George, Here's a link to one of my posts describing geoengineering methods: http://j.mp/spacehose
Cheers! Sam Carana On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sam: >> George, >> >> What are your thoughts on geoengineering, such as cloud >> brightening >> and other methods to reflect more sunshine back into >> space? >> >> >> Cheers! >> Sam Carana > ================= > G: > Hi Sam, nice to hear from you. > Of course, not greenhouse reduction, but some sort of > compensating for decreasing reflection power of melting > ices makes any theoretical sense. > As for practical I don't know most, so please, could you > send me links? > > Only one I heard about is the proposal of some Japanese > to paint everything paintable, like roots, roofs, etc. > in white. Would have to be sturdy paint to hold the trafic, > wouldn't it? Economically hardly tenable, even theoretically. > I take such ideas with a grain of salt, but like to stay > open minded, so send me links. > > Mankind thinking of influencing climate looks to me like a > mosquito trying to push around an elephant. All our nukes > would not deviate a single hurricane. > > And yet, a collapse of the Yang Tse damm would tilt the > planet of its orbit. > > So, don't know what to think and don't think thinking will do > much good. Worst case planning would be my answer (that would > still involve thinking). > > Let me repeat bottom lines of my 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 > > Cheers > 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.
