izrael: sulfur could save the world from gw*
Robert Cohen
to me, at first glance, it doesn't ring feasible, but they don't let
me in laboratories nor near wheel-barrows
Bret Cahill
is down 80' right now. The little El Nino is gone so we're probably
going right back to La Nina [no rain].
> to me, at first glance, it doesn't ring feasible,
Think of it this way: For years no one thought much of the CO2
leaving tailpipes and smokestacks and in fact it still is just a
fraction of a percent of the atmosphere. If something so minor can be
leveraged so much, it shouldn't be too surprising the solution could
be highly leveraged [cheap] as well.
The sulfur areosol idea has been out for at least a few months. Has
anyone said anything about if it could eventually come down as a
health hazard or other pollution? It's really easy to imagine all
kinds of unintended side effects.
There must be a half dozen ideas on reducing GW. Something more
expensive might be cheaper in the long run if the side effects aren't
too good.
A mix of several different simultaneous approaches might hedge our
bets.
Then again it might just make an even bigger mess.
Bret Cahill