Posted on 12/13/2016 8:27:26 AM PST by rktman
A group of Harvard researchers led by David Keith, a professor of applied physics and public policy, just proposed a different solution in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. An aerosol of calcium carbonate would have a similar cooling effect as sulfur dioxide on the upper atmosphere and help protect the ozone layer as a bonus.
The approach is akin to giving the atmosphere a handful of antacid tablets. The aerosol would block some incoming solar energy and neutralize airborne acid particles that are bad for the ozone.
(Excerpt) Read more at bloomberg.com ...
Perfect!
So now let’s intentionally monkey with Earth’s ecosystem in order to “fix” it. What could go wrong?
Probably not as pricey as a carbon tax, cap and trade and tons of regulations including the ethanol mandate
They obviously didn’t watch “Snowpiercer”.
A few less permanent solutions are those fog ships that would increase albedo, painting everyone’s roofs white, and pushing grassland replanting over trees.
Oh noes! Dihydrogen monoxide is chemicals!!!
Idiots, hands off !!! Trying to treat something they don’t even have evidence needs to be ‘treated’.
Basically, it boiled down to who owned the patent on it (TRW, iirc), and oh, btw, why not simply require it as an additive to jet fuel, and let the airlines do all the work?
That is, if you believe this stuff.
I tend to go with that Mother Nature is more responsible than specifically humans, but YMMV.
Applied Physics AND public policy?!?!?!!?!
How does one pure hard science with squishy pseudo study?
KYPD
And if we are going into a cooling cycle? Why wasn’t this use earlier? Remember acid rain? Don’t mess with Mother Nature. lol
Maalox- Now available as a handy spray mist...
Not only that, but we’re in the middle of an ice age.
However, I’d rather see technological solutions like this if there really is a problem.
Massive government taxation and regulations are what we want to avoid, and the only reason crooked politicians are promoting climate scams in the first place.
the planet is going into what could be a decades long or longer ‘cooling period’ and they want to make it even cooler? Are they that murderous that they would want people to freeze to death? How about we let nature do what it’s going to do and has done for eons? man’s co2 takes up just 0.00136% of the atmosphere- Folks- there isn’t enough man produced CO2 to do ANYTHING to change the climate one iota- period- end of story- numbers don’t lie-
They did succeed at stopping Nuclear Winter back in the 1980’s. They closed the Ozone Hole in the 1990’s. It took another 10 years (Bush’s Fault), but they finally have the cure for making Winter cold again, like this year... Woo hoo!
Some of us have lived with mother nature for many decades but only in recent years did she start laying chemtrails in spirals and checkerboard patterns so predictable that by 8 am here you can predict that the entire sky will be hazy and pale for the rest of the day
I’ve even taken pictures of the more imaginative swirly plumes blotting out the sun - must make for an enjoyable ride for those passengers
You wonder how the pentagon “ lost” 6 trillion dollars
OSHA page on this “dust”...
Limestone (Total Dust)
General Description
Synonyms: Calcium Carbonate; Natural calcium carbonate; Calate
OSHA IMIS Code Number: 1593
IMIS Name History: Limestone prior to 9/1/89
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number: 1317-65-3
NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) Identification Number: EV9580000
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, Limestone: chemical description, physical properties, potentially hazardous incompatibilities, and more
Exposure Limits
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL):
General Industry: 29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-1 - 15 mg/m3 TWA
Maritime: 29 CFR 1915.1000 Table Z-Shipyards - 15 mg/m3 TWA
Notes:
A case of pneumoconiosis without pulmonary fibrosis attributed to limestone dust was reported in an office worker, whose unventilated office where he had worked for 24 years was situated within a limestone quarry. The authors cited a 1955 report of pneumoconiosis in limestone miners that was attributed to the presence of silicates (up to 10%).
...and then it’s “oops, we did too much, sorry but we’ve caused an ice age”. The arrogance of these people is astonishing.
“...they’ve ignited the Van Allen Belt...”
KYPD
What could go wrong. /sarc
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