Is Whitening Clouds the New Way to Go Green?
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August 31, 2010 23:00:00
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The failed Copenhagen climate change talks have prompted some wealthy donors to back their own proposals to stop global warming like "whitening" clouds.
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates gave $300,000 to a geoengineering firm to develop machines that would take seawater and spray it upwards into the clouds. This would supposedly create vast banks of white clouds to reflect the Sun's rays away from Earth.
Even noted climate change skeptic Bjørn Lomborg says that more money needs to be allocated to back plans like this to slow down and possibly reverse global warming. Most of the plans are being done without government backing, which obviously has brought criticism.
While Gates and others certainly have a right to spend their money any way they want, should they be held liable for any unintended consequences of these geoengineering attempts?
Should We 'Whiten' Clouds to Save the Environment?
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates gave $300,000 to a geoengineering firm to develop machines that would take seawater and spray it upwards into the clouds. This would supposedly create vast banks of white clouds to reflect the Sun's rays away from Earth.
Even noted climate change skeptic Bjørn Lomborg says that more money needs to be allocated to back plans like this to slow down and possibly reverse global warming. Most of the plans are being done without government backing, which obviously has brought criticism.
While Gates and others certainly have a right to spend their money any way they want, should they be held liable for any unintended consequences of these geoengineering attempts?
Should We 'Whiten' Clouds to Save the Environment?
More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/30/...
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Mr. Smith September 01, 2010 01:29:56No, it sounds impossible to do
+14I have a much better idea. Why don't all those who think man is creating global warming simply stop creating man-made CO2? Seriously, just stop creating it already.......stop driving your car, stop all forms of transportation, disconnect your electricity at your house, disconnect the water, your phone, stop buying groceries, and then just stop breathing altogether. Problem solved! Actually, this solves a whole multitude of problems.
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Regardless of whether it helps or not as long as it is not dangerous, then the government should have no say in the matter.
For the most part true. I do have to admit that I had very little problems with dos 5.x - 6.x. Also Windows 98se and XP gave me few problems. Currently using Windows 7 on one of my lap-tops. So far had a headache with the wireless networking when I first got it, but after connecting with cat5 and download a program from manufacturer it works fine. Too early for thumbs up or down.
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Personally I think if warming is occurring then we're going to see more clouds as a natural consequence anyway, which, what do you know, will mitigate the effects of any warming! Not to mention the formation of carbonic acid, when water and carbon dioxide mix, is one of the better natural ways of "scrubbing" carbon dioxide out of the air. So let them spend their money this way if they want. It might help and even if it doesn't we might learn something that's actually useful in spite of ourselves.
All in all, something like this might be necessary but *only* in addition to eliminating fossil fuels, not instead of it.
Anyway, if we are responsible for global warming, then we are only responsible for a small fraction of the CO2 in the atmosphere. The biggest way we impact the climate is the deforestation of the rain forest.
Suppose their idea actually does work (although very unlikely)... Could this impact weather patterns around the world??
Would they then be liable and could be sued if their contraption creates a hurricane or tornado that kills people or destroys property?????
I watched the series "SPEED" on the BBC which was presented by the "top Gear" presenter Jeremy Clarkson.
During one episode, he visited a NASA rocket testing base (Stennis Space Center - I believe) where they "make their own weather" due to the testing of the rockets.
This was due to the rocket fuel propellants - Liquid hydrogen & liquid oxygen, in layman terms they make water vapor - i.e. Clouds!
Moments after the rockets are tested, it begins to rain from the "man made" clouds.
Look it up on Youtube, I know it's there, but I can't add due to URL filter restrictions on my company laptop.
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If they can do it, why not?
to thin out the out of control growing human chinise heard.