On Climate Change and (Active) Climate Management – Bert Hubert's Writings(berthub.eu)
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On Climate Change and (Active) Climate Management – Bert Hubert's Writings
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> [of sulfur-based radiation management] As of 2023, it is estimated that the cost of doing so would average out to a few billion dollars/euros per year.
This is in the range of "Possible for an eccentric billionare" to accomplish, right?
Or a single determined, mid-sized country?
... could it be scaled up and cool things down too far, say by an angry world leader?
I didn't realize the cost of it was only in the order of billions.
This is in the range of "Possible for an eccentric billionare" to accomplish, right?
Or a single determined, mid-sized country?
... could it be scaled up and cool things down too far, say by an angry world leader?
I didn't realize the cost of it was only in the order of billions.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/30/radical-...
Dismissing SRM technology, Prof Joeri Rogelj of Imperial College, London, called it “irresponsible, dangerous and a threat to the manageability” of our survival, saying: “It is not a solution but an extremely dangerous band-aid that covers up the global warming problem without healing it, creating a false and unwarranted sense of climate safety while the core of the problem continues to fester.”
Dismissing SRM technology, Prof Joeri Rogelj of Imperial College, London, called it “irresponsible, dangerous and a threat to the manageability” of our survival, saying: “It is not a solution but an extremely dangerous band-aid that covers up the global warming problem without healing it, creating a false and unwarranted sense of climate safety while the core of the problem continues to fester.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Piercer#Plot