George, What are your thoughts on geoengineering, such as cloud brightening and other methods to reflect more sunshine back into space?
Cheers! Sam Carana On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- On Tue, 7/13/10, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I read both links, Georges... very >> interesting, especially the >> "natural cycle" explanation and the important part that >> "salinity" >> plays in affecting the freezing temperature of water..... >> >> Anyway, Georges,... what do you think (scientifically and >> from a >> natural cycle standpoint) about the general conslucsions >> reached by >> the "academician" that I link to, paleoecologist Anthony D. >> Barnosky >> >> http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2154 >> >> do you pretty much agree with this (his) scenario? >> > ============== > G: > Pretty much, with two exceptions: > > 1.He believes with pseudo-scientific committees commanded by corrupted > politicians, that GW is caused by human actions, > and reversible by their reversal. > > QUOTE > ... it is entirely possible that unless something is done to rein in > greenhouse gas emissions, the planet could experience that magnitude of > warming in a century or two. > UNQUOTE > > Now, I believe to have shown that even if GW has been TRIGGERED > by human actions, it cannot be untriggered by their reversal. > > > 2.While he gives most instructive details about catastrophic sequels > of the GW, he restricts them to fauna and flora. Now, I love animals, > am active in their protection and helped defending Peta in a trial > impending its bankruptcy. Yet, I value people over animals and miss > in Barnosky's views references to deadly dangers of GW sequels for > hundreds of millions of people. > > Let me quote bottom lines of my GW essay: > > QUOTE > You may trigger an avalanche by pulling the trigger of your > gun, but you won't stop it by pushing back the trigger. > > Which actions seem advisable in this light? > > 1.Dissociate GW from Pollution, a distinct, equally critical > problem, which should be investigated in its own context, > unaffected by political divagations about the GW. > > 2.Admit that GW is inevitable and start immediately to plan > actions aiming at saving millions endangered by inundations, > (expatriation, artificial islands, etc.) and other > sequels of the GW. > UNQUOTE > > Georges. > ============= > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
