Posted on 08/07/2009 7:52:42 AM PDT by driftdiver
The "cloud ships" are favoured among a series of schemes aimed at altering the climate which have been weighed up by a leading think-tank.
The project, which is being worked on by rival US and UK scientists, would see 1,900 wind-powered ships ply the oceans sucking up seawater and spraying minuscule droplets of it out through tall funnels to create large white clouds.
These clouds, it is predicted, would reflect around one or two per cent of the sunlight that would otherwise warm the ocean, thereby cancelling out the greenhouse effect caused by Carbon Dioxide emissions.
The unmanned ships would be directed by satellite to areas with the best conditions for increasing cloud cover, mainly in the Pacific and far enough away from land so as not to affect normal rainfall patterns.
Other ideas, such as sending mirrors into space by rocket to deflect the sun's rays, and scattering iron powder into the seas to boost CO2-absorbing plankton, have been dismissed as unfeasible or too expensive.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I think the libs should throw themselves into volcanoes to mollify Gaia - that should do the trick, I reckon.
Very But hey the chem trail thing works pretty good
I think a better idea is to move the planet into an orbital pattern further away from the sun. Seriously, what could possibly go wrong?
the best quote IMO ““The space sunshade is really just science fiction but cloud whitening ships deserve serious scrutiny,” he told The Times. “
Am I in a @!%))@_ Final Fantasy game or what? CLOUD SHIPS?
‘Think-tanks’ that believe in Anthropogenic Global Warming.
They might as well worship Mothra.
Not so stupid that they haven't applied for and been awarded millions in government grants.
I wonder what the effects of towing Ted Kennedy around in the waters off of Hyannisport might be? This is another option that should be seriously considered.
But now we think that dense cloud cover on Earth will protect us from solar heat, thereby cancelling out the greenhouse effect?
You can't be this dumb without tryin'
Just for that added touch of shrieking lunacy: our guys are competing against similar 'experts' in the US to see who can create the most debilitatingly stupid ideas.
“Just how stupid are these “experts”?
They are not stupid, they think we are. These ideas are meant to separate us from our money. No doubt they already have grant money, they just need more.
I don’t know but what really scares me is that it seems that the powers that be think they are brilliant.
Little men trying to play God with no idea of the consequences is terrifying to me.
And everyone laughed at my suggestion to put huge chunks of tinfoil in orbit to reflect solar energy. These guys are making me look saner and saner.
Got to go, half the town is covered in pollen.
lets say their plan is actually implemented and works.
how much environmental damage would an ice age cause?
never mind the trillions of dollars they would spend on these. where would they get the water to make these clouds? how much damage would that cause?
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