Posted on 09/15/2022 3:21:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Scientists have outlined a controversial plan to refreeze the North and South Poles, and dial down the global thermostat.
They say high-flying jets could spray microscopic aerosol particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the melting icecaps.
Around 175,000 flights a year would be needed, releasing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.
But a former UK chief scientist backed the plans, telling Sky News that polar warming is now critical - and refreezing the ice could hold back the rise in global sea levels.
The new study was led by Wake Smith from Yale University in the United States.
He warned the plan would treat an important symptom of climate change, not the cause.
"It's aspirin, not penicillin. It's not a substitute for decarbonisation," he said.
Under the plan, a fleet of 125 military air-to-air refuelling tankers would release a cloud of microscopic sulphur dioxide particles at an altitude of 43,000ft (13km) and latitude of 60 degrees in both hemispheres, roughly equivalent to the Shetland Islands in the north, and the Falklands in the south.
The particles would slowly drift towards the poles on high-altitude winds, slightly shading the Earth's surface beneath.
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OMFG
what could possibly go wrong!!!!!!
LEAVE THE PLANET ALONE YOU TREE HUGGER NUTS!!!
Wait, i thought globull warmelists hate aerosol?
IDIOTS!
Terrifying this evil knows no bounds
What could possibly go wrong?
Or, we could use another plan for global cooling with sulfur dioxide and particulate matter to reflect the sun……..
It’s called burning coal.
Confirmed: Scientists are stupid and Science is not real ‘science’.
Reminds me of Highlander II and the shield to block the sun rays, etc.
IF, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, which we know it is not, then releasing that much additional of it would effect global warming. In addition, much of Europe experienced a very cold winter. Did any of these morons consider the possibility that the poles could be shifting leading to a significant change in weather? Also, I must mention, just because the US has gone totally green, China and India are polluting at record levels. This is more mass insanity by the mis-labeled elites.
Since a large part of the atmosphere of Venus is sulfur dioxide, and it is a hellhole with average surface temperature around 450 degrees Centigrade, this may not be good strategy. And if you thought acid rain was a bad idea...
LOL
Typical Dem emotional thinking.
Without considering the effects of the exhaust oof 175,000 flights.
So now they’re advocating man-made climate change?
AOC says they should use electric trains instead.
Total insanity
How many scientists? Or is it not intended to be plural?
I think they should first convert the 125 tankers to fly on zero emission battery power.
Wake Smith is preparing a paper on the lofting solutions and costs of the first decade of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection deployment. Mr. Smith is a Senior Industry Partner at New State Capital Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm, where he specializes in buy-outs in the field of commercial aviation. He also teaches an undergraduate finance course at Yale University. Prior executive positions include President of the flight training division of Boeing, Chief Operating Officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, and CEO of Pemco World Air Services. He holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
“Particles” of SO2???
And this guy is a scientist???!!
The poles are NOT melting. Period. Let’s see, the Sulphur Dioxide will spread across the Globe, you know, Jet streams and “polar vortexes..”
These idiots must be the offspring of the morons who wanted to sprinkle coal dust over Greenland's Glacier's, in 1976/77, to prevent the coming of the next Ice Age. UNBELIEVABLE
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