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For those not understanding why aerosols dimming the sky is not a solution is it won't stop ocean acidification and obviously just slows down the warming, not s
by mempko 9mo ago
For those not understanding why aerosols dimming the sky is not a solution is it won't stop ocean acidification and obviously just slows down the warming, not stopping it.
The thing we need to do is remove CO2 but unfortunately that will take more energy than putting it up there is in the first place.
- estearum 9mo agoCritically, it actually builds tension and the risk of a “climate snapback”. Where if humans can’t perpetually dim an ever-increasing amount, then the entire global system snaps back and destroys actually all or nearly all life on earth.
- whimsicalism 9mo agoIt gives us a bridge to figure out sequestration. Snapback is if we go from 100% to 0%, not just if we can't keep up with carbon emissions.
- estearum 9mo agoCan’t figure out carbon taxes today but thankfully we’ll have a knife’s edge to walk on total catastrophe until we figure out sequestration.
- whimsicalism 9mo agoi think we should be exploring all. carbon tax would be great, but currently seems politically impossible outside of Europe (and even challenging within)
- estearum 9mo agoYou’re missing the point: if we can’t find the political will to implement solutions today, why would we find the political will to implement solutions tomorrow?
- whimsicalism 9mo agobecause technological progress means things that were costly and expensive are easier in the future. imagine telling people to stop using gas in 1950. it would have been fully impossible, now avenues are opening up.
- red75prime 9mo agoLower temperatures allow to take advantage of CO2-fertilization unimpeded by heat stress to speed up natural carbon sequestration somewhat. In addition to having less of climate change and its consequences that is.