So CDR is OK?

> On Apr 5, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://www.etcgroup.org/content/why-srm-experiments-are-bad-idea
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> Why SRM experiments are a bad idea
> Submitted on 28 March 2017
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> Solar Radiation Management (SRM) describes a set of geoengineering techniques 
> that aim to counter human-made climate change by artificially increasing the 
> reflection of heat from sunlight (solar radiation) back into space. Some 
> advocates have started using the term “solar geoengineering” – but these 
> techniques are not related to solar power production.
> 
> SRM encompasses a variety of techniques: using reflective “pollution” to 
> modify the atmosphere, covering deserts with reflective plastic, increasing 
> the whiteness of clouds or blocking incoming sunlight with “space shades.”  
> The most-promoted proposal is to create dust clouds that artificially mimic 
> “volcano clouds” by injecting layers of reflective particles, such as 
> sulfates, into a higher layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere.
> 
> This briefing outlines the ethical, political and environmental arguments 
> against solar radiation management (SRM), and explains why even SRM 
> experiments are a bad idea.
> 
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