Refreezing the Arctic

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Researchers in the Arctic are experimenting with drastic plans to geoengineer away the damaging effects of climate change. Jeff and Anthony look at one method, inspired by Dutch Ice Masters. Then, they discuss efforts from the Alameda city council to shut down geoengineering off the coast of California. Which is the best way forward?

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0:00.0	And the Where to God I'll God I'll walk. This is we have concerns.
0:18.0	Hi Jeff Kanata.
0:20.0	Hi Anthony Carbone.
0:21.0	Hello, Concerned Citizens. Anthony. Hi Anthony
0:25.2	It's time to talk geoengineering
0:28.4	Finally let's get down to it here's what I here's what I propose Jeff a giant drill we go into the Earth's core with a large bomb and we
0:38.2	restart the Earth's core. Has it stopped? I mean, if it does, has it? Will it? I mean, I feel like your plan is solid. It feels like a solution looking for a problem.
0:52.0	Well, this... No it no listen I just I just
0:56.0	brought it up because it was a cool plan but is the Earth Corps really stopped I don't
1:00.3	think it is I think we got a bigger down I don't think the core is the problem
1:05.2	it's all that external part that we're living on that great bigger issue and here's what we do we take
1:10.4	a drill we take a drill we go into the Earth's core. We live there because there aren't any problems.
1:16.4	See now you're thinking. Now you're thinking.
1:19.3	I'm not saying the core is never going to be a problem.
1:23.0	Yeah.
1:24.0	Or it may even be a problem now, but there are bigger problems.
1:28.0	In fact, we're turning to geoengineering now, ladies and gentlemen, because we've given up on all the other stuff.
1:36.1	Hell yeah.
1:37.1	We're just so bad at dealing with the problem?
1:40.8	It's over, baby. Now it's like, okay, all we need to do for decades.
1:46.0	Many decades.
1:48.0	In the 70s.
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