rainfall over its own territory. And "legal permission" mightn't be an issue, but if one country decides to undertake a geoengineering project that's fully expected to have a significant negative impact on other ones, they can certainly expect military retaliation.
- tptacek 3y agoThose are two coherent rebuttals. "But it will do harm than good" or "it will have unintended consequences", on the other hand, aren't. But in the thought exercise here, consider that military retaliation just pushes the moment that a climate-threatened country will respond with geoengineering into the future --- to the point where the cost of military intervention is lower than that of climate change. I don't know, though, I'm just noodling.