Better Planet » Geo-thermal engineering http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/betterplanet DISCOVER covers environmental news from every content of the globe and every corner of the blogosphere. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Playing God Possible Climate Change Solution http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/betterplanet/2008/09/04/playing-god-possible-climate-change-solution/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/betterplanet/2008/09/04/playing-god-possible-climate-change-solution/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:37:35 +0000 Benjamin Nugent http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/betterplanet/2008/09/04/playing-god-possible-climate-change-solution/ A commentary in the Guardian suggests today that we should face the reality that maybe none of the emissions control policies we’re trying to implement will do anything to stop catastrophic irreversible global warming. But facing this reality need not involve suicide, moving to Quebec City, etc.

Playing God Geo-thermal engineering, apparently, is a possible answer of last resort. Scientists everywhere agree it’s really risky, but if we had to we could potentially shoot vast quantities of certain chemical agents into the atmosphere to reflect back the sun. No, not immediately comforting. But one of the plans involves a series of yachts crossing the world. Which is at least glamorous.

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