Scientists Who Want To Play At Being God
May 9, 2025
By Paul Homewood
There have been mixed reactions to the latest splurge of taxpayer money into engineering climate cooling:
https://www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/future-proofing-our-climate-and-weather/exploring-climate-cooling/What they are talking about is solar radiation modification (SRM), also known as solar geoengineering, aka dimming the sun.
Representing the Raving Loony Party is Prof Stuart Haszeldine, Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, School of School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh said:
“Humans are losing the battle against climate change. Engineering cooling is necessary because in spite of measurements and meetings and international treaties during the past 70 years, the annual emissions of greenhouse gases have continued to increase. The world is heading towards heating greater than any time in our civilisation.
Dr Naomi Vaughan of the Tyndall Centre is alarmed at the prospect though:
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/scientists-who-want-to-play-at-being-god/