tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post6625891103147894292..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Futurologist Andrew Maynard Wants Nano-Santa to Solve the Climate Crisis With A Geo-Engineering TechnofixDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-62232314526959095062010-09-19T02:43:10.530-07:002010-09-19T02:43:10.530-07:00I miss you scathing wit. Too good.
I love the ne...I miss you scathing wit. Too good.<br /><br />I love the near psuedo-science of so many geo-engineering proposals (and not to mention ideas that are just plain terrible... just awfuk). What's that? You want to inject horrible chemicals into the atmosphere that are "known to cause debilitating health problems and could lead to massive droughts and famines" so that you can make the sky darker to shade us from the sun? Sure, no problem. It'll kill off all the "'useless eaters,'" i.e. millions in developing nations (http://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/geo-engineering-killing-off-the-useless-eaters/).<br /><br />Or, hey, why don't we dump tons and tons of iron shavings into the oceans to promote plankton growth? It'll kill and poison other wildlife and possibly limit the growth of plankton, but it's probably fine (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/iron-fertilization-geoengineering-unpredictable.php).<br /><br />It would all be a lot more funny if I weren't so worried about all the people who believe this incredibly experimental, wasteful, and expensive crap.<br /><br />On a related note, to help us remember how well we always judge the future, here are a few things we got wrong: http://www.2spare.com/item_50221.aspxJenCowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744200916322079142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-40513957391881304782010-09-18T06:49:55.969-07:002010-09-18T06:49:55.969-07:00> Ya think?
http://xkcd.com/793/> Ya think?<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/793/jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com