Posted on 04/05/2018 7:32:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: the creation, using balloons or jets, of a manmade atmospheric sunshade to shield the most vulnerable countries in the global south against the worst effects of global warming.
But amid mounting interest in “solar geoengineering” – not least among western universities – a group of scientists from developing countries has issued a forceful call to have a greater say in the direction of research into climate change, arguing that their countries are the ones with most at stake.
Scientists have long known that manmade events like pollution in the atmosphere, smoke from forest fires and volcanic eruptions can create a cooling effect.
That has led scientists at Harvard University to propose their own experiment, which they call “stratospheric controlled perturbation effect”, or SCoPEx for short. It involves using a balloon to test the controversial proposition that aerosols released at a height of 20km in the Earth’s atmosphere can alter the reflective properties of cloud cover.
Now a dozen scholars, from countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica and Thailand, have joined the debate, arguing in the journal Nature that poor countries should take a lead in the field since they have most to gain or lose from the technology.
The solar geoengineering studies may be helped by a new $400,000 (£284,100) research project, the solar radiation management governance initiative (SRMGI), which is issuing a first call for scientists to apply for finance this week.
The initiative is financed by the Open Philanthropy Project, a foundation backed by Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook, and his wife, Cari Tuna.
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why don’t they just move the earth? or sun?
Crazy Scientists think Planet Earth is the size of their living room
So, this is an admission that GW is NOT man-made, but caused by the sun?
Blocking the sun? What could go wrong? /sarc
The only outcome to such a notion is climate weaponry. Morons just love government solutions to non existent problems and then act shocked when things go horribly wrong.
These scientists are stupid.
The cost of this would be astronomical. The money would be better spent planting trees.
Interfere with the balance of nature at your own risk.
To quote Dr. Frank N Furter, “The cure is worse than the affliction.”
—reminds me of a tenured professor some years ago who wanted to use nukes to break up the moon so Erf could have rings like Saturn-—
“Scientists have long known that manmade events like pollution in the atmosphere, smoke from forest fires and volcanic eruptions can create a cooling effect.”
Now even volcanoes are man’s fault.
I don’t think the cost would be that much. It would just be a giant ‘beach umbrella ‘ in the sky ...
The scientists aren’t stupid. They know that if their con succeeds, stupid governments will pour money into their laps.
More than one. Two or more. Might not be three. Very strong possibility that Scientists against giant sunshade outnumber Scientists in favor of giant sunshade.
Blocking the sun? What could go wrong?
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Massive crop failures and a billion people die.
It’s really stupid considering we’re still in an ice age. A small change could trigger the end to the current interglacial period.
How about squirting sun block UVP 1,000,000,000 at the sun?
I would suggest something cheaper: tin foil hats for GW believers
Reminds me of the Bloom County comic strip where boy genius Oliver Wendel proposes a missle shield comprised of $1 bills stitched together covering the USA. It would have cost $5 billion dollars. After testifying before. Congress, they cut him crates of cash for $5 billion to his home.
It’s probably because they realize that in the next 30 or 40 years the climate will be cooling as the The Maunder Minimum kicks in and they want to be able to do three things: 1) take credit for saving the world from global warming. 2) prove that all their previous claims about global warming were correct. 3) get massive amounts of funding to keep the gravy train rolling.
GREAT SOLUTION! How do I start contributing to the fund before the government even comes up with the calculations of what it will cost taxpayers to build?
Classic solution for which there is no problem
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