Re:1500 Private Jets Fly to Davos for Climate Talks
by dr_dshiv on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:35PM
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Oh, and to be clear -- living in cities without cars, eating minimal amounts of high-quality meat, reducing waste, maximizing renewables, dumping coal -- these all have benefits to the self and society WITHOUT the virtue of co2 reduction. We don't need to fight human nature or overcome impossible odds to mitigate runaway climate change. It's just slow work and it's actually happening! A lot to be proud of.
But if the permafrost starts melting, spiking methane, we'd better take the technological approaches available!
But believe me: you don't want to be on the side of the argument that claims individual virtue is the only way to save the world.
Luckily, it's not! There are lots of technological solutions to pursue once we want them.
One of my favourites is using jet engines on the back of container ships to loft salt water spray into the air where it seeds/brightens low marine layer clouds. Super cheap, very high impact.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/07/25/could-spraying-pa...
Then we can go back to trying to promote biodiversity, like real environmentalists. Save the rainforest!