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Another example is a variety of
technologies, collectively called
geons, that could potentially help
reverse the effects of global
climate change associated with
warming; one that has caught my
personal attention is that
stratospheric injection could help reflect
solar heat in much the same way
that it does volcanic eruptions
program could limit global
temperature rise reduce some of the
risks associated with rising
temperatures and give the global
economy extra time to
transition away from fossil fuels the
process is also relatively inexpensive the
National Research
Council estimates the Sai program would cost about
$10 billion a year from a technical
perspective From a geopolitical perspective, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions must still
be accompanied by addressing other
impacts of climate change such as
ocean acidification because Sai
alone will not remove greenhouse gases from the
atmosphere. From a geopolitical perspective, the
technology's potential to alter weather
patterns and benefit certain
regions of the world at the expense of other regions
may cause strong opposition
from some countries, others may
take advantage of and
abandon their commitments to
reduce carbon emissions and
as with other disruptive
technologies, there are no global
norms and standards to
guide the deployment and
implementation of essays and other geoengineering
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What is geoengineering geoengineering
the effects of climate change is it
playing God with the weather the main methods of
engineering climate adaptation are
filling the atmosphere with light scattering
particles
bones of the reactive Sat we know that many
of these particles are heavy
metals we know this from
testing around the world as well as from
patents the main method of controlling
solar radiation
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the stated goal is to block some of the
incoming solar thermal
radiation to try to slow down the
greenhouse effect that occurs on
our planet due to the accumulation of
greenhouse gases So there we have it
airplanes scattering light scattering
particles around the globe this
creates a condition called
global
dimming we know that 25 to 30% of
direct sunlight that reached
the planet decades ago no longer
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23% of these particles when they settle on the
surface of the sea then are used to
fertilize the ocean What does it mean to
artificially create
algae blooms or
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plankton to try to force the ocean
to absorb even more oxygen to
remove it from the atmosphere which causes
catastrophic consequences in the ocean But
those behind these programs do
not seem to care about the consequences what they
do So we have climate
engineering to try to
neutralize some of the incoming
solar thermal radiation. We
have the same materials that then
fall to the surface of the sea becoming
ocean fertilizer materials and all
this causes a catastrophe with subsequent
consequences that really
begin to show up on our
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planet
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