Fine, I'll learn French, even though I already learnt Japanese for industry (pointless now as they're too scared to try again).
Is geoengineering a useful tool in combating climate change?
Henry Martin
Lucas Gomez
It owuld be in ONE important way -- it might mitigate the warming effects of CO2.
Would decreasing (or at least stopping the increase) be better? Yeah, if it was economically and politically feasible. But it is pretty clear that it is not, and doing something to partially mitigate effects seems better, to me, than doing nothing.
Kayden Stewart
it can be but there are many hurdles
>countries would have to work together
>we would have to make sure they don't cause unexpected issues
Henry Lewis
You could always get a masters in plasma physics or something and go fusion.
Brandon Mitchell
Sometimes Veeky Forums can really give me a good chuckle
Chase Lopez
The fuck it wouldn't...
You know how fossil fuels got there in the first place, right? If we can geoengineer the biome to photosynthesize just 5% more than it currently does, you could completely neutralize CO2 output from fossil fuel consumption.
Matthew Flores
>>countries would have to work together
Not necessarily -- a project to pump sulfer compounds into the upper atmosphere and duplicate cooling caused by a major volcano could be done by a single country. Things involving increased sea spray could be done by a single nation. Etc.
>>we would have to make sure they don't cause unexpected issues
The nice thing is, if they do, most are easy to stop or reverse. But we are assured that greenhouse warming has negative issues -- doing nothing may be more risky than trying something.
Mason Hernandez
What plant is the most efficient at sealing away carbon for how much land it takes up? Bamboo?
Find out a way to grow over the sahara desert with bamboo.
Nolan Brooks
>fukupashita
kek
Charles Ramirez
this is a good idea. maybe stop cutting them all down too.