Posted on 11/30/2009 3:27:14 PM PST by Brugmansian
Dr Pachauri raised the prospect of so-called geo-engineering, whereby carbon dioxide is actively stripped from the atmosphere. A range of techniques have been proposed including seeding artificial clouds over oceans to reflect sunlight back into space, sowing the oceans with iron ore to boost plankton growth and using carbon capture and storage technology to fix emissions from power stations . . .
Dr Pachauri, speaking to The Times on Saturday before travelling to Paris to brief President Sarkozy, suggested that the fossil fuel lobby could be behind a hacking incident last month that led to the publication of thousands of leaked e-mails between climate scientists. He said that it was entirely possible that “corporate interests” had had a hand in the leak . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Yep, trees or just regular old plants always seems to work.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Got ya both beat
Cover the planet in mylar. That will reflect everything back into space.
These people have lost their minds.
How do these idiots continue to escape the insane asylum?
Hey, I’ve done my part: I planted two oaks, a maple, plus two crabapple trees, an apricot tree and and ornamental pear, and got grass to grow in my back yard again.
You know ,I think we should start several large tunnels through the mountains around Los Angeles and install huge fans with charcoal filters so the dirty air from LA, Long Beach, Riverside etc. can be sucked out and cleaned bringing in fresh air to the basin. I know it will work because Mr Drysdale on the Clampets you know the rich hicks that found the oil while shooting possum they moved to the Beverly Hills you know the ones...Granny ,Jed, Elleymay and Al Gore Opps I mean Jethro lol sucker for punishment sorry...
Well what ya think? Jobs n stuff ya know Clean air every breath in LA, Riverside, Holyweed ever body would be slim and trim and we can do it too for the sea otters etc ya know...
This article reads like the script for some grade B, 1950’s science fiction movie.
I'd rather get plunged into a warming age than an ice age.
“What I really need to know is: Can you help me find a barber?”
Heard porrer nations are demanding 10 million each up front to sign the treaty. This global scam is known, if he gives up anything in Copenhagen he should be Impeached!
Billion?
Carbon must be sucked from air, says IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri
Plant growth down 40%.
Oh the farmers in poor countries will be soooooooooooo happy if we do this.
Is this guy THAT stupid? What is he trying to do, kill every living green thing on the planet?
What a complete asshat idiot!
You belittle the mind of the 5th most important GLOBAL THINKER in the world?
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/30/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,4 ^ |
DECEMBER 2009
From the brains behind Iran’s Green Revolution to the economic Cassandra who actually did have a crystal ball, they had the big ideas that shaped our world in 2009. Read on to see the 100 minds that mattered most in the year that was.
5. Rajendra Pachauri for ending the debate over whether climate change matters.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397238/posts
On Foreign Policy:
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Joke is on WaPo/Newsweek!!
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You get one guess as to what side of the political spectrum they reside on.
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LOL; missed your post... He reminds me of Saddam (when he came out of the hole)
This guy has the thinking capacity of Bullwinkle J. Moose.
Looks a little like him, too.
I think the more serious proposals specified carbon black rather than crude.
It gives me the distinct impression we'd better leave things alone.
I'm certain that the Russians and Chinese will be delighted if the United States shackles itself with this foolishness.
But the truth is that the world will continue to run on hydrocarbons for a long, long time to come.
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