Some scientists eye odd climate fixes

Associated Press ^ | 03/19/07 | SETH BORENSTEIN

[NRA1995]

FR wouldn't let me post the story, but last Friday I saw a story about launching 16 trillion Frisbee-like objects into space to act as a "solar umbrella." GENTLEMEN, START YOUR FRISBEES!

[jiggyboy]

and a scheme that mimics a volcano by spewing light-reflecting sulfates high in the sky.

How could something simple like that not work? And just in case it doesn't work, or makes things worse, I'm sure it's easily reversible, right?

[Izzy Dunne]

Some scientists eye odd climate fixes

Odd scientists eye some climate fixes.

Fixed scientists eye some odd climates.

Some climates eye odd scientist fixes.

Odd climates eye odd scientist fixes.

Fixed climates eye some odd scientists.

Some climates fix odd scientist eyes.

There! I like that one!

[NRA1995]

16 TRILLION FRISBEES???????

[kidd]

[VeniVidiVici]

It's the lesser of two evils here (the other being doing nothing)," Wigley said. "Whatever we do, there are bad consequences, but you have to judge the relative badness of all the consequences."

Is he actually getting paid for this?

[presidio9]

"Since the beginning of time man has yearned to destroy the sun. I will do the next best thing...block it out!"

[ConservativeDude]

This reads like something from the onion.

"...a scheme that mimics a volcano by spewing light-reflecting sulfates high in the sky"

They can always throw in some asbestos into the brew. That ought to block the heat real good!

Geez, I hope they experiment on some third world hellhole before they try this on us civilized folk!

[Not_Who_U_Think]

Simple solution: Mandate that all roofs in the tropics be painted white. This simple, cheap solution would raise the albedo of the earth, probably enough to compensate for loss of tree cover. (I didn't come up with this, Sci-Fi author Jerry Pournelle did) But of course, it won't accomplish their real goal...

[ConservativeDude]

Actually, better, this reminds me of one of those Far Side scientists cartoons.

[presidio9]

Whatever happened to good-old-fashioned nuclear winter? Lob a bunch of nukes at Iran and North Korea, three problems solved in one fell swoop. I should be a scientist.

[NRA1995]

During the 70's global COOLING scare, there were scientists/wackos who believed we needed to pour soot on the polar ice caps to allow them to absorb more sunlight and melt more quickly. Some even wanted to nuke the ice caps.

[Centurion2000]

They are exploring global warming solutions that sound wholly far-fetched, including giant artificial "trees" that would filter carbon dioxide out of the air

Hey if global warming is a problem, then liberal scientists should have no problem with a limited nuclear war that brings about limited nuclear winter to counteract the global warming.

We can start with large portions of the Middle East and Indonesia.

[6SJ7]

They are exploring global warming solutions that sound wholly far-fetched, including giant artificial "trees" that would filter carbon dioxide out of the air,...

The Martians tried planting giant trees and it worked too well. Froze up the whole durn planet!   ;-)

[oh8eleven]

Could Crazy Technology Save the Planet?

[GladesGuru]

In some of those hellholes, the "sulfate roof" might be their only roof.

Call the HillaBeast - those poor people need to be taxed! It'll be for their own good!

[presidio9]

What's with the "Seth Borenstien Alert?" I am vaguely familiar with the name, but I couldn't tell you the first thing about him.

[oh8eleven]

He's the AP "science writer" whose global climate change bias is plastered throughout his stories.

[ConservativeDude]

You should be nominated for nobels in both peace and physics!