Geo-Engineering Climate Solutions

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🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In an emergency, we’re told to “break the glass” and grab the fire extinguisher. If we’re in the midst of a climate emergency, is there a firehose we could spray into the sky to cool down our atmosphere? It may sound like science fiction, but some climatologists endorse research into such techniques known as geo-engineering. But could tinkering with the stratosphere in this way lead to a new ice age – or worse? What group of people could be trusted with such God-like powers? Join us for a discussion of the scientific, moral, economic and technological dimensions of geo-engineering. This program was recorded live at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.6	Putting particles into the upper atmosphere like a volcano.
0:39.3	Reflect incoming sunlight back to space.
0:42.3	Stimulating plankton blooms in the southern oceans.
0:45.3	A sprayer that could whiten marine clouds.
0:48.3	Geoengineering is moving from science fiction to serious consideration.
0:52.3	But will it be the silver bullet for avoiding runaway climate change?
0:55.6	If you keep emitting, you can't keep up with it with any of these technologies.
0:59.5	The only thing is this might take the edge off for a while
1:02.3	while we finish this energy transition that we have to make.
1:06.3	Because the risks of geoengineering are not just technological.
1:08.9	People will do the thing they do with the idea that humanity could live on Mars or on some
1:14.6	other planet.
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