Of late, I appear to be leaning towards the argument for geo engineering as a possible solution to help us mitigate the effects of global warming (or the enhanced greenhouse effect or simply climate change if you are the ill-informed media!) - it must be the penultimate chapter of Superfreakonomics!
Anyway, here is the article in the Guardian which touches upon ideas expressed in the aforementioned book - yes, British scientists are really considering a giant pipe and balloon to pump water into the sky - refer to article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/31/pipe-balloon-water-sky-climate-experiment
My questions are:
Is geo-engineering the way forward? and if not; What are the other alternatives?
Further reading:
Anyway, here is the article in the Guardian which touches upon ideas expressed in the aforementioned book - yes, British scientists are really considering a giant pipe and balloon to pump water into the sky - refer to article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/31/pipe-balloon-water-sky-climate-experiment
My questions are:
Is geo-engineering the way forward? and if not; What are the other alternatives?
Further reading:
- http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/13/david_keith/
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/08/geoengineering-research-royal-society?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/14/geoengineering-more-evidence
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