Contrarian opinion, but given the models have been poor at predicting the catastrophes that they typically claim, I’m hesitant to support atmospheric engineering to try and cool the planet.
Let’s not kid ourselves, global cooling is FAR worse than global warming. Ice ages are no joke.
The risk/reward bet here is that we put jussst enough SO2 to drop by X degrees. I’m just not confident enough in our computational capacity to account for all the variables that could produce unintended consequences.
Tangential, but we can’t even figure out proper programs/legislation to improve education or reduce inner city poverty.
As a person from a cold country I'm not so sure about that. It's much easier to dress up on a cold day than to cool down on a hot day. It's cheaper to warm up a house than to cool it down. There are way less diseases/viruses/insects in cold climates. Granted, the food is much harder to come by, though, unless it's maritime (cold waters are much more abundant with life than warm oceans).
And in case of global warning, if it ever gets too cold, we know what to do.
As someone who went to school for this, no. Mammals evolved to survive colder conditions. Going hotter and with higher CO2 is not going to be awesome for our biology.
Let’s not kid ourselves, global cooling is FAR worse than global warming. Ice ages are no joke.
The risk/reward bet here is that we put jussst enough SO2 to drop by X degrees. I’m just not confident enough in our computational capacity to account for all the variables that could produce unintended consequences.
Tangential, but we can’t even figure out proper programs/legislation to improve education or reduce inner city poverty.