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Scientists Resort to Once-Unthinkable Solutions to Cool the Planet
Three geoengineering projects seek to alter the chemistry of the atmosphere and the ocean. Critics warn of unintended consequences.
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Feb. 14, 2024 5:30 am ET
| Eric Niiler
Posted on 02/14/2024 9:39:24 AM PST by xoxox
Dumping chemicals in the ocean? Spraying saltwater into clouds? Injecting reflective particles into the sky? Scientists are resorting to once unthinkable techniques to cool the planet because global efforts to check greenhouse gas emissions are failing.
These geoengineering approaches were once considered taboo by scientists and regulators who feared that tinkering with the environment could have unintended consequences, but now researchers are receiving taxpayer funds and private investments to get out of the lab and test these methods outdoors.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climateinsanity; science
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A freebie from WSJ. You don't get what you don't pay for.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:39:24 AM PST
by
xoxox
To: xoxox
Botched title - mixed with subtitle. Sorry.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:39:59 AM PST
by
xoxox
To: xoxox
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:41:26 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: xoxox
I really don't think anything untoward could possibly happen. These are "scientists," after all. It's SCIENCE, baby!
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:41:46 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: xoxox
Watch Snowpiercer. The movie, not the series.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:41:51 AM PST
by
bwest
To: xoxox
It’s a mad,mad world, that we live in.
To: xoxox
These people won’t quit until they kill the majority of the world’s population. Make no mistake, all this GloBull warming and Climutt Chainz crap is 100% meant to kill off most of us.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:43:17 AM PST
by
vpintheak
(Pinko misanthrope)
To: xoxox
A reminder, the small red hump on the right (the Modern Warm Period) is what they're trying to save us from like it's some kind of new and dangerous thing caused by man. Really it's the same old cycles we've seen in recorded history.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:43:18 AM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: xoxox
“..in their wisdom, they became as fools....”
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:43:23 AM PST
by
lgjhn23
("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
To: xoxox
the only “solutions” that will be implemented to “fix” global warming
will be those that increase govt control
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:43:25 AM PST
by
joshua c
To: xoxox
Under no circumstances should we allow these clowns to attempt anything of this magnitude. Think of these “stientists” as the physics equivalent of Pfizer. And we all know how well their COVID ‘vaccines’ worked.
To: xoxox
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:46:28 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: xoxox
I won’t live to see it but I’ll bet this place will go to “Iceball Earth” (look it up) because of it.
They have ALMOST zero understanding of how climate works but behave like “Experts”.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:46:38 AM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: xoxox
Communists are very good at solving imaginary problems.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:46:40 AM PST
by
bray
(You can tell who the Commies fear.)
To: xoxox
There is NO “global warming” “problem”, so we REJECT these idiotic “solutions”!!
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:48:50 AM PST
by
G Larry
(It's RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing ILLEGAL Laborers)
To: xoxox
More wasted money, this time perhaps dangerously applied money. Hopefully they will have no effect on anything as usual.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:49:54 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
To: xoxox
Remember the Matrix conversation that Morpheus had with Neo? Humans tried to “blot out the sun” to starve the AI enemy of an energy source.
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:50:36 AM PST
by
fwdude
(.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
To: xoxox
”
but now researchers are receiving taxpayer funds and private investments to get out of the lab and test these methods outdoors.”
Science is no longer scientific. It is about getting the next government grant.
STOP THE INSANITY! NOW
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:50:59 AM PST
by
Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
To: Tell It Right; FRiends
I love that graph. Thank you! No Greenie has yet to be able to explain to me why Climate Change/Global Warming is a bad thing.
If we’re STILL climbing out of The Little Ice Age of a THOUSAND YEARS AGO, shouldn’t speeding it up be welcomed?
Wouldn’t warmer temps and more crop land land across the globe be a GOOD THING? The countries that can produce more food can feed the rest of the planet - JUST AS THEY DO NOW! Aren’t wars, uprising and general mayhem usually the result of people starving?
Yes, I know. Logic has no place in this argument, LOL! :)
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posted on
02/14/2024 9:51:55 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: The Antiyuppie
The sun is getting “warmer” every year.
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