TORONTO -- by the U.S National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that calls for US$100-US$200 million in funding to examine the feasibility and wisdom of trying to stop some of the sun’s rays from hitting the Earth’s surface.
“Most technologies that we talk about are hopeful, they’re generated by human aspiration. But when it comes to something like this we’re talking about defensive technologies that would only be utilized if the world just can’t get its act together in other ways to deal with climate change,” said Nicholson.
The options contemplated focus on the idea that reflecting some portion of the sun’s rays will lead to lower temperatures, much in the way scientists believe that debris sent into the atmosphere by an asteroid strike 66 million years ago lowered Earth temperatures and wiped out the dinosaurs. While putting the brakes on global warming would be an ideal outcome, it’s not hard to imagine potential problems with the proposals, such as the potential negative effects on crops from a reduction in sunlight. Another issue is that these measures would only be stopgaps for the larger problem of climate change, says Nicholson.
if you want to know what it’s like to live with no sun, just move to newfoundland...been two weeks here on the avalon with no sunshine
Has this scientist not seen Snowpiercer? 😂😂