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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:52 PM Original message |
Scientists weigh geoengineering in global warming battle |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. "In case of Tipping Point, Break Glass" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. More like "In case of Tipping Point, Break Planet" ... |
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Reform (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. just more proof for me |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I haven't seen any convincing evidence of "chemtrails" |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. My problem is just the opposite: |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I watched contrails in the sky as a kid |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. So did I, |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Have you considered that conditions in the upper atmosphere may have changed? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Unfortunately, this is no solution for ocean acidification. n/t |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No, injecting sulfur into the atmosphere isn't a good cure for the ocean acidification |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. I subscribe to the argument that geo-engineering is morally bankrupt. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. So, tell me, how do you feel about bandages? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I know that we've been over this before but your comparisons here are bogus |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think I'm with OK on this... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. One additional factor here |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Depends how you look at it |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. All metaphors fail under load |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I agree that some forms of "geoengineering" seem to be just huckster dreams |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I know you're not in favour of that particular one ... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. How about slowing things down a bit? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And in doing that, I definitely agree! |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah, let's try to avoid "a futile and stupid gesture" |
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Fotoware58 (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Carbon Sequestration |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. A minor quibble… |
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Fotoware58 (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Plantations |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. How to Fix a Climate Emergency |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. And these two sentences summarise the problem: |
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