Cosmos, episode 7: Submitted for the discussion of political implications

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10. I agree totally

so long as we can get past the first three or so points to actually have the debate around Cost Benefit Analysis. For example burning coal is bad for the CO2 emission but the particulates released actually help mitigate AGW (obviously you have other factors given how we mine coal and the fact that the particulates themselves are a pollutant).

I am an engineer and I am encouraging my daughter who is studying mechanical engineering to consider specializing in alternative technologies related to power generation, storage, and transmission. You come up with a nifty storage solution that gives certain base load for solar and/or wind then you will have something.

The technological Deus Ex Machina is the SO2 injection or other methods of mitigation. First will they be effective and second what are the side effects to such an approach.