On Oct 26, 9:35 am, Tom Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The latest on realclimate concerns the idea of reversing some of the
> effects of global warming with sulfates. (This is more like radiation
> control than true effective climate control, as the realclimate points
> out that there would probably be some uncontrolled side effects.)
>
> In principle, a single nation or coalition could implement climate
> control. Contrast this with the difficulty of getting all major CO2
> emitters agree to reduce emissions.
>
> I am not trying to start a thread on the dubious feasibility of
> sulfates.
>
> If there were a feasible way to engage in unilateral climate control,
> what forces could lead to a single nation or coalition to attempt it?
>
> Seems the preconditions would be a nation or coalition that: (1) was
> getting disproportionate harm from global warming, and (2) had the
> resources to do it.
>
> Can we foresee a situation where a nation or coalition with sufficient
> resources would find the risk/benefit favors unilateral climate
> control?
>
> I suppose private funding could help with such an effort.
>
> The benefits might be:
>
> 1. Avoiding flooding
> 2. Reversing loss of agriculture
> 3. Reversing drought
>
> One of the problems with climate change will be that the groups most
> hurt by it will also have their resources and political power
> reduced. A nation or region might be depopulated or impoverished to
> the point where their resources would be reduced. Those with the
> greatest stake in reversing global warming may be those least able to
> do it.
Occurs to me that big coal or oil might fund the effort. Be a
scandal, of course, but that might not stop them. They could probably
find a way to fund it in an indirect deniable manner.
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