Cooling the Earth: CO2, SO2, and The Sunscreen Fix by technopolitical on October 16th, 2006
Reducing CO2 emissions will not reverse warming Nature has shown us that an SO2 sunscreen can reverse warming Creating an SO2 sunscreen appears to be low-harm and low-risk The sunscreen fix would be relatively inexpensive Pollution cleanup has been removing sunscreen The main problem with the sunscreen option? A toxic political dynamic has begun Conclusion
Making Sustainability Simple by nanne on December 10th, 2007
At the same time, however, we are risking carbon blindness. That is, focusing only on climate change without thinking about the underlying issue of sustainability. Schellenberger and Nordhaus are guilty of this. But Al Gore also contributes to it, as do studies such as those by McKinsey and Vattenfall. This is not meant to deny that these are useful, but they look at the matter from a perspective that aims to find the cheapest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A side-effect from arguing in such terms is that interventions like geoengineering quickly become more reasonable propositions.
