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albacore

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2. I read "Ministry of the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson....
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 10:15 PM
Sep 2022

There was a scheme in the book to re-freeze Antarctica.

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On the one hand, we should be vary wary of geoengineering solutions like this Silent3 Sep 2022 #1
Indeed. Disaffected Sep 2022 #15
I read "Ministry of the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson.... albacore Sep 2022 #2
Gives new meaning to "chemtrails". madinmaryland Sep 2022 #3
microscopic aerosol of what pray tell benzene, micro plastics... Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #4
The article they're referring to talks about sulfur dioxide. highplainsdem Sep 2022 #8
thanks, didn't see that in the text, must not have read it closely enough. Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #9
The Phys.org article in the OP doesn't say anything about SO2. You have to go to highplainsdem Sep 2022 #10
Isn't this what Al Gore said . . . Richard D Sep 2022 #18
Darn it! Karma13612 Sep 2022 #29
That ought to dweller Sep 2022 #5
What could possibly go wrong? (n/t) Retrograde Sep 2022 #6
✔️ live love laugh Sep 2022 #11
My first thought, too. n/t mia Sep 2022 #22
better than nothing... Takket Sep 2022 #7
It would make the ocean water CO2 problem worse Disaffected Sep 2022 #16
I hope they call the aerosol CW-7... NutmegYankee Sep 2022 #12
This essentially mimics a large volcanic eruption VMA131Marine Sep 2022 #13
Ozone holes? Marcuse Sep 2022 #14
Won't that cooler air from the Poles drift over into China, then China's hot air drift to the Poles? Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #17
I don't much like the idea of putting more crap in the atmosphere Bayard Sep 2022 #19
I am by nature wary of simple solutions to complex problems. DFW Sep 2022 #20
Thanks you! Duppers Sep 2022 #21
What happens when a volcano explodes? speak easy Sep 2022 #26
Random natural occurrences are one thing DFW Sep 2022 #28
" Systematic, targeted playing around"? Yes. Suicidal? No. speak easy Sep 2022 #30
Large solar panels in geosynchronous orbit over the equator -- shade and reflector. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #23
+1. nt ecstatic Sep 2022 #25
I don't like this idea ecstatic Sep 2022 #24
Wow! Karma13612 Sep 2022 #27
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