Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> The reason is both political and based on the very slow response of the > earth system to any change man might make. > This makes no sense to me. The earth system is responding to CO2. Suppose we quickly remove the CO2 from the atmosphere, with a megaproject to plant trees and with reverse combustion, as I suggested in my book. As soon as we do that the earth system will stop responding. It will not gradually warm up once CO2 levels return to where they were before people began burning large amounts of fossil fuel, circa 1800. This megaproject would be expensive, but it would cost any a tiny fraction of what it will cost if the sea level rises 9 m. Also, this project will not hurt or kill anyone, whereas a 9 m increase will kill millions or hundreds of millions of people. So I think it is a better option. It could be done cheaply with cold fusion. It would cost far more to do it with fission, solar and wind energy, but it could be done. - Jed
