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Should We Cool Earth?
« on: June 10, 2018, 11:58:05 am »
Should We Cool Earth?

Amid climate inaction, scientists confront an idea that scares them.
By Nathaniel Scharping
 

Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, spewing millions of tons of ash and chemicals into the atmosphere. Over the next year, large parts of Earth cooled by almost a full degree Fahrenheit.

Volcanoes historically have caused some of the planet’s sharpest temperature drops. In addition to ash and fire, they belch sulfur dioxide that lingers as a fine particle spray called an aerosol. These aerosols help Earth’s atmosphere reflect incoming light, creating a cooling effect.

Some scientists speculate that seeding such sulfur aerosols — absent fiery eruptions — could someday be a Hail Mary to counteract climate change. The idea is called geoengineering. Picture fleets of aircraft ferrying sulfur across the stratosphere year-round.

http://discovermagazine.com/2018/jun/should-we-cool-earth
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2018, 04:24:54 pm »
Good grief, no!  What are they thinking? 
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2018, 04:40:50 pm »
Oh, yeah, because Ice ages are such wonderful things for humankind.

Oh, wait. Humanity has traditionally done best during the warmer intervals. Just think of how much landmass would have more survivable winters if it was a few degrees warmer, and how much would be uninhabitable if it were a few degrees colder. Where I live was once under over 2km of Ice, and dammit, I don't want my property values going down because some twit in SoCal wants to save on their air conditioning. 
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2018, 04:49:22 pm »
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2018, 04:53:22 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 10, 2018, 04:49:22 pm

Cold induced shrinkage. Should be an 'inny'....
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2018, 06:13:13 pm »
It's 62 for a high in Oregon.
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2018, 06:17:55 pm »
Quote from: darroll on June 10, 2018, 06:13:13 pm
It's 62 for a high in Oregon.

Is that normal this time of year there?
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2018, 08:51:52 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 10, 2018, 06:17:55 pm
Is that normal this time of year there?
No. (Usually lower 70's)
I have seen it snow and ruin our Forth of July Picnic.
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2018, 09:04:59 pm »
As if Man were even capable of such a thing.
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« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2018, 09:18:47 pm »
As a general proposition, we human beings cannot cool the planet any more than we can warm it.

When "science" fails to eschew either politics or hubris, it can no longer honestly claim to be motivated by an interest in discovering truth.
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2018, 09:29:34 pm »
Earth...
Is and always has been a tempestuous cauldron.
Claiming to be able to "control" the Earth is the epitome of narcissism.
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2018, 10:18:00 pm »
Some vastly wealthy people, doing some big thinking about how technology might be applied to big issues.

It has It workedbefore for food, water,, disease eradication, transportation, industrial revolution, medicine, to mention a few areas.

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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2018, 10:19:11 pm »
Quote from: darroll on June 11, 2018, 08:51:52 pm
No. (Usually lower 70's)
I have seen it snow and ruin our Forth of July Picnic.

Sounds like New Hampshire weather.  We had a cool spring, and then went straight into high summer.  But, it will make late September all that much more welcome.
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« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2018, 10:19:27 pm »
Mother Nature is a fickled lady.  It is best not to fool with her.
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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2018, 10:27:57 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 11, 2018, 10:19:27 pm
Mother Nature is a fickled lady.  It is best not to fool with her.

That's why I eat butter.....

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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2018, 10:29:38 pm »


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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2018, 10:32:09 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 11, 2018, 10:29:38 pm

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Re: Should We Cool Earth?
« Reply #17 on: June 12, 2018, 12:29:22 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 10, 2018, 04:24:54 pm
Good grief, no!  What are they thinking?

What arrogance.  1)  Today's weather is perfect and 2)  We can make it happen.
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« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2018, 12:34:10 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on June 11, 2018, 10:18:00 pm
Some vastly wealthy people, doing some big thinking about how technology might be applied to big issues.

It has It worked before for food, water,, disease eradication, transportation, industrial revolution, medicine, to mention a few areas.

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« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2018, 02:18:11 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 11, 2018, 09:04:59 pm
As if Man were even capable of such a thing.
Causing enough cooling that half the planetary population would starve? Sure. Maybe no longer than a mere decade or two, but that would do the Georgia guidestones thing.

If there is a need to eff things up, I look to the people in government first.
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