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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:36 PM Original message |
Geoengineering Steps Toward Reality—Once viewed skeptically, plans … gain traction |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. We can't cap carbon emissions |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. OK, I’m with you… |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. In simplistic terms |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Right, stop pumping out carbon |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. We're dumping more carbon into the atmosphere |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Which is why I've pretty much given up on the notion of a social solution |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. 17 years, not 10, but yeah, it's "very soon now." |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Actually, you are on to something, it may be closer to 10 years if you go by this: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The most promising technologies are aerosols. Sodium in the upper atmosphere. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Where there's a buck, there's a way |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And I'm sure the "solution" will be deemed adequate since the alternative is... |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. The problem is not too much carbon entering the atmosphere |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. If we saw rising CO2 without rising temperatures, CO2 would have a different IR absorption profile. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. The point is |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. The point is |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. CO2 is a symptom |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Good post. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Well, fewer would care |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And if pigs had wings |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Thank you. "Simplistic" or not, it is completely accurate. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bringing my comment into the actual geo-engineering thread |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. If the average temperature rises by 7 degrees C |
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